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"Broken Washing Machine, Hand Washing Days...”

I wrote that I had to purchase my New iPhone because it didn't work well anymore. To tell the truth, my washing machine is also broke on Christmas Eve. Since that day, I am still waiting for the repair person to fix it. When it stopped working, my husband immediately noticed that one of the parts was probably broken and it was. However, the repair stores were almost all closed during the Christmas holidays. Finally, the repair person came to check our washing machine on January 7th. Then, he ordered some parts to fix it. Fortunately or not, we don't need to buy a new washing machine but we have to wait for the parts to come to his repair shop...

My drier is not broken but the washing machine is broken so, I have to wash my laundry by hand. This is not easy work. I took the cover photo in Prince Edward Island when I went for a vacation a few years ago. I took this photo because the beach life scene looked beautiful. Hanging wet towels in the air without using any machines. I didn't know that I would have to wash my laundry now by hand. I decided to use this photo for this article because my real life is not relaxing like this photo hahaha...

I still like to hang my laundry outside in the summertime. The image of hanging laundry outside is a very common beautiful scene in Japan and Asia. Actually, I like to do laundry very much because I think a lot when I am doing laundry. Laundry time is my thinking time. I don't think I can do all of my laundry by hand forever but I am thinking many things these days. My wrists are damaged due to my first job in Canada because I worked very hard at that time. When I wring out the laundry, I noticed that this action is very painful. Also, my skins get very rough. I imagine that pioneers' lives were very tough. However, I don't try to wash everything so hard because I can't push myself a lot. Have you ever seen the Eco-friendly bike washing machine before? I wonder if I want it or not... People use "Jyumyou(寿命)" which means life span in Japanese. We use this word for living things or things. I think some of my house appliances are reaching their jyumyou these days.

"洗濯機が壊れて手洗いする日々"

昨日はiPhoneが寿命を迎えたので新しいiPhone購入について書きましたが、実はクリスマスイブから洗濯機が壊れたままです。修理屋さんが直してくれるのをずっと待っている状態です。洗濯機が動かなくなってすぐに主人はパーツのせいだと気が付いたのですが、クリスマス休暇でどの店も閉まっていました。１月７日にやっと修理屋さんが見に来てくれたのですが、その時はパーツをオーダーしただけでいまだに洗濯機は動かないままです。幸か不幸か、買い換えずにパーツを修理するだけでいいそうですが、洗濯機が使えないのは不便です。

乾燥機は壊れていませんが、洗濯機が壊れているので手洗いをしなければなりません。これがけっこうな重労働です。カバーの写真は数年前にプリンスエドワード島に出かけた時に撮った写真です。洗濯機など使わず、海で濡れたタオルをそのまま外に干すビーチライフは素敵だなと思ってあの時は写真におさめたのです。今こうして手洗いで大変な思いをするとは全く知らずに…。現実逃避を兼ねてこの写真をカバー写真に使いました。

夏に洗濯物を外干しするのは好きです。日本を含むアジアの国々で洗濯物を外に干してある光景は、馴染みのあるうつくしい風景です。わたしは色んなことを考えることができる洗濯の時間が好きです。手洗い洗濯を永遠に続ける自信はありませんが、ここ最近は手洗い洗濯時間中に色々考え事をしています。カナダに移住した頃、シフトをかなり入れて仕事をしていた時に手首を痛めてしまいました。洗濯物を絞る作業は、手首になかなかの負担がかかります。指先の皮膚荒れもけっこうひどいです。あらゆることを自分たちでしなくてはいけなかった昔の人の日常はさぞ大変だっただろうなと思います。わたしはそんなに無理して洗濯はせず適当にしていますが。みなさんはエコ・フレンドリーの自転車洗濯機を見たことがありますか？欲しいかと言われるとわかりません。日本では寿命という言葉を生き物にも物にも使いますね。ここ最近わたしの周りには寿命がきている物が何点かあるようです。

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Broken washing machine
壊れている洗濯機

I don't use the dryer all the time for small hand-washed laundry so, I dry them in front of the woodstove. It is good for humidification.
手洗いした少ない洗濯物に乾燥機を使いたくない時は、薪ストーブの前に干しています。加湿になって割といいです。

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