In the morning, I had to shovel snow around the house.

  It snowed during the night, but not so much. Before seven o'clock, I had to shovel out the snow.

Hearing aids

  I bought a pair of new hearing aids. It cost 360,000, but I will pay by monthly payment without interest. My hearing has been deteriorating these years. As I grow old, my eye sight, my hearing, and many other abilities deteriorate as a matter of fact. I feel sorry.

Frozen weather continues, but walking was pleasant today, too.

  I walked along the Tomakomai river in the morning, and it was very pleasant to walk.

It was very cold but sunny.

     In some northern places in Hokkaido, the lowest temperature was below -30, and in most parts, the highest was below -5. But, when I was walking westward to Kawazoe in the morning, I felt very pleasant. The sky was blue and beautiful. I don't like snow season, but today, I felt happy to live in this snow country. I sent an email to Tomoko, my old friend in Miyagi. A few days ago, she emailed me saying she was very fine, and enjoyed shopping with a respirator. I felt relieved to hear that.

Cold, but pleasant to walk.

  Now is the coldest season, but pleasant to walk, because the roads are not too slippery to walk on. I walked in the morning as far as the gymnasium at Kawazoe.

Walking for the first time this year.

  It was very cold but fine today. In the morning, I went out for walking, which I hadn't done for almost half a month. The snow was beautiful along the way, and walking along the Tomakomai river was very pleasant.

I stayed at home all day today, too.

  It was mostly sunny, but very cold. But because of still having a cold, I didn't go out without when carrying plastic waste in the morning. Sparrows came to the wood deck and I enjoyed watching them. Chiaki called us, saying she wanted to quit her present job, because she had no time to take care of her children. We said she should ask Haruna for advice before deciding her mind.