Category: 生活

昨日（7月20日）は一日中クーラーの中にいた。午前中と午後は自宅。数時間を外出先で過ごし、移動の車でもクーラーを使う。汗もかかず、その意味では確かに気持ち良かったが、今朝になって喉の痛みを感じた。少し風邪気味になったらしい。

老人がクーラーを使わず熱中症になるとか、運ばれたとかいうニュースをときどき耳にする。そういう人たちと同じ理由かどうかは分からないが、わたしもクーラーは苦手で、あまり使いたくない人間だ。気持ちはいいがどこか落ち着かない、という感覚。

熱帯夜でも、一晩中クーラーを点けっ放しで寝たことがこれまで一度もない、と言うと友人知人たちは皆驚く。最新のクーラーは、一晩中つけっ放しでも喉を傷めたり、身体が冷えてしまったりすることはないよ、よほど古いクーラーなんじゃない？と最後には笑われてしまうが（事実その通りなのだが）、たとえ最新のものを設置したとしても、たぶんこれまでと同じように、汗をかきながら眠るに違いない。

子どもの頃からずっと、夏でも冷たいものはできるだけ避けていた。家族のなかでも自分だけ。アイスクリームなども、もちろん美味しいと感じるけれど、暑い日が続いても一年間に数個食べるかどうか。Rather、大汗をかきながらでも白湯とかうどんとか温かいものを飲食する。冷水もあまり飲まないが、なぜかビールだけは冷えていてもグイグイ飲めるのが不思議。
　汗をかくのがどうやらわたしの健康法らしい。この絵のようなところなら、汗をかきながら歩くのもきっと気分がいいと思う。

7I drew this based on a photo I took in the Shimokita Peninsula a year ago.。When I was in elementary and junior high school、When it came to play, there was only the sea or the mountains.、Although it is quite far from the village、I must have passed this forest road dozens of times.。Thinking about it now、I think I often walked that distance with my child's feet.。There is a 10km round trip.。I have very little memory of the road.、I can still feel the same atmosphere。

Until I was in the lower grades of elementary school, there was a forest railway here.、A steam locomotive with a trolley attached was passing by.。I remember riding in the driver's cabin with my brother a few times.。That line has been discontinued、Becomes a motorway for transporting lumber、It becomes a commuting route for people who work in the mountains.、Relatively close to the village、Rice fields and fields were created。It's called "Kaikon (cultivation)"、I often heard words that were difficult for children (as well as、After becoming a junior high school student, I actually entered the labor force.)。
Yamame trout and char fishing for kids only、It was the main street for outdoor activities such as Akebi and wild grape picking.。

The rice fields and fields have returned to wilderness.。Charcoal grillers and mushroom growers disappeared.、The road is now open only to vehicles affiliated with the forestry department.。Even children、You don't have to go to the mountains to look for Akebia etc.、There are more delicious foods at home, regardless of the season.。Many of the forest roads are now as good as abandoned roads.、Illegible information boards are buried in weeds and stand at an angle.。Only the "Beware of bears" sign is new.。

This road is one of the main forest roads.、Crossing the mountain pass from the Pacific side、It seems to continue all the way to the Mutsu Bay side.。get off the car、I walked along the forest road for a while while listening to the sound of the river flowing under the bridge.。Seven years have passed since I thought, ``I have to draw it now.''。

Works that I may (or may not) draw someday、Bicycle walk for the first time in a few days。During the rainy season or typhoon rain、I took a few days off from walking.。To go、I could only feel that there were a few dragonflies.、There were so many dragonflies that I thought I had blended into the flock when I returned home.。Since it was red in color, I think Akiakane probably moved to the village.。I took a photo、They are so small in the landscape、I couldn't find it even after zooming in。