
“Valentine’s Bagel” Cedar Park, 2021
Happy Valentine’s Day! 💕
daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad

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!

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!

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.

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!

Stay warm, ATX friends!
It was a little chilly, but I had a few minutes to extend my mail-run bicycle ride. It was fun to ride with my new handlebars. Come along!