「さんぽ道」にチャボの雛・数羽が誕生

　午後になり、余りにも暑いので暫くぶりにお気に入り喫茶「さんぽ道」へ行きました。通常、喫茶店へ客は話をしに、二人連れが三人程で行く人たちが多いですが、私はこの喫茶の開店以来、推定１００回ほど訪れてますが、人と連れ立って行ったことはありません。気ままな私はいつも急に思い立って愛車で一人で行きます。行ってから、偶然、知り合いと出会い、話をして過ごすこともありました。

　今日は外気は３０度を超え、その分、室内が涼しく快適です。このため、読書に適し、アイスコーヒーをすすりつつ、４０分ほど、五木寛之著「運命の足音」の中を拾い読みし「傲慢になり過ぎてる人間」などを読んで過ごしました。

　帰りがけに、畑の鳥小屋内ではママのお父様が飼育しているチャボに数羽の雛が生まれ、よちよち歩きの雛の姿を眺め、その愛らしさを暫し眺めてました。

Dear my FB friends

　It was so hot in the afternoon that I went to my favorite coffee shop "Sampo-michi" after a long time. Usually, people go to coffee shop in group of two or three to talk, but I have been to this coffee shop about 100 times since it opened last year, but I have never been there with anyone. I am a carefree person, so I always go alone by whim. I sometimes met acquaintances there and spent time talking with them.

　Today, the temperature outside was over 30 degrees in Celsius, so the room was cool and comfortable for me. This made it a good time to read a book, so that I spent about 40 minutes sipping iced coffee and skimming through "The Footsteps of Fate" by Itsuki Hiroyuki, including "Humans Who Have Become Too Arrogant".

　On my way home, I saw some Japanese bantam's babies born in the chicken coop in the field, which Mama's father is raising, and I watched the baby's first steps and admired their cuteness for a while.

「ねむの木」を大きな植木鉢に植え替える

　私の家の玄関前は二坪程の屋根が付いてます。ですから、雨が降っていても、ちょっとした作業がここでできます。今日は先程、午後３時頃から、小さな植木鉢に植わっていたご覧の「ねむの木」の幼木を一回り大きな植木鉢に植え替える作業を行いました。元々、この「ねむの木」は庭で自然に生えたもので葉がとても自然でのびのびしてます。

　ところが、成長がよいのでしょう。小さな植木鉢からどうやっても取り出せず、最後は思い切って金づちで植木鉢を叩いて、やっとのことで取り出せました。このため、根が固まっており、枯れる心配はありません。

　今度は一回り大きな鉢に植えたので、２～３年はこのまま育て最終的には庭のどこかに植え、初夏に「ねむの花」を楽しみます。果たして来年は咲くでしょうか。咲いたら見にいらして下さい。

　今回最も注意したことは今まで斜めになってた幹を垂直に植えたところ、樹高が１m３０cmほどになり、途端に枝ぶりにも品格が出てきました。今宵から明朝にかけての雨で、しっかり根付くと期待してます。ところで、こんな作業でも汗びっしょりになりました。私は未だ若いのでしょうか。先程シャワーを済ませました。お願いです。今宵は一杯飲ませてください。

Dear my friends who are crazy about raising plants.

　The front of my entrance has a roof of about 6.6m². So, even if it's raining, I can do some small work here. Just today, starting around 3pm, I replanted the young "Silk Tree" that was planted in a small flowerpot into a slightly larger one. Originally, this "Silk Tree" grew naturally in the garden, and its leaves are very natural and stretched out.

　However, it must have grown well. So that I couldn't get it out of the small flowerpot no matter what I did, but in the end, I could finally get it out by using a hammer. Because of this, the roots are hardened, so there is no need to worry dying.

　This time, I replanted it in a slightly larger pot, so I will raise it for 2-3 years in this pot, and eventually replant it somewhere in the garden and enjoy the "Flowers" in early summer. I wonder if it will bloom next year? Please come and see it when it blooms.

　The thing I paid the most attention to this time was planting the tree's trunk, which I changed at an angle vertically. As soon as I replanted the tree has become about 1.3 meters in height, and the branches have suddenly become more dignified. I'm hoping that the rain from tonight to tomorrow morning will help the root properly. By the way, even doing this job about 1hour made me drenched in sweat. Maybe I'm still young? I just finished taking a shower. Will you do me a favor. Please, let me have a drink tonight.

良い薬に恵まれ、左目がほぼ以前の状態に回復

　今日の日の出は一年で最も早い４時２５分【群馬県】です。【因みに夏至では１分遅く４時２６分です。】現在、朝の４時３０分ですが、群馬県の空は概して晴れ渡ってます。もしかして、早くも今日は梅雨の晴れ間になるでしょうか。

　その中にあって、庭では、紫陽花が「私の季節がやって来た」というように花開き始めてます。よく見ると、漢字が示す紫のみならず、その色彩は多種に亘り、私はその優雅な光景にうっとりです。自然は何故このように美しいのでしょう。もしかして、花の持つ色彩と香りが蝶や虫たちをおびき寄せ、蜜を吸わせる引き換えに授粉させるためとも考えられます。私たち人間もその色彩と香りに思わず感銘するのでしょう。

　ところで、私はこの約１ヶ月間、左目が不自由になったり、結果的に顔面が少々変形し、好きな人に顔を見せられませんでしたが、今では、今日の空のようにほぼ回復しました。清々しい今朝はこれから上四公園まで歩いて行き、ラジオ体操会に参加します。

　一方、今のところ一日に２日分読み続け、順調に消化してる日英対照「天声人語」にも目を通します。午後は青い車でドライブ方々日帰り温泉へ行き、その後は、お気に入り喫茶「さんぽ道」へ行き、梅雨の晴れ間を有効に過ごします。果たして今日はどんな一日になるでしょうか。今日の日付の通り十二分に自然を満喫し、健康促進を図ります。

Dear my friends who are crazy about nature, humans and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation into English for our mutual understanding will be done after my breakfast in Japan time.

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　According to the Japan Astronomical Agency, today's sunrise is the earliest of the year at 4:25 in Gumma Prefecture. 「In reality, the summer solstice is one minute later at 4:26.」I am writing this page at 4:30 in the morning, but the sky in Gumma Prefecture is generally clear. Perhaps today will be an sunny day, though in the rainy season.

　In the midst of this, in the garden, hydrangeas are beginning to bloom as if to say that our season has arrived. Looking closely, I see that they are in a variety of colors, not just purple as the kanji Chinese character suggests, and I am enchanted by her elegant sight. Why is nature so beautiful? Perhaps it is because the colors and fragrance of the flowers attract butterflies and insects, who pollinate the flowers in exchange for sucking their nectar. We humans are also impressed by the colors and fragrance.

　Not change the subject, but for about a month, I have been unable to use my left eye, and as a result, my face has become slightly deformed, and I have not been able to show my face to the lady I love in my heart, but now I have almost recovered like today's sky. It's a refreshing morning so I'm going to walk to Kami-4th Park and take part in the radio gymnastics by NHK.

　Meanwhile, I'm also going to skim through Tensei Jingo, a Japanese-English comparison magazine that I've been reading two days' worth of every day so far and am making good use of. In the afternoon, I'll take a drive in my Audi TT Quattro blue coupe to a day spa of Yoshii Dream center, then go to my favorite cafe, Sampo-michi, for making this sunny day effective in rest of the rainy season. I wonder what kind of day it will be? As today's date suggests as pun, I'll spend in the nature to my heart's content and work to improve my health.

コンクリートを減らし、緑豊かな生活環境に

　現在、日本列島は１０２８hPaの太平洋高気圧に覆われ、私が住む群馬県高崎市の今日の最高気温は２６°Cと予想されてます。しかし、この数値をアメリカ人が一見すると「日本は何と寒いのか。」と勘違いするかもしれません。明治生まれの父も夏の日に温度計を見て「今日は８０°もある」と言ったので、子供の私たちは「煮えちゃうよ。」と笑った記憶があります。

　温度計の読み方は時代や国によって、摂氏であったり華氏であったりします。昔住んでたカルカッタ市では華氏が使われてました。しかし、現代では世界中で次第に摂氏になりつつある傾向です。

　ところが、華氏の利点は「人間の生活を中心に考えられてる」といわれます。もう、これ以上は暑くて生活できないという高い気温を１００°とし、もう、これ以下では寒くて生活できないという低い気温を０度とし、考えようでは便利です。テストの表示法に似てます。ですから、快適な華氏の気温は６５°【摂氏１８°】ほどでしょう。

　写真は玄関まで行くのに緑のトンネルを通過して行くようになり、庭は私の考え通りになりつつあります。樹木は直射日光を遮り、日陰を作ります。また。樹木は光合成により、二酸化炭素を吸収し、酸素を生じ、人間生活を快適にします。

Dear my friends who are interested in temperature in summer and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation into English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast in Japan time.

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　Currently, the Japanese archipelago is covered by the Pacific high pressure of 1028hPa, and the maximum temperature today in Takasaki City, Gumma Prefecture where I live, is expected to be 26°C. However, if an American sees this figure at first glance, they might mistakenly think, "How cold is Japan?" My father who was born in the Meiji era, also looked at the thermometer on a summer day and said, "It's 80°F today," and I remember laughing as a child and saying, "We will be boiled."

　Thermometers are read in either Celsius or Fahrenheit depending on the era and country. In Calcutta where I used to live, Fahrenheit was used. However, in modern times, the trend is gradually shifting to Celsius all over the world, I guess.

　However, the advantage of Fahrenheit is said to be that it is "centered on human life." It is convenient to think of it as 100°, which is the highest temperature that it is too hot to live, and 0°, which is the lowest temperature at which it is too cold to live. It is similar to the way tests in school are displayed. Therefore, a comfortable Fahrenheit temperature would be around 65° [18° Celsius].

　As you can see in the photo, I now walk through a green tunnel to get to my home entrance of the garden, and it's starting to look just like I envisioned it. Trees block direct sunlight and create shade. Also, trees absorb carbon dioxide and produce oxygen through photosynthesis. It makes human life comfortable.

　

昼の時間は、冬至に比べ４時間も長くなってる

【画像をクリックすると、私の庭で眺めているようです。】

　今日の日の出は４時５０分、正午の太陽高度は６９°【冬至は３０°】、日の入りは１８時３２分【いずれも群馬県】ですから、昼の長さは１３時間４２分となり、冬至の９時間４１分と比較すると４時間も長くなってます。この長い昼の時間を、健康のため、精神のため有効に使うには、屋外に出て十分に活動し、自然に触れ、新たな感性を磨きたいものです。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4So4tJc4Dw

　「夏も近づく八十八夜、野にも山にも若葉が茂る」と歌われる八十八夜は例年ならば今日５月２日です。しかし、昨年が閏年だったことから１日早まり今年は５月１日です。来年からは５月２日に戻るでしょう。数え方は、春がスタートする立春（2025年は2月3日）から数えて８８日目で、初夏の風が心地よい時季になりました。

　ところで、写真は上は、今がピークの西洋シャクナゲです。この色彩は私に対し「日々もっと情熱的に生きなさい」と背中を押してるように思えます。一方、左下の日本シャクナゲは、カッキーはもっと落ち着いて「日々、沈着冷静に振舞いなさい」と忠告してるようにも感じます。

　写真右下は、大きくなりつつあり、ほのかに色づいて来た「サクランボの実」です。一人で寂しかったり、判断に迷ったら「私を食べてゆっくり考えなさい」と身内のような温かを感じさせてます。サクランボの木は未だ小さいですが、１００個ほど実が生ってます。食べ頃になったら、お近くの方は味見にいらして下さい。

Dear my friends who are crazy about learning from plants and great music.

　The simultaneous interpretation into English for your understanding will be done after my breakfast in Japan time.

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　Today's sunrise is at 4:50, the solar altitude at noon is 69° [30° at the winter solstice], and sunset will be at 18:32 [both in Gumma Prefecture], so the length of day is 13 hours 42 minutes which is 4 hours longer than the the winter solstice of 9 hours 41 minutes. To make effective use of this long day for our health and mental health, we should go outside, be active, get in touch with nature, and hone our new sensibilities.

　The 88th night, which is sung about as "Summer is approaching, and young leaves grow in the fields and mountains," is usually on May 2nd. However, as you know, last year was a leap year, so it became a day early this year, on May 1st. From next year, it will return to May 2nd, I guess. It is counted as the 88th day from the start of spring (February 3rd in 2025), and it is now the season when the early summer breeze is pleasant.

　By the way, the photo above shows the Western rhododendron, which is at her peak now. I feel like this color is pushing me to live each day with more passion. Meanwhile, the Japanese rhododendron at the bottom left seems to be advising me Kakki to "behave calmly and coolly each day."

　The cherry fruit at the bottom right of the photo is growing and starting to turn a faint color. It gives off a warm feeling like family, telling me to "eat me and think carefully" if I'm feeling lonely or unsure of what to judge. The cherry fruit tree is still small, but there are about 100 cherry fruits on it. When they are ripe, please come and try some if you're nearby.