Category: Slice of Life

A Black Ink Water Brush

Saturday, January 5th, 2019Friday, February 1st, 2019creativity, ink, painting, postaday, watercolorSketching, Slice of Life6 Comments

"Black Ink Water" Cedar Park, 2019 — Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/125 sec, ISO1250
“Black Ink Water” Cedar Park, 2019

Tonight I filled my Ohuhu waterbrush with a mix of diluted ink, first with Noodler’s Bulletproof Black. I added just a few drops and painted the background trees. I had to get the paper really wet, and I am not very fond of the way the ink granulated on the watercolor paper. Next, I refilled the brush with water and 10 drops of Kuretake Zig Cartoonist Ink and painted the items in the foreground. I am really pleased with the effect! It reminds me of Chinese ink paintings a bit, since I guess the medium is essentially the same.

It’s fun to “doodle” using the waterbrush and diluted ink. I’ll do more for sure in the future!

I hope you had a nice day!

またね～

Donburi Night at Home

Thursday, January 3rd, 2019Friday, February 1st, 2019donburi, food, postadayFood, Slice of LifeLeave a Comment

"Garlic Steak Donburi" Cedar Park, 2019 — Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/125 sec, ISO5000
“Garlic Steak Donburi” Cedar Park, 2019

こんばんは。How’s it going? Tonight, Mariko made a steak donburi with a sweet sauce and toasted garlic. It tasted as good as it looked. 😄 Over vacation, we ate a lot of food at each meal, so it was nice to enjoy a smaller portion.

And Lani was excited at the possibility of getting some some home-cooked scraps:

"Hungry Dog" Cedar Park, 2019 — Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/125 sec, ISO5000
“Hungry Dog” Cedar Park, 2019

I hope you had a nice day!

またね～

Vacation’s Over – Carry On

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019Thursday, January 3rd, 2019postaday, traveling, well-beingSlice of Life, Traveling, Well-being2 Comments

"Palos Verdes" 2019 — Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/9, 1/450 sec, ISO200
“Palos Verdes” 2019

こんばんは。How’s it going?

We’re back home in Texas after a wonderful holiday vacation in California. While I enjoyed myself quite a bit, I let my daily habits fall by the wayside, but that’s okay. I was on vacation after all. Nothing to beat myself up over.

While I did post on my blog, play some ukulele (my dad has a cool Kamaka ukulele), exercise/stretch, and take a daily photo, I didn’t study my Japanese vocabulary nor do a daily drawing. And of course, I didn’t do a daily decluttering. But now that I’m back home, I’ll pick those back up. It’s a new year which is kind of cool. No new year’s resolutions for me. I’m just going to continue what I’m doing. Little by little, every day, ought to be enough. 😊

またね～

Spending Time at the Ocean

Tuesday, January 1st, 2019Friday, February 1st, 2019California, food, postaday, travelingFood, Slice of Life, Traveling2 Comments

"Sunset Light" Redondo Beach, 2019 — Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/11, 1/70 sec, ISO3200
“Sunset Light” Redondo Beach, 2019

こんばんは。And Happy New Year!

This afternoon we went to the Redondo Beach Pier to walk around, have some snacks, and enjoy the outdoors. Even though it was chilly out, the kids got ice cream and funnel cakes, and Mariko and I enjoyed some oysters on the half-shell. As the sun went down, we got sat down for a cocktail and then took photos of the sunset. It was a good day! Please enjoy the photos.

またね～