Although it is called Sankan Shion (a cycle of three cold days and four warm days), it is a seasonal word for January in Haiku. Originally a representation of the climate around northeastern China, former Manchria, and now Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongliang provinces. If three cold days continue, for warm days continue, and the difference in temperature appears in a cycle of several days. It seems to be a particularly violent phenomenon in winter. Apparently, this Sankan Shion is not a harbinger of spring (although spring will come soon), but in Japan it may be strong- ly expressed as a harbinger of spring.
I started writing this because it was terribly cold today, turning from the warmth I felt yesterday's the sun to be getting longer and warmer. The morn- ing temperature in our town was minus 4.5 degrees Celsius. It rose little by little over time, but it was still 6 ℃ at around 1 pm. That was the highest tem- perature today.
I take small flower pots indoors as sunset ap- proaches. The instinct of plants is wonderful, and theyI feel that spring is approaching much more sensitively than humans. Therefore, it cannot be overprotected indoors forever. However, when the temperature drops to below zero at once like today, I feel like asking, "hey, you guys, what are you going to do?" (I don't actually make a voice, ... Uh! I'm doing it for my cats!)
Today, neither birds nor crows came to the my garden. Where are you getting out of the cold?
【Haiku】
Syungiku no shiraae yuki no gotoku nari
The crown daisy was mixed with a white bean curd and became to dress with like snow