早朝の草刈 Mowing work early in the morning



This tiny frog has settled down here
since three days ago. He has been
singing all the nights

As nobody was there to take
a photo of my mowing style,
I just tired to sketch myself
 operating the mower

このところ、ラッキーなことに梅雨の中休みと称して好天気が続いている。その勢いで、今月に入って毎日早朝ウオーキングを楽しんでいる。まだ誰もいない公園を横切り、土手に上がってラジオ体操をし、一直線の土手1000歩を後ろ向きで歩く。最近はICレコーダーが離せない。コーラスの練習風景を思い出しながら聴くのが有効であることがわかって大変楽しんでいる。だいたい１時間かけての歩きである。

The yard looks so clean after my
big job! 

そして今日は、第２回目の草刈を決断。もう要領もわかったし、慣れたもの。こんなに簡単で、しかも気持ちが良いことを発見したので、苦にならない。１時間かけて、主だった所が終了。丁度ガソリンも１回分が切れたので、庭の奥は後日やることに。水撒きを終えて一段落。シャワーを浴びて朝食を取ると丁度朝ドラの始まり。４月から始まったこの朝ドラが又いい。テーマ音楽がずば抜けて快い。それにキャスティングボードが素晴らしい。一日の始まりに相応しいリズムと元気さがあり、ストーリーも気に入っている。至福の時間。
Thanks to an intermission of the rainy season, I've been enjoying such beautiful weather these days by walking early in the mornig when nobody's showing up yet. I walk down to cross the park to step onto the causeway and take simple exercise first before walking backward for 1000 steps on the causeway. The IC recorder I bought a couple of weeks ago is now one of my requisites. Wherever I go, I always take it with me. During my walk, it's very effective and enjoyable to listen to it which reminds me of what was instructed in the choir class.
Furthermore, this morning, I executed to mow the lawn(wild grass) in the back yard. The experience of using a mower I had two weeks ago already gave a confidence in operating the machine and makes me feel easy to use it. One hour mowing work just consumed the gasoline fully filled in a small tank attached to the machine. It took an hour. Then I watered the rose garden and the yard.

After taking a shower, I sit at table for my breakfast. It's the time for NHK morning sitcom starts, entitled "Amachan, women divers", which has been televised since the last April. The theme music is superb. Good casting board.  It just fits the start of a day with its good rythm and high spirit. The story is marverous. I really had such an enjoyable moment this morning.