９月２６日（月曜日）２０２２
何日ぶりでしょうか、忙しかったり雨が続いたりという言い訳で出られなかった朝の散歩が、爽やかな秋晴れの今朝の天気が後押しして実現しました。
多賀大社境内のもみじは色づき始めて季節の移ろいがはっきり分かりました。参拝を終えて森へ入ると何と気持ちのいいことでしょう！初秋のしっとりとした森の匂いや鳥たちの鳴き声が緑の中の自分を落ち着かせてくれるのが実感できます。
田んぼに出ると殆どが稲刈りが終わっていますが所々まだの所も。先の台風で稲穂が横倒しになって、稲刈りの大変さを思わずにはいられません。田んぼ脇の彼岸花は元気なく、集団登校の小学生たちに「おはよう！」と声を掛けるも元気のいいのは引率の保護者の声。まあ、子供達にもそれぞれ事情があるのだろうと、イマイチ元気のない小学生のことは心配しないことにしました。
I don't remember how many days have passed since I did my morning walk last time. The reasons for that were because I was busy or there were many rainy days, but I made it again this morning because I was encouraged by the beautiful autumn fine day.
The leaves of the maple tree in Taga taisha started turning color into red and it reminded me that the season has been changing.
When I entered the woods after worship at the shrine, I felt so good! I smelled moist autumn trees in the woods and heard birds singing. It certainly made me calm and peaceful.
Walking along rice fields, I saw that most of them were after harvesting but some were not done yet. I saw that rice plants were damaged by the previous strong typhoon and sympathized with farmers how hard it is to harvest those rice. Cluster amaryllis were not very vivid this year. School kids were walking in groups to the school, so I said "Hello!" to them. Only the guardian returned the greeting clearly to me and the kids were rather quiet. I don't blame them because kids' lives must be complicated and each one must have their own reason.
