収穫日の今日は生憎の雨。朝からしとしと降る雨が、時折少し激しく、そして辺りを湿っぽい空気で満たして僕たちのやる気を削いでいました。

昨日から急に春めいて暖かく、そのせいでいつもよりたくさん収穫できたのですが、その分あとの選別作業は大変です。単調な作業に少し嫌気がさして庭の空気を吸いに外に出ました。

ちょっと前に雨はあがっていて、鉛色の雲の合間に顔を出した小さな青空に目がいって、ヒートアップしていた頭が適度に冷静さを取り戻し始めた時、突然近くでウグイスの声がしました。少し高い、でも耳には優しい鳴き声。多分今年初ウグイスかなあ。

まだちょっとぎこちない鳴き声に一体どんな子が鳴いているのか、視界の中の枝を探してみたけど、結局見つけることはできませんでした。

でもやる気も復活しましたよ! さあ、戻って仕事、仕事。

頑張るぞ。

鳴き声はInstagramで公開中。

Today was a day of picking flowers, but it was undesirable rain. Soft rain from the morning became heavier sometimes, and dampened the air round us and also our spirit.

It was suddenly very hot yesterday, so we could get much flowers. However we had to work harder to classify all of them. I went out to feel the fresh air in my garden, having been fed up with the boring tasks.

The rain stopped a short while ago, and I could see a small blue sky in the leaden clouds. As my heated up brain began to be calm again, suddenly a bush warbler sang close by. It was a little high tone, but it was gentle. I thought it might be a first bush warbler this year.

I looked for her in the nearby bushes, listening to her awkward song, and having curiosity how she was, but I couldn’t see her finally.

However I could recover the high spirits again. Let’s go to work hard!

Visit Instagram to listen to her song!