夕方、娘が仕事から帰ってくるなり「太陽が真っ赤よ！」と教えてくれました。
「どれどれ....」と野次馬で入れかわりに外に出てみると、西の空に確かに真っ赤な太陽。でも日本で見る夕焼けとは何か違います。まわりの空はぼんやりと濁った色をしています。どうして太陽だけが赤いのか家族間で話題となり、娘が「火事で赤いんじゃないの」と言いましたが、私には納得できません。娘がAIに聞いてみたところ、カナダのオンタリオ付近で起きた山火事から発生した大量の煙がボストン地区に流れ込んで、それが大気を汚染してあのような空となったとのこと。明日の大気質は更に悪くなるとも。
今朝は午前中は庭の垣根の雑草を取って、水分補給に家に入ってからは、パソコンをいじったり、昼寝をしたりしてぐだぐだ過ごしました。外は確かに暑いですがそれほど汗をかくこともなく家の中はむしろ私には半袖では寒いぐらいです。
It was the evening and when my daughter came home from her work, first she said " the sun was really red!". As I was curious about it, I went out to see what it looked like. I have seen the sunset many times before, but the sun was different from other one. The sunsets which I saw were both the sun and the sky was red, but this time only the sun was red but the sky was cloudy. We have discussed why only the sun was red among my family. My daughter said wildfire might have been the cause, but I was still wondering the reason. She asked about it to AI, then it said that the wildfire smoke around Ontario in Canada came to the Boston area and it polluted the atmosphere and made the sun that color and get worse the next day.
This morning, I was removing the weeds around the hedge of the yard, although I couldn't finish the work, I got back to the house to get some water and in the afternoon, then I was on the computer or relaxing by taking a nap for several hours. It's hot outside but I don't sweat much because it's dry. I would feel rather cold inside the house if I were wearing a half-sleeved T-shirt.
