２月１０日（木曜日）２０２２
ずっと気になっていた酷くなった小屋の障子を今朝やっと張り替えました。本来なら戸を外して水で洗ってきれいにするのですが、屋外はまだ雪が残っているのと大きい戸で外すのは大変なので、霧吹きで左右上下に渡してある木（「組子（くみこ）」と言うそうな）を濡らして古い紙を剥がして、糊をつけて障子紙を貼り付けました。昨夜のうちに長さを測って切っておいた障子紙ですが、どういうわけか寸法が上下ともやや短く（これが私の間抜けなところ）、おまけに糊が薄いのか、障子紙が強くてノリが付きにくいのか、かなり難儀でした。お世辞でもきれいな貼り方とは言えないのですが、寒い中早く終わらせたい一心で強引に終了しました。
午後は彦根へ買い出し。立春を過ぎて風も日差しも和らいできたのが実感でき、遠く雪のかぶった鈴鹿の山々を爽やかに眺めながら帰りました。
I finally replaced shohji paper which looked awfully bad before. Usually when I do this, I take the shohji frame first and wash to take the paper off, but this time since the snow which had accumulated a couple days ago still remained outside and the shohji frame was big and heavy, I decided to spray the paper stuck on the wood to make soaking wet and took the paper off. Then pasted with a brush to put on Shohji paper. I measured the length and cut the paper beforehand but it was actually a little bit too short from the size I expected. On top of that, because the paste was too thin or the paper was too strong and didn't stick to the wood, I was struggling with this work. I would never say that it was a good job, but since it was so cold and I wanted to end the work as early as possible, I was forced to quit my work.
In the afternoon, I went to a grocery store in Hikone. Both the wind and sunlight were mild which made me feel happy. Even though the mountains were still covered with snow, I felt that Winter is going away day by day.
