I make it my policy to walk my dog, Mocha, for a while just after coming back home every day. Naturally, when I have to stay at my hospital for a whole night or stay until late, I can't. However, if I can, I enjoy walking around my house with Mocha. It's been hot recently, but I continued it for keeping fit. A shower after walking is really refreshing.
My daughter, however, has sympathy for him. His body is nearer the surface of the blacktop than mine. She insists that Mocha would think my walking as only a nuisance to feel a higher temperature than me. It might be possible.
Anyway, Matsuyama city has a population of 600,000 and is the capital of the prefecture. You might imagine that it would be as dry as dust, but it's not true. The pictures were taken in a 2 km diameter from my residence during my walking. The first one is of the main road to the airport. It's ten minutes' drive to the airport. You can see some people enjoying fishing and walking in the second picture. This peaceful place is also near my house.
There's not a day that I don't hear some bad news from all over the world. I really feel grateful for my situation.
- (Vocabulary)
- keep fit 健康を維持する
- the blacktop〈米〉 アスファルト舗装
- blacktop [U] アスファルト [同意] Tarmac(英)(商標)
- nuisance《[C]通例単数形で》 迷惑な行為, 厄介な人［もの，こと］
- make a nuisance of yourself 人に迷惑をかける
- as dry as an old bone / as dry as dust 無味乾燥な
- conditions 《複数扱い》 (暮らし・仕事などの) 環境
- Conditions in the prison were appalling. 刑務所内の環境はおぞましかった．
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