Cold Snow Day

Photo info: FUJIFILM X-T10, 35mm, f/5, 1/300 sec, ISO200
“Covered Deck” Cedar Park, 2021

こんばんは。How’s it going?

Today we woke up to several inches of snowfall here in Central Texas as well as to a bitter cold. Because of the latter, we’ve been experiencing electrical outages throughout the state. That caused my work to cancel several of today’s meetings. Thankfully, our house hasn’t been affected by the blackouts, but it seems like all my friends have. I hope our good luck continues through the night. (fingers crossed)

The snow was actually kind of fun to experience! Lani had a few moments of confusion this morning when I let her out to do her business. She didn’t know where the lawn was, so I put on my boots and walked down the stairs to the grass, and then she got enough courage to find a place to pee. 😅

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO200
“Confused Dog” Cedar Park, 2021

During my lunchbreak I bundled up and went for a little walk toward the mailbox and back. There was so much snow on the ground and lots of kids were having snowball fights. Surprisingly, there were no snowmen, even though there was a ton of snow to work with. I think it was just too cold! (19°F / -7°C) I recorded my walk using my GoPro, and you can see the video at the bottom of the post. Enjoy, and stay warm!

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/7.1, 1/4700 sec, ISO200
“Snowy Street” Cedar Park, 2021
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/7.1, 1/750 sec, ISO200
“Growing Icicles” Cedar Park, 2021

A Visit to the Little Free Library

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“Icy Library” Cedar Park, 2021

With plenty of layers on, I rode my bicycle to the Little Free Library at one of our neighborhood elementary schools. I didn’t find anything interesting, but it was a fun bicycle ride. I liked how the ice froze on the library’s “porthole”. We don’t see that often!

If you have some time to kill, please check out the bicycle ride video I made, and subscribe to my YouTube channel. 🙏

I hope you had a nice day!

Lunar New Year Dinner

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“Chinese Dinner” Cedar Park, 2021

I braved the freezing weather to pick up a few dishes from Hunan Bistro, which is a Chinese restaurant we really like. Our favorite dish is Toothpick Lamb, but we also got mabo tofu, Sichuan eggplant, pork with tofu, and fried rice. For Lunar New Year, we usually travel down to San Antonio to celebrate at my cousin’s house, where she throws a huge party. But because of COVID-19, we’re spending a quiet dinner at home. Hopefully next year we’ll be able to travel to see more family… crossing fingers!

Anyways, here’s to a prosperous year of the Ox!

The Big Freeze

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/140 sec, ISO200
“Icy Tree” Cedar Park, 2021

Here in Central Texas, we’re experiencing some very cold weather.

Unfortunately, the arctic blast also came with freezing rain which made for a mess on the highways and in peoples’ yards.

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/110 sec, ISO200
“Mini-Icicles” Cedar Park, 2021

One of the trees in our backyard got so weighed down with ice, that a major branch snapped. Luckily there was no damage to our house or deck. I’m hoping that’s the only damage we’ll see, but there are a few more days of even colder temperatures to suffer through. Come on, trees! がんばってね!

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO400
“Broken Tree” Cedar Park, 2021

Stay warm, ATX friends!