1/14/2013

はつゆき first snow


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!
my children were so excited with going out playing;
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.





















4 comments:

  1. how a. would have loved to make one of these
    then burrow inside!

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    1. * smile *

      yes, every little one loves this, i believe.

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  2. dear yukino,

    i 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

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    1. i was so excited with this snow
      so couldn't stop telling you then.

      later posting this page made myself smile
      that i was writing almost the same i wrote to you.

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