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Mosquito Defense Pig

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/140 sec, ISO200
 “Mosquito Defense Pig” Cedar Park, 2019

こんばんは。How’s it going?

Our family’s mosquito defenses consist of an ultraviolet fan-trap, an annual yard spray, mini-fumigation spray, and old-school mosquito coil incense. For the incense, we have this cool ceramic pig. 🐷 I love the smell of the incense! It smells like a Japanese summer. 😄🎐

When I am working in the garage, I’ll bring the pig with me and let it clear the area of mosquitos. I think it does a great job in there, and I haven’t been bitten in the garage when I use the pig. However, on the backyard deck, I still get bitten. I guess it has to do with the more open area. Oh well, our mosquito bite remedy, Zap-it!, took care of the itchiness.

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/100 sec, ISO800
 “Mosquito Defense Coil” Cedar Park, 2019

I hope you had a nice day!

またね～

Spring Concert – Final Show for the School Year

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/125 sec, ISO2500
 “Spring Concert” Cedar Park, 2019

Tonight was the Spring Concert, and Koa performed in two pieces. He didn’t play marimba this time, but was on the electric piano for one song and then cymbals for the other. It was a nice concert, but I prefer the ones where he plays marimba or timpani.

The school year is almost over, and it has been a successful one for Koa. He still loves band, and he’s doing great! Very proud. 😄

New Strings for the Pineapple Ukulele

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/40 sec, ISO6400
 “New Strings” Cedar Park, 2019

Tonight I replaced the strings that came with my Kala Pineapple Ukulele with some Aquila New Nylgut strings. The original strings were supposedly the “Super Nylgut”, but who knows? So I decided to go ahead and try the other strings. They sound great, but I honestly don’t know if they make that much of a difference. They do seem a little firmer, louder, but squeaky. I think the squeak will go away after they pick up some oils from my fingers, but I do like the overall sound. And knowing that they are, in fact, Aquila strings make me feel good too.

I hope you had a good day!

またね～

Yakitori Dinner at Home

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/100 sec, ISO2500
 “Yakitori” Cedar Park, 2019

こんばんは。How’s it going?

This evening we made yakitori on the grill. Was yummy! Mariko said the meat was a little overcooked because we kept it on too long to get a nice char, so next time we’ll up the flame a bit so the grill marks arrive earlier.

Besides the chicken, we added onion, and since we didn’t have any green onion in the fridge, we added jalapeño peppers for a bit of color. I guess these were Texas-style yakitori skewers. 😆

Oh, and another thing… we didn’t soak the skewers in water beforehand, so they burned pretty badly. Oh well, next time!

Hope you had a nice day.

またね～

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/100 sec, ISO800
 “Yakitori on the Grill” Cedar Park, 2019
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/100 sec, ISO250
 “Yakitori Basting” Cedar Park, 2019
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/100 sec, ISO640
 “Yakitori on the Grill” Cedar Park, 2019