春の終わりを感じさせる週末。
土曜日の朝は、近所の公園をぶらぶら散歩しました。先週まで満開だった桜はすっかり散っていて、緑の葉がしっとりと枝を覆いはじめています。地面には桜の絨毯。静かな朝に落ち着いた気分で、自然と呼吸も深くなりました。
帰り道、少し足をのばしてワイナリーのそばのブドウ畑まで。芽吹きの季節、ブドウの木たちはまだ少し寂しげでしたが、これから葉が伸びて、実をつけていくんだと思うと、時間の流れを感じます。ブドウ畑の向こうに広がる山の緑も、季節が一歩進んだことを教えてくれていました。
日曜日は、家で育てている桜がちょうど満開。室内でこんなにきれいに咲くなんて思っていなかったので、ちょっと得した気分です。ちらほらと散り始めてはいるものの、まだ花の香りがほんのりと部屋に広がっています。
そして午後は、7月に予定している旅行の計画を立てました。まだ少し先だけど、宿や行きたい場所を一緒に調べながら、地図を広げて話していると、すっかり旅の気分に。予定を立てるだけで、なんだかもう少し楽しくなってきます。
昼ごはんは、近所のうどん屋さんで。あっさりしただしのうどんにネギをどっさり、天ぷらとおいなりさんを添えて。お腹も心も満たされた、やさしい味の休日でした。
ほんのりとした季節の移ろいと、これからの楽しみを感じた、穏やかな週末でした。
[Weekend Diary, Saturday, April 19th – Sunday, April 20th, 2025]
A weekend that makes you feel the end of spring.
On Saturday morning, I took a stroll around the park in my neighborhood. The cherry blossoms that were in full bloom until last week have completely fallen, and green leaves are beginning to cover the branches. A carpet of cherry blossoms on the ground. I felt calm in the quiet morning, and my breathing naturally became deeper.
On the way back, I stretched my legs a little and went to the vineyard near the winery. It was the season of budding, and the grape vines still looked a little lonely, but when I thought about the leaves growing and fruiting, I felt the passage of time. The green of the mountains beyond the vineyard also told me that the season had advanced one step further.
On Sunday, the cherry blossoms I was growing at home were in full bloom. I didn’t expect them to bloom so beautifully indoors, so I felt like I had gotten a little lucky. Although they were starting to fall here and there, the scent of the flowers still wafted faintly through the room.
Then in the afternoon, we made plans for a trip we’re planning in July. It’s still a little way off, but as we looked up lodgings and places we wanted to go together and talked with a map spread out, we totally got in the traveling mood. Just making plans somehow makes it a little more fun.
For lunch, we went to a local udon restaurant. Udon noodles in a light dashi broth, topped with lots of spring onions, garnished with tempura and inari sushi. It was a holiday with gentle flavors that filled both our stomachs and our hearts.
It was a peaceful weekend, where we felt the subtle change of seasons and the excitement of what’s to come.
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