Two days ago there was a car accident nearby. The driver was a student at the same high school that my son goes to, and sadly he was killed in the wreck.
This afternoon I drove by the scene where the car went off the road, and I saw there were flowers and a memorial set up and I got tears in my eyes. I didn’t know the student nor his family (neither does Koa), but it makes me so sad to think about losing a child… I don’t have much more to say about it, except that we all should cherish those we love as much as we can.
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/125 sec, ISO1250 “2018.12.04 Sketch” Cedar Park, 2018
Another quick sketch tonight, but I think the body doesn’t match the face at all. So, I’ll probably take the body and re-draw a less-cartoony face for a future drawing. Looking forward to it, actually, because I am pleasantly surprised at how much I like the simple body pose. ☺
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/125 sec, ISO2500 “Old Pot” Cedar Park, 2018
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Tonight I made rice using our old ceramic cooker. I haven’t used it in a long time which is a shame because it makes really good rice. For some reason, we’ve been using our modern electronic cooker lately. But tonight Mariko was using it to ferment something (who knows what) so I needed to use the ceramic pot.
Basically, you add your rice, wash it as usual, then fill with the correct amount of water. I normally measure it the Hawaiian way by filling it over the rice and up to one fingertip digit, but Mariko said it would be too much and to just use the markers on the side of the pot. So I did that, but actually, it was a little dry. Next time it will be back to the Hawaiian method. 😆
Anyways, once you have the water in there, cover it with the inner and outer lids, then put it over medium heat. Once it starts boiling and steam is shooting out of the venting hole, turn the fire down all the way and cook for 12 minutes. Once that is done, turn off the fire and let rest for 13 more minutes. After the timer goes off, open it up, fluff up the rice with your shamoji (rice spoon), then replace just the outer lid, and it’s ready to go! 🍚
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/125 sec, ISO2000 “Cooked” Cedar Park, 2018
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2, 1/125 sec, ISO1250 “Oyakodon” Cedar Park, 2018
こんばんは。How’s it going?
I feel like I must have about a dozen of these posts… a photo of oyakodon and a short paragraph about it being my favorite food. So this time, I’ll just say that we had oyakodon tonight because Mariko was going out with her friend for fondue and this is a super quick prep meal. Basically, she cooked the chicken, broth, and onion in a skillet, then left it for me to finish preparing when the kids came home. That just involved adding five eggs and some green onion to the skillet and cooking it all up. Finally, I served it over rice, put some nori on top, and voila – dinner is served! 😄
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/125 sec, ISO2000 “Stars Above Us” Cedar Park, 2018
Tonight’s sketch is inspired by a song I love – “Stars Above Us” by St. Etienne. Often when I am driving and listening to music, I think to myself I should draw something from the song. So this is the first attempt at that idea.
Stars above us, cars below us
Out on the rooftop, baby
Stars above us, cars below us
Nothing can touch us, baby
Just had to get out of there
I’m tired of all of those places
Up here is out of sight
Outside with the breeze on our faces
Let’s go up the stairway
My band doing it their way
Our sound’s ruling all the airwaves
Butterflies taking flight
Stars above us, cars below us
Out on the rooftop, baby
Stars above us, cars below us
Nothing can touch us, baby
Stars above us, cars below us
Out on the rooftop, baby
Stars above us, cars below us
Nothing can touch us, baby
Sun sets over the city
Won’t you come and catch it with me?
Follow me, right up the stairway
Let’s have some fun tonight
Stars above us, cars below us
Out on the rooftop, baby
Stars above us, cars below us
Nothing can touch us, baby
Stars above us, cars below us
Out on the rooftop, baby
Stars above us, cars below us
Nothing can touch us, baby
Out on the rooftop, out on the rooftop
Stars above us
Out on the rooftop
Stars above us
Out on the rooftop
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