daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
Tonight’s dinner: Loco Moco. This Hawaiian dish usually has a thicker brown gravy on top, but Mariko decided to make a thinner Japanese-style hamburg-steak sauce. I heard it was delicious… We had a leftover hamburger from yesterday’s barbecue, so I finished that up. Not complaining! (Maybe a little) 😆
Hope you had a nice day!
I managed to take this photo before turning in for the evening (I sleep so early these days!). This 9:15 pm photo still shows a little glow from the sun, but the lack of a moon and the less-polluted skies allow for some decent star photos, even from suburbia. That bright star in the center is actually the planet Venus. Super bright as usual! This is a 13-second exposure using a Sony NEX-6 and Sigma 10-20 mm lens, at a 15 mm full-frame equivalent focal distance, ISO 3200, with a quick edit in Adobe Lightroom 5.7. 🌌
I’m seeing many more photos on Instagram and Twitter of people’s homemade bread since the stay-at-home lifestyle has begun, and it’s awesome! Of course, I have to post some of Mariko’s bread too since it’s the best. This one is a sourdough loaf (my favorite), but she also made malasadas today for the first time. They were delicious!
It’s a good thing that I love to eat sandwiches because we have so much delicious bread… I just can’t get enough of it. Yay for bakers! 🍞 🥐
Tonight’s dinner was a simple yet delicious donburi of salmon and avocado in a shoyu sauce, with miso soup and asparagus rounding out the meal. And of course beer. Itadakimasu! 🥢
Here’s a photo of the most frequent visitor to our backyard bird feeder. This blue jay loves to eat the black-oil sunflower seeds, and while I thought it might bully the other birds, it seems that everyone has a chance to get some food in peace. Even some mourning doves and grackles have been finding their way to the feeder! 😀
We have a second feeder in the front of the house too. It’s actually a clear plastic shelf-type feeder that is suction cupped to the office window. It took a while for the birds to find it, but every once in a while, the blue jay, black-crested titmouse, or cardinals will visit for a snack and a peek into the office while I work. I’ll try to get a picture next time, but there is some serious back-light, so it probably won’t look so nice. We’ll see!
I hope you had a good day.
またね～
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We ordered a bunch of groceries online for pickup this afternoon. We really love our HEB supermarkets here in Texas, and even more so during the pandemic. We’re really grateful to have the option to order online and have the groceries packed in the car for us. I just parked in the designated spot, opened the back of my car, then texted the store that I had arrived. The mask-wearing HEB employee loaded the groceries in the back and I was all set! I think this system is safer for both the shoppers and the workers. The only downside is that it can be difficult to find an open slot for the service, but still, we’re fortunate to have this service available. Go HEB!
