昼が短く夜が一番長い冬至の翌日。今朝はきれいに晴れ上がり久しぶりにロングコースの散歩にでました。午前７時過ぎは厳しい冷え込み。多賀大社では初詣のために大きく作られた参拝枠の外で打つ柏手の音も乾いた響きで身の引き締まる思いでした。
遠く琵琶湖西岸に見える比良山系の山々は白く、多賀町と米原町それに岐阜県をまたがる鈴鹿山系の霊仙山の薄い雪化粧の美しい姿はしばし立ち止まって見惚れるほど。目的地「きまぐれ市」の野菜自動販売機でトマト（３００円）菜花（１００円）それにみかん（２００円）を買って、帰り道ではあんなに寒かった体もホカホカになっていました。味噌作り用の大豆を持ってきてくださったNさんからの立派な「多賀にんじん」も一緒にカメラに入りました。
Today is the next day of the winter solstice. It was a clear day, so I went for a long walk after a long time, but the temperature in the early morning was so low. At Taga Taisha (shrine), they have already set the place where many visitors will come at the beginning of the new year. I stood outside the board and greeted God as one does at the shrine.
Mountains which were visible at the west side of Lake Biwa were covered with snow. Ryozen Mountain which crosses over Taga town, Maibara town and Gifu prefecture were also covered in snow lightly and it was so beautiful. I was amazed by this view. At the vegetable vending machine in Kimagure Market, I got tomatoes, rape blossoms and mandarin oranges. My body felt very cold in the beginning of walking, but it got warm on the way back home. I took a vegetable photo, and I added "Taga carrots" which were from Ms. Nishizawa who brought soybeans for Miso making in the end of January,
