この冬はじめてのゆき
しかも大雪である
朝から ちらちらふりはじめ
だんだん大きくはげしくなって
いっこうにやむことなく
庭とベランダと家々の屋根が
どんどん白く厚くなっていく
運よく今日は休日
どこかへ出掛ける必要もない
子ども達は大喜びで
まんまるに着膨れて外へとびだす
近所の男の子があつまって
白くなった庭は
あっというまに
雪のたまがころがされて
まるはだかになる
夫はまめまめしく
雪かき、チェーン装着
子どもたちにちょっかいをだす
それでも雪はどんどん積もる
元気な子どもも さすがにびしょびしょになって
冷たい手をして帰ってくる
わたしはいそいで玄関へとんでいき
雪をはらって、ぬれた頭をふいて
びしょびしょの上着をぬがせて干す
それからココアを入れたりしたりする
そんなことが なんどかくり返され
まるはだかになった庭も また厚く雪がつもり
子どもがもぐりこめる「かまくら」までこさえられ
私はほかになんにもしなかった
ただ子どもが遊んでいるあいだに
ゆっくり朝風呂につかったくらい
だけど、ああ
なんと楽しい休日だったことだろう
first snow of this winter
and it was quite a much!
it started snowing in the morning and
continued almost for the day
till we had more than 15-20 cm (it's so much for here).
we were lucky cause it was a holiday,
my husband was at home
busy with shoveling snow aside,
putting chains to wheel tires,
helping my son to make kamakura,
a tiny snow dome hut.
our christmas tree: finally it became perfect! |
soon the snow on the yard turned into some big balls
and the dried grass came out seen,
when finally they came back so wet and cold.
then i rush to them, wiping the snow,
drying them and hanging their outer shells,
then preparing hot cocoas.
all these were repeated several times
but snow covered the yard again,
kamakura was made at last,
and i did nothing else but
had a bath late in the morning...
but it made me feel fun and merry.
it was like a perfect winter family holiday.
how a. would have loved to make one of these
ReplyDeletethen burrow inside!
* smile *
Deleteyes, every little one loves this, i believe.
dear yukino,
ReplyDeletei so wanted to answer right away,
reading letter from you, then imagining your
winter day with family and now seeing
all the photos like an inspiration for me,
unique and magical.
good night to you, too
i was so excited with this snow
Deleteso couldn't stop telling you then.
later posting this page made myself smile
that i was writing almost the same i wrote to you.