Sunday, July 24, 2022

7月23日(土曜日)2022
 
 約5ヶ月ぶりにボストンに来ていますが時差ボケで昼夜が逆転し体も脳もダラダラで怠惰な毎日が続いています。本日3日振りに靴を履いて散歩に出ました。

    陽が昇る前の空気は冷んやりと清々しく誰もまだ外に出ていません。聞こえてくるのは芝に水を撒くスプリンクラーと遠くで聞こえる車の音。水道代をものともしない家の前を通りながら、今まで見た景色と明らかに違うのは、ウクライナの国旗を掲げている家が数軒あったこと。時折脇からヒョコっと出てくる鳥や芝生の上を走り抜けるリスたちに驚きながら家の近くまで来た時、陽が昇り始めて池面の水鳥たちを照らしていました。バス通りはカモの群れがゆっくりお散歩。我が家の庭には20センチぐらいの野うさぎが耳を立てて目を丸くしてじっとしていました。世の中が暑くなる前の静かな朝のひとときをこうした動物たちと共有できたことは幸いでした。

    I came to Boston after five months since I visted last time. Right now, I am in jetlag which makes the day and night opposite and I feel tired both in my body and brain. Today I put my shoes on for a walk after three days since I arrived in Boston.

    It was before dawn and the air was cool and fresh, nobody was outside yet. I could hear the watering sound from the sprinkler in the yard and car noise which came from far away. Passing by the houses which don't care about the water bill for the sprinkler, I found a different view from the past that there were some houses with Ukraine flags for support. While I was walking, a bird suddenly jumped up from the bushes on the sidewalk, squirrel ran through the yard and this surprised me a little. When I was approaching my house, the sun was rising up and the view of a small pond nearby was beautiful with water birds. Ducks were walking with their slow pace on the big road, and a hare stayed quietly in my yard.

    I was happy to share the time of this calm beautiful morning with those animals before the temperature of the air rose up.