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Smoky Clouds and VW Bus Mailbox

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/100 sec, ISO250
 “Smoky Clouds” Cedar Park, 2020

While on my evening bicycle ride, I spotted some strange clouds off in the distance I. We occasionally have wildfires here in central Texas, but after checking the news, the nearest one was in a different direction. So, it’s kind of a mystery what these were.

Surprisingly, I still see new and interesting things while riding around the neighborhood. This cool Volkswagen bus mailbox caught my eye. Mariko loves the old VWs, so I had to stop and take a photo. 😀

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.6, 1/100 sec, ISO320
 “VW Bus” Cedar Park, 2020

I hope you had a nice and safe day! またね～

Katsu Dinner

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO2000
 “Katsu Dinner” Cedar Park, 2020

We probably shouldn’t eat too much fried food, but how can you resist katsu (deep-fried pork cutlet)? Along with miso soup and shredded cabbage, we had some ume-garlic, which was yummy. My first time trying it!

By the way, Lani likes to eat her dinner while we eat ours, and here she is waiting for us to fill up her food bowl. 🐶

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/100 sec, ISO2000
 “Where’s My Dinner?” Cedar Park, 2020

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The Great Outdoors Garden Center

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/160 sec, ISO200
 “Sunny Flower” Austin, 2020

Mariko and I made a trip down to South Austin to visit The Great Outdoors Garden Center. It is an excellent nursery! First, their COVID-19 precautions are good, all the employees are masked up, there’s sanitizer available, and they limit the number of people on-site at one time. That being said, the selection of plants is wonderful, with plenty of native species, and they even have a greenhouse full of houseplants. It’s probably the best selection of houseplants I’ve ever seen, although I admit to not going to many nurseries. They also have a large selection of wind chimes, which sounded so soothing and beautiful that we ended up buying a small one.

We don’t get out much because of the pandemic, but The Great Outdoors Garden Center was a relatively safe place to visit and shop. Besides the wind chime, we bought several small plants and succulents. Exciting!

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/160 sec, ISO200
 “Nursery Cat” Austin, 2020

Cycling POV

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“Cycling POV” Cedar Park, 2020

I was inspired by Two Wheel Cruise and Vietnamese Girl Wandering the World and wore my Victure action camera while I went on my evening bicycle ride. My camera doesn’t have stabilization, so it’s pretty shaky. If you are prone to motion-sickness like I am, I don’t think you should watch. 🤢 But it was fun to make and edit. Maybe sometime in the future I will get a GoPro like the youtubers and can make better videos. Until then, I’ll stick with still images.