８月２４日（水曜日）２０２２
暑さと湿気に体も心もぐったりバテ気味のこの頃。水曜は駅前に地元野菜が出るもんぜん市です。大きなひまわりと鶏頭が２本２５０円で売られていました。「わぁっ」と思って買って帰り、早速床の間へ。元気のいいひまわりと真っ赤な鶏頭が部屋全体を引き締め、飾った本人も一気に力が出てきました。９月に控えるマリンバコンサートの集客、暑さ対策、その他様々なことへの不安と問題解決に圧倒されつつも、ひまわりに力をもらった朝でした。
Summer heat and moisture make our body and mind exhausted. Monzen-ichi is the vegetable market run by local farmers every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday morning. Yesterday, I found a bouquet of sunflower and cockscomb for 250 yen. It attracted me and I brought them home. I put them in the vase and placed them in an alcove in the guest room. Both the sunflower which looked so energetic and red cockscombs became a nice accent of the room. I got a lot of energy from the sunflower. The Marimba concert is coming up in September and I am having much anxiety and problems to solve such as having a certain number of audience members, protection from the summer heat, etc. However, it seemed that these flowers encouraged me a lot.
