現地時間2025年8月28日（木）、午前10時に起きた。午後、散歩をした。Rupert駅近くのファレスパークを訪れた。
この公園の敷地は広く、2つの野球場などを有する。私が歩いた時間帯は、人がわずかしかおらず、園内は遊び放題だった。ある子どもが、父親らしき男性と一緒に野球場を訪れ、バッティング練習をしていた。
日本にある実家の近くには、ファレスパークのような環境はない。日本の広い都市公園はたいてい混んでいて、野球をすることもままならない。バッティング練習なんてもってのほかだ。
ファレスパークの植物のなかで目立っていたのは、ニワウルシと思しき木。赤く色づいており、その部分は果実だそうだ。私がこれを見つけた当初、花が咲いているのではないかと疑ってしまうほど、華やかだった。
On Thursday, August 28th, 2025, I got up at 10:00 a.m. PDT and visited Falaise Park, located near Rupert Station, in the afternoon.
The park covers a large area and has two baseball fields. When I was walking around, there were only a few people there, so anyone could play whatever they wanted. In fact, a child was practicing hitting a baseball with the help of an adult man, who was likely his father.
I wish I had a huge and less crowded place like Falaise Park near my hometown in Japan. It is because urban parks in Japan are usually full of people, and it is so difficult for local people to play baseball, especially hit a ball using a baseball bat, at a large open space unless they book a baseball field in advance.
In the park, one tree stood out because parts of it had turned red, while most other plants were green. That tree might have been a tree of heaven, and the red parts were its fruits, which looked as showy as the flowers of other species.