芝刈り (mowing)

芝生がだいぶ伸びた、膝の具合もよいので今日は、私が芝を刈ることにした。芝刈り機はエンジンで手押し、ゆっくり押しながらやるが、けっこう力もいる、約一時間で終了綺麗になった。

午後からは娘と孫がゲームセンターに行くというので付いて行った。また、ここも大きな所で、子供用ゲーム機が沢山並んでいて、ゲーム機の周りにはテーブルが並び、食事や飲み物が取れるようになっている。ここでは子供の誕生パーティが何組か行われていた。孫はいろいろなゲームを楽しみ、点数制なのか点数が貯まると小さなおもちゃが貰える。ここで関心したのは店の出入りが結構厳しいこと、多分子供の誘拐防止だと思われる。

帰り道に市立図書館により、孫はここでもパソコンのゲームで遊んでいた。この図書館も大きい、大きな子供専用図書室も有り、本の貸し出し、ビデオの貸し出し等なかなかよいシステムになっている。

The grass grew tall. Since my knee's feeling well, I decided to mow today. The mower has an engine but I had to push it. It took about 1 hour to mow the yard but it looked good after I did it. In the afternoon, we went to the arcade game places. Once again, everything in America is big, so the place we went there was not exception. There were many video games and some tables so the families can eat and drink there. I saw some birthday parties going on there. My grandson tried many games and got some "points". Those "points" can be exchanged with toys. I was impressed that the security was pretty tight there to enter the place. I guess the security was there to prevent a kidnapping. On the way home, we stopped by the library. My grandson played with a computer game again. This library is also big. There is a place for children's section and people can check out books and movies.