daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
I only had my mobile phone camera with me on my bicycle ride, but I think it did a good job of catching some spectacular clouds. As they say, “The best camera is the one you have with you.” 😊
In a couple of weeks, Bay will head back to school in Houston, but he’ll be living off-campus which means that he needs to prepare his own meals. Therefore, he’s been practicing some new recipes at home and working on his kitchen skills. The dishes that he’s prepared for us have been yummy and tonight’s was no different.
The Coconut-Miso Salmon Curry recipe is from the Kay Chun/New York Times and didn’t look too difficult although there were a couple tricky parts. Mariko is an amazing cook so she helped guide Bay through the parts he was unsure about. I helped out with the easy tasks, such as showing Bay how I would cut the onion, collecting the basil from the garden, and keeping the surfaces tidy.
It’s lots of fun, and so satisfying to watch Bay keep learning new skills and growing as a person. 😊
I finally saw Comet NEOWISE! Thanks to my friend Jeremy’s tips and advice, I was able to spot the comet just over the treeline and captured a couple of photos with my Fujifilm X100T camera. It’s the first comet I’ve ever seen so I was pretty stoked. 😄☄
I make Mariko laugh when I came back from the photo session because I was carrying my tripod/camera, had my headlamp on my forehead, and around my neck was my compass and binoculars. I struck a pose and she said “Dasai!!” (uncool) 🤣
Today during my lunch break, Mariko and I went in search of a certain type of flower for our yard. We heard that Hill Country Water Gardens had some, but unfortunately they said they were all out and their suppliers didn’t have any either. So, that was a bit of a bummer, but the nursery itself was a lot of fun to check out. As the name implies, water features are their specialty and there were plenty of ponds, pond plants, bird baths, and fountains to look at. Not only that, but they have what seemed to be a nice selection of pond fish including many varieties of koi. Who knew there were so many varieties! koi
I hope you had a good day. 😄
Tonight’s bike ride took me to the elementary school on the other side of the neighborhood. While riding around the front of the school, I noticed that they have a Little Free Library there. That makes three of these libraries that I know of in our neighborhood. I love them!
I didn’t see any interesting books, but I did notice the cool handle on the door. It’s appropriate since the school mascot is a ray. 😀
I hope you had a nice day!
