「怒涛の年末年始」
大晦日は、この日から始まる鎌倉小町展示会のために、朝から鎌倉へ向かった。
朝早くからコロナ禍で空いた電車を鎌倉へ急ぐ。
着くと鎌倉はやはり混み合っていた。
みんな鶴岡八幡宮に向かう人方ばかりだ。
ギャラリーの入っているショッピングモールには人通りは少なく、始まったばかりということもあり、展示は盛況とはまだ言えなかった。
一時まで当番をした後、オーナーにピザとラザニアをご馳走になり、その後なんと私が他の出展者の絵を購入した。
自分でも買うとは思っても見なかったが、二葉のりえさんの作品「鳳凰」が気に入ってしまい即決して買ったのだった。
その後夕方、地元に帰ってきて、スーパーで年越しそばのために天ぷらを買おうとしたら、もう売れ切れていた。
店員さんに聞いたら午前中で完売だったそうだ。
さすが大晦日。
みんな天ぷらそばを食べたいのだろう。
仕方がないので、代わりに握り寿司の詰め合わせを買ってきた。
なんだ今年は天ぷらなしか。
じゃあ代わりに寿司で豪勢に決めておこうと。
家に帰って休憩した後、家族で、寿司と蕎麦のパーティーをした。
10時まで仮眠した後、教会へ零時の初ミサに行った。
今年も年の始まりを教会と共に祝う。
あけましておめでとうございます。
もう私はかれこれ、この教会の初ミサで新年を祝う習慣を１０年間続けている。
帰宅して祝い酒を少し飲んだ後に、寝ないで深夜に仕事をした。
そしてホットワインを水筒に作って、毎年恒例の多摩川初日の出鑑賞に行ったのだった。
今年は晴天で素晴らしい朝日が拝めた。
まだ暗いうちから川原の土手で太陽を待ち望み、あたりが白み始め、光り輝くその姿がゆっくりと現れて消えるまでの、その一連の風景を楽しんできた。
怒涛の年末と年明けは、まさに修行のようなハードな激しさだったが、その修行の成果はとんでもなく素晴らしいものだったと思う。
お気に入りの絵を手に入れて、寿司と蕎麦を家族で一緒に食べ、世界で一番新年の早いこの極東から神と共に年を始め、最高の朝日が見られたのだから。
"Hard year-end and New Year holidays"
On New Year's Eve, I headed to Kamakura in the morning for the Kamakura Komachi Exhibition starting from this day.
Early in the morning, I hurried to Kamakura on a train that was vacant due to the corona virus.
When I arrived, Kamakura was still crowded.
All of them are heading to Tsuruoka Hachimangu.
The shopping mall where the gallery is located is not very crowded and the exhibition has not been successful because it has just started.
After being on duty for a while, the owner gave me a pizza and lasagna treat, and then I bought a picture of another exhibitor.
I didn't think I would buy it myself, but I liked Rie Futaba's work "Phoenix" and bought it immediately.
Then in the evening, when I came back to my hometown and tried to buy tempura for Toshikoshi soba at the supermarket, it was already sold out.
When I asked the clerk, it was sold out in the morning.
As expected on New Year's Eve.
I think everyone wants to eat tempura soba.
I couldn't help it, so I bought an assortment of nigiri sushi instead.
What! Is there no tempura this year?
Then I decided to gorgeously decide on sushi instead.
After returning home and taking a break, we had a sushi and soba party with our family.
After taking a nap until 10 o'clock, I went to church for the first mass at midnight.
This year also celebrates the beginning of the year with the church.
happy New Year.
I've been celebrating the New Year at the church's first mass for 10 years now.
After I got home and had a little drink, I went to work late at night without sleeping.
Then I made mulled wine in a water bottle and went to see the annual Tama River first sunrise.
It was sunny and wonderful sunrise this year.
While it was still dark, I waited for the sun on the bank of the river, and enjoyed the series of scenery from the beginning of whitening to the shining appearance slowly appearing and disappearing.
The end of the year and the beginning of the angry wave were as hard as training, but I think the results of that training were incredible.
I got my favorite picture, ate sushi and soba together with my family, started the year with God from this Far East, the earliest New Year in the world, and saw the best sunrise.