大雪警報が出ていて
飯山や信濃町といった県境の
方はたいそうな雪が降ったらしい。
が、須坂はご覧の通り。今朝は軽い雪
が2－3センチほど、といったところ。

(今朝の畑）

今夜長野市内に用事があり、
午後10時頃は雪が結構な
勢いで降っていたが、須坂に
戻ると星が見えていて
道も乾いている。
須坂だってかなり北に
あるのだが、昔から
左様に雪は多くはないのだ。

（長野駅前では、今夜は大雪かと…）

As the heavy snow warning
was announced, it snowed much
in Iiyam or Shianomachi area which
are boarder twons to Niigata Pref.
But we did not have so much
snow here in Suzaka. It was about
2 to 3 cm depth of new snowfall
this morning. The snow was very
light though.

I was in Nagano city at around
10pm tonight and it snowed much
as shown in the picture. However,
once I got back to Suzaka, the stars
were seen in the sky and the road was
dry. Suzaka is situated in the north
part of Nagano Pref., but we have not had
so much snow here since long time ago.

大雪だの強風だのと
注意報は出てていたが、
やはり須坂辺りは平穏な
ものだった。

それでも寒波のせいか、午後
陽がさしても温度が上がらず、
積もった雪は硬く畑にでている
と足が直ぐに冷たく感ずる。
こんな日は素手で作業は無理だ。

(午後はいい天気、でも寒い）

明日も終日大雪注意報が
でているが、さてどうなるか。

We had warnings of heavy snowfall
and strogn wind for today but it was another
quiet winter day in Suzaka.

But it was cold whole day due to
cold wave from the continent, the
temperature did not go up even with
the sunshine and the snow on the ground
was fronzen. The feet got cold soon
out in the vineyards and I could not
stand working with bare hand.

We have again the warning of heavy
snowfall tomorrow but I wonder how
it would turn to be.

午後1時を回って降りだした
雪が、夕刻積もりかけたかと
思ったが、今は道が濡れている
程度で、天気予報の大雪は
今夜遅くからになるのだろうか。

昨日はいい天気で、夕方になっても
青空が続いていて、飛行機が
南西から東北に向けて空高く飛んだのが見えた。
航跡がくっきりと映えて、大分時間を
おいてから、置き去りにされたような
うなるような低い音が
それを追いかけて行った。
剪定を終えようとしていた
一瞬間。

It started snowing after one
o'clock this afternnon. It was not
enough to stay on the ground but now
it gets the roads wet. A heavy snow fall
forecasted for tonight will start late
in this evening.

It was clear yesterday and the sky remained
blue after sunset for a while. I found a
vapor trail of the aircraft crossing the blue
sky from southwest to northeast. It was seen
so clear and I heard low vibrating sound to follow
after long time the aircraft had flown away
as if it had been left behind.
I saw it at a time when I was about to finish
pruning.

そういえば年が明けて
神社仏閣どこにもお参りして
いなかった。やや遅ればせながら
今日善光寺さんに行ってきた。
3連休だったせいか、参道から
人が多く内裏へ参拝する
人たちが長蛇の列を作っていた。

(仁王門から山門を望む）

（仲見世から山門へ）

（賑わいの本堂）

今朝は案外と冷え込んだようで、
10時半を過ぎていたのに境内の
日陰には氷が張っている。大勧進
横の池もこの通り。

I remembered not to have visited any
shrine or temples for the new year yet.
So I visited Zenkoji temple to worship.
As it was the last day of the three day
holidays in a row, there were many more people
than I expected with a long que for
the special worship course inside the temple.

Because of the low temperature this morning,
I found ices in the shadow parts of the premises.
The small pond next to Daikanjin was covered
with ice even at 10:30 am.

今朝は思いもかけぬ雪。
冷たい雪だと道に積もっても
溶けるのに時間がかかる。
チラチラと止みそうな雪が
舞っている。
寒くて冬らしい朝。

午後ワイン葡萄の剪定を始める。
まずヴィオニエから。
昨日し掛かりの巨峰の剪定は
また別の日に。雪が積もってしまうと
頭の上にある枝を切るのに
いちいち雪が落ちてくるので
やりにくいのだ。
その点垣根は雪が積もる
様な事は少ないから
今日の様な天気でもできる。

(ヴィオニエの畑）

夕方帰りがけに
寒い畑の中で葡萄の剪定を
している人たちがちらほら。
勤勉なベテラン達に
頭が下がる。

（長野方面を望む　ピンボケですが）

We had unexpected snow fall this
morning. It does not melt so quickly
in the streets if they were cold enough.
Snow flakes keep falling but they seem
to stop soon. It was cold and it seemed
a real winter morning.

I started pruning wine grapes today
starting with viognier. I had to put
off pruning kyoho vines which I had
started yesterday. Once it snowed, the
snow on the branch on the overhead
trellis falls on the face and made it
difficult to continue the operation.
Therefore I have to wait for while for
the kyoho vines but I can do for wine
vines as they are trained on the lower
cordon wires.

In the late afternnon when I came back home,
I found a few veteran farmers pruning in the
cold vineyards.They really work hard.
My hats off to them.