Storm Tonight

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"Evening Clouds" Cedar Park, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 sec, ISO200
 “Evening Clouds” Cedar Park, 2017

こんばんは。

Tonight the forecast is for a storm. Heavy rain, high winds, and hail are possible. 😳

Cloud photo

The photo above is one I took at around 6 PM when the wind was picking up and you could feel the changes in the air. At least the crazy weather brings with it some interesting clouds. 😄

Artwork

This evening I was browsing the work of an amazing digital artist. I just love Ilya Kuvshinov’s art! Simply fantastic.

Source: ArtStation – Eki, Ilya Kuvshinov

I found many other great artists and illustrators this evening, but I’ll share them at future dates. Just so much cool stuff out there. 😄

I hope you had a nice Tuesday.

おやすみ

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Library Luck

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"At the Library" Cedar Park, 2017
Photo info: Motorola Moto G (4), 3.64mm, f/2, 1/30 sec, ISO250
 “At the Library” Cedar Park, 2017

こんばんは。How’s it going? Have a nice Sunday?

This afternoon I went to the library to return a couple movies that I borrowed, and while there I checked the catalog to see if a book I have been wanting to read was available. I’ve done this for several months now, but always the online catalog would say “0 copies available”. Once in a while, book two or book three of the trilogy are available, but never book one.

Today, though, the catalog said “1 copy available” for book one, and also books 2 and 3! I went to the stacks and only found book 3. 😕 So I asked the librarian to check on it, and she said that someone might have returned them this afternoon and then she went off to look. A minute later she returned with books one and two in hand! 😄

So, with a smile on my face, I checked out all three of “The School for Good and Evil” books and headed out the door. My lucky day!

And now it is time to get reading. I’m sure someone will place a hold on the book, which means no renewals for me, so I got to finish it quickly!

またね～

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おめでとう！

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こんばんは。

"Graduating Class" Austin, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/100 sec, ISO2500
 “Graduating Class” Austin, 2017

Today, my 15-year-old son (second from the left in the photo above) graduated from Japanese school here in Austin. I can’t believe he has been going for 11 years! I’m so proud of him for sticking with it and completing his studies. And of course, it’s been a long 11 years for Mariko too, who put in a lot of effort to help with schoolwork and also helping with school duties. Since my Japanese language abilities are so low, the most I could do to help was to support Mariko in whatever she needed.

Today at the graduation ceremony, the graduating class of 7 students gave a speech and presented a slideshow of photos for the rest of the school and parents. Seeing the pictures of the kids as they grew up together was really touching. It was also a bit sad to know that this part of his life is complete. Understandably, there were many tears shed by the parents in the audience. 😭

I hope Bay keeps up with his Japanese skills! I’m sure it will be a big help to him in his life.

またね～

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