daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
Seemingly out of nowhere, a nice sized fruit appeared on our nasubi (Japanese eggplant). I was so surprised! Now let’s see if the squirrels leave it alone so we can enjoy it when it matures. Speaking of that, I’m not sure exactly when we should harvest it. I guess it’s time to consult the google!
Lani got a cute new harness and we went for a walk today. She is super excited to be out!
Koa requested ribs for dinner so I made a rack of baby backs using the tried and true parboiling method. They turned out excellent! I am proud of the job I did putting them under the broiler to finish them off. The color and slight charring of the sugary Stubb’s Hickory Bourbon barbecue sauce was better than I have ever done before.
We had a little bit of fun putting our bones on Mariko’s plate… it made it look she ate a dozen ribs! 😄
I hope you had a good day! またね～
I originally intended to just ride my bicycle down to my sunset spot for a photo and then back home, but it was such a pleasant evening that I rode on past my house and kept going towards the library, and what would have been a 2 km ride turned into an 11 km evening cruise around the neighborhood.
My first stop was at my go-to sunset location (see top photo), where I chatted with a man who was settled in to try to see the Mercury-Venus Conjunction. The clouds were not cooperating, but at least he got to enjoy the cool evening and brilliant colors of the sunset.
After that I cruised around by our city library area and took a few more sunset photos and then on one bit of trail, I noticed there were fireflies blinking all around. It was so cool! I tried to video the fireflies with my phone, but it really doesn’t capture the magic.
I’m so glad I decided to go for the longer ride this evening. There were lots of neat things to see. ☺
