Screen time

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"Sunday Morning Light" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: SONY SLT-A77V, 10mm, f/5.6, 1/20 sec, ISO800
 “Sunday Morning Light” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！

On Sundays I can sleep in later than usual, but today I woke up early and had a quiet morning to myself while the rest of the family slept. Well, the kittens and dog were up and kept me company while I drank my coffee! In the photo above, you can see the morning sun coming in from the west, and the kittens relaxing under the dining table. They are really funny little creatures who can seemingly be comfortable sleeping anywhere. Amazing!

Today I spent a lot of time in front of the screen watching Japanese dorama. I really can get sucked into these and I prefer to binge-watch them, so I wait until the entire series is finished then watch them all at once. The first one I watched today was Omukae Death. I watched the bulk of the episodes yesterday and finished up the final episode this morning (mini-review coming soon!).

This afternoon I continued watching Juhan Shuttai and now it is 11pm and I am on the second-to-last episode of that series. It’s pretty interesting, and I’ll finish it up later this week. Besides those two, I am waiting for the final episode of Hayako-sensei, Kekkon Surutte Hontou desu ka? to be shown. That’s the series I am enjoying most this season. I guess it’s because it’s aimed towards an older crowd, although still younger than me!

There are a couple other doramas that I want to watch (which Mariko says I will enjoy), but I’ll probably binge watch them next week when my family travels to Japan and I am left at home for “bachelor summer”. I’ll have a lot of free time! 😟

You know, I rarely spend a lot of time watching long stretches of tv, but once in a while I’ll get in the mood and enjoy it a lot!

Well, I hope you had a nice weekend, and we’ll see you tomorrow!

おやすみなさい！ – B Barron Fujimoto

Tired

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"Blurry Vision" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2, 1/100 sec, ISO1600
 “Blurry Vision” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！

The photo above is how I am feeling right now… tired, out of focus, but happy. You see, my wife had friends over this evening for another potluck, so I got to eat delicious food once again, and then they all chatted the entire evening and I got to watch several episodes of Omukae Desu. I made it to the final episode, but this last one is 1.5 hours long, and it is getting late, so I’ll finish it tomorrow.

But, I am feeling good and zero stress!!

Have a good evening and see you tomorrow. 😴

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

End of camp

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"Bay's Presentation" Austin, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/100 sec, ISO2500
 “Bay’s Presentation” Austin, 2016

こんばんは！Good evening, how’s it going?

We made it to the weekend! And my kids made it to the end of their Summer Camps. Bay attended a 3D Printing & Product Design camp at UT Austin, where he learned how to use Autocad and created a prototype aquatic propulsion system using the 3D printer. The instructor said he was a great student with an eye for detail. I’m so proud!

In the photo above, you can see Bay presenting his product. He said that he was familiar with the software already since they use it in his engineering class in high school, but it’s always good to get practice and use it on a new project.

It was a busy week for the entire family, with Koa also going to camp, and Mariko being a chauffeur for Bay. I think everyone is exhausted and looking forward to a relaxing weekend. I know I am!

I hope you had a great Friday!

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

This Is Becoming a Habit

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"Color in the Clouds" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/8, 1/15000 sec, ISO400
 “Color in the Clouds” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！How’s it going?

Yet another cloud photo?! I’m having fun making these images using my X100T. I’ve been playing around with the exposure compensation dial, aperture, shutter speed, and ISO to try to darken the sky a lot so I can bring out more detail in the bright clouds. I even noticed that my camera used its electronic shutter to take today’s photo at 1/15,000 of second, and yesterday’s photo at 1/23,000 of a second. That is insane!

Anyways, that’s all I’ve got for today… just a cloud photo, but at least this one has some color right around the sun. It’s kind of cool the things you can uncover by adjusting camera settings and post-processing in Lightroom. Fun stuff!

Have a good evening!

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

Looking Out

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"View from the Kitchen Sink" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.6, 1/23000 sec, ISO400
 “View from the Kitchen Sink” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！Good evening!

Tonight’s photo is yet another cloud image. This is the view from the kitchen that I saw when I was doing the dishes this evening. The clouds here in Central Texas are nice, but the best clouds I have seen were probably in Hawaii. They move so fast and are so close to you, it’s amazing! Plus, they sit in front of a beautiful blue sky… The sky here in Texas is hazy and the clouds are so distant… a completely different feeling. I like it too. ☁️

I wish I could take photos of the clouds and the sea more often… which is why when we move to Japan after the kids are on their own, I’d like to live close to the ocean. Here in Austin, there are a few lakes and rivers, but it’s not the same as the sea… I never really think of a lake or rivers as somewhere I’d like to swim. It seems so foreign to me! But I have heard people say the opposite – that they don’t like swimming in the sea because the salt water and fish give them a bad feeling.

I guess it’s because I grew up near the ocean and swam in the sea a lot, that I feel more comfortable in the salt water. And the sound of the surf crashing on the shore! ❤️🌊

Anyways, I hope you had a nice Wednesday, and I’ll see you tomorrow… dream of the clouds and sea tonight! ☁️🌊

おやすみなさい！ – B Barron Fujimoto