大きな音の正体 what's making that big sound?

一昨日、雪空、曇り空の合間に貴重な太陽が
顔を出しました。

太陽＝洗濯　な主婦な私は
すかさず洗濯物を外に干し、満足していました。

一階のリビングでくつろいでいると
いきなり「ダーン」と大きな音が、、、。

誰かが壁にぶつかったようなそんな音でした。

聞きなれない音にドキドキしながら、辺りを見回しても
音の原因は全く見当たらず、
気になりながらも部屋へ戻ると
また同じ音が、、、。

さすがに怖くなってきたのですが、
この時も原因がわからず、、、。

しばらくして買い物へ行くために外に出たら頭上から
ポタッと何か落ちてきました。

水、、、。
あ、雪解け水、、、。
そして、次の瞬間
ドカッ！！　
これだったんです、音の正体。
二階屋根の雪の塊が一階屋根に落ちる音。

そして、、、。
その雪解け水が洗濯物を直撃しているではありませんかーーー。

結局雪国では、雪でも晴れても洗濯物は
外に出せないことがわかりました　涙

室内干しスペースが今日も活躍しています。


The day before yesterday was a nice sunny day.
It was the only day with a bright sunshine since
it had been snowy and cloudy all week.

To me, "sun" equals "drying the laundries outside" so
I put out all the laundries in the laundry space on the second floor balcony.

As I was relaxing in the living room,
a big sound came from nowhere.

It seemed like someone or something had banged into a wall .

It made me nervous for I had never heard such a sound.

I looked around the house in a hope to find out the cause of the sound
but I wasn't successful.
As I returned to the living room, another big sound.

Scary..........................but again, couldn't find where the sound was coming from.

Scary but I had to get some food for the dinner so I went outside.
It was then, few drops of water fell on my face.

Guess what the water drops were?
They were the melting snow from the roof.
The next second, I heard a huge bang!!

This was causing the big sound.
The sun was melting the snow on the roof and it was dropping.
Tiny water drops are all right, but once in a while, a chunk of snow
fell and these were making the huge sound.

AND..............oh no!! the melting snow was dropping on the laundries.

A lesson I learned that day was
"even on sunny days, laundries should stay inside the house during the
winter in Takayama." ha-ha.