
“The Stand-In” Cedar Park, 2020
We have a stuffed animal sitting at the table in Bay’s spot while he’s away at school. 😊🦥
daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad

We had Bay home for a few days for a mini-visit. It was great to see him and hang out, talk baseball, and make him some food. But the time went by quickly, and he had to return to school. Today’s photo was one I took on the road home after dropping him off in Houston.
I hope you had a good day. またね~

Mariko had a couple of friends over to celebrate a birthday (socially-distanced outside on the deck), and one of the goodies on the menu were delicious oysters! Topped with ikura, tobiko, wasabi, and a dash of ponzu, it was excellent.
Somewhat related, here’s a photo I took of another sea-creature, also deceased:

I hope you had a good day! 😆

Today I went out for a lunchtime run in a direction I don’t usually go. But I wanted to have a destination to run to so I chose the local library. It’s kind of an interesting neighborhood to run through because of mix of houses, and there’s a bit of off-pavement trail to run on as well.
I was feeling good when I reached my destination, but when I saw the flags at half-staff, I had to pause for a moment as a wave of sadness came over me. 😞

Today’s photo is of a lamp on my desk in which I have stuck some pins I’ve collected recently. I’m thinking of putting them in some kind of frame or board because I’d like to just have an uncluttered lamp, but I’m also pretty lazy, so the pins will stay where they are for the foreseeable future. 😄