この間はＪＲの大野さんと姨捨駅の落ち葉を軽トラ１台分片つけた。今朝は我が子供達を連れて、もう１台分を拾った。
落ち葉と子供はなぜか、楽しいコンビですね。自分も子供のころ、お父さんの手伝いで良い思い出がある。
そして、ボランティアという事で、なお良い経験になる。こちらに引越ししてくる前に、シアトルの家の近所の教会に大きなもみじの木があった。その落ち葉が物凄く多かった。毎年、妻や子供を連れて、ボランティアで全部を拾った。
なんか知らないけど、秋にボランティアで落ち葉拾いを１回ぐらいしないと、気がすまない私です。
The other day, Ono-san from JR and I raked up a K-Truck-full of leaves from in front of Obasute Station. Nature worked its magic again, and there was another pile of leaves that needed to be cleaned up. So this morning, I took our kids and we scooped up another K-Truck load's worth.
There's something about kids and leaves. I sure have fond memories of helping my dad rake leaves when I was a kid -- making a big pile and jumping into it.
And there's something extra special about volunteering to rake leaves. Back when we were living in Seattle, every year I used to go to our local church and rake up all the leaves from the huge Japanese maple trees in front. I'd take my wife and/or son, pile up all the leaves and then throw whoever was helping me onto the pile.
I guess it's in my genes to help volunteer raking up leaves at least once each Fall...
