“Black and White” Cedar Park, 2022
She’s a tuxedo cat, so it’s doubly-appropriate to shoot her in black and white. 🐱
Black and White Cat
“Black and White” Cedar Park, 2022
Category: Slice of Life
“Black and White” Cedar Park, 2022
Bicycle Work
“Rear Wheel Work” Cedar Park, 2022
I am starting work on Sophie’s rear wheel. My plan is to disassemble the hub, repack the ball bearings, and replace the spokes. It might take a couple of weeks because I will need to order the spokes after I measure them. Also, I’m not sure if I can disassemble the hub without a special tool. We’ll see!
But I am looking forward to having new spokes for the rear, just like the front. After I take care of that, there’s only the bottom bracket that should be serviced, but it doesn’t seem like anything is amiss down there.
Old Liquor
“Old Whisky” Cedar Park, 2022
Last year I brought home several bottles of old very liquor. My parents’ neighbor/friend passed away and he had a lot of bottles in his collection, which my parents saved. These are two of the unopened whisky bottles. I don’t know how long they stay good, but we opened the one on the right and it seems fine!
We did try a couple of other bottles which were a bit foul so we dumped them, but I’m happy that we can enjoy at least one of them. Cheers! 🥃
Burrito Night (Shredded Chicken Instant Pot)
“Wet Burrito” Cedar Park, 2022
Our family loves burritos! We recently enjoyed some at Alfredo’s and Mi Burrito in Southern California, and also often get them at Freebirds and Chipotle near our house here in Texas. So when I was asked to use up some chicken breasts that are taking up space in the freezer, burritos came to mind.
Chicken breasts tend to be too dry and tough for us, but cooking them in the Instant Pot keeps them juicy and tender. And it’s so easy! I just added the four large chicken breasts to the pot with a can of fire-roasted tomatoes, a cup of water, some cumin, garlic, salt, pepper, and a few canned chipotles, set the Instant Pot for 30 minutes at high pressure, and voila! Tender and flavorful chicken ready for shredding.
Assembling the burritos was easy and fun, and left up to the individual to do. For tonight’s meal, I just put extra-large flour tortillas, diced onion, cilantro, cheese, salsas, sour cream, avocado, jalapeño peppers, refried beans, rice, and both red and green enchilada sauces on the table.
The burritos were not very hot though, so we microwaved them, topped them with enchilada sauces and cheese, then popped them under the broiler for a minute to make restaurant-style wet burritos. 🌯❤️
Super good! And we have plenty of leftover fixings for a second dinner tomorrow. 😀
Here’s Koa’s plate. It’s amazing how much teenagers can eat!
“Double Burrito” Cedar Park, 2022
“Wet Burrito” Cedar Park, 2022
Neewer 660 LED Lighting Kit
“Lighting Kit” Cedar Park, 2022
We received a new Neewer 660 LED Lighting Kit today and it seems pretty good! Just a few days ago I sold my old studio flash and switched to these continuous lights which will be good for stills and video.
The kit we chose comes with two lights/stands, but doesn’t have any soft boxes. However, I have a shoot-through umbrella that I was able to use and it works great. The first photos I took were of an antique lamp that I am trying to sell on Facebook Marketplace. I think it looks nice!
“Lamp for Sale” Cedar Park, 2022
For the second lamp, I might purchase the Neewer soft box just to see how it compares to the umbrella. I’ll post again when I get it, but it might not be for a while yet.
