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Day Off

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"Group Photo" Austin, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5, 1/240 sec, ISO400
 “Group Photo” Austin, 2016

こんばんは！How’s it going?

It’s funny but this afternoon I was enthusiastic about what I was going to write about tonight, but that enthusiasm has left me… my brain has gotten distracted by a couple things, most notably the news that an uncle of mine is in the hospital. I’ve been following the family conversation for updates on his condition in our Whatsapp group, so that is on my mind.

So, tonight I’ll just take a little break from the blogging, and just practice writing hiragana for a bit. I definitely need practice!

Oh, today’s photo is just something I saw this morning while I was waiting at a stop light. 🐦

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Hug your family

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"Clouds" Austin, 2017
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5, 1/1800 sec, ISO200
 “Clouds” Austin, 2017

こんばんは. How are you today?

This afternoon Mariko and I attended a funeral. Mariko’s co-worker’s son passed away this past week… the service was sad of course, but it reminds everyone that life is fleeting and we should take the time to hug our kids whenever we can.

Here’s another photo I took this evening. Aren’t clouds amazing?

"Storm Coming" Austin, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/4000 sec, ISO2500
 “Storm Coming” Austin, 2016

Let’s have a good week!

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

Christmas Day

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"Cards" Torrance, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/70 sec, ISO6400
 “Cards” Torrance, 2016

こんばんは！How’s it going?

Merry Christmas everyone! 🎅 Today the entire immediate family was together to celebrate Christmas, open presents, eat our traditional meals, and enjoy each other’s company. It began with the handing out of the stockings and then we dug into our brunch, which is always bagels, lox, roast beef, pastrami, corned beef, potato/mac salad. In addition, we had a few Jamaican patties. 🍴😃

"Christmas Breakfast" Torrance, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/100 sec, ISO3200
 “Christmas Breakfast” Torrance, 2016

After we stuffed ourselves, it was time to open presents! 🎁 I think everyone received some nice gifts this year, and our suitcases will be full of goodies for the return trip home.

The rest of the day was spent relaxing, hanging out, a little street football, and then our traditional Christmas dinner – the Hawaiian feast! 🌴 It was delicious as usual. Lomi salmon, kalua pig, chicken and pork lau-lau, two types of poke, chicken long rice, spare ribs, and macaroni salad. Once again we were stuffed with good food. One of the highlights every year!

"Hawaiian Dinner" Torrance, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/50 sec, ISO6400
 “Hawaiian Dinner” Torrance, 2016

I hope you had a nice Christmas! 🎄

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

Holiday Mahjong

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"Holiday Mahjong" Torrance, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.2, 1/125 sec, ISO4000
 “Holiday Mahjong” Torrance, 2016

こんばんは！How’s it going?

Tonight’s photo is of a tradition we have had in our family since we were kids – Mahjong. The tradition started probably back in the early 80s when my grandparents would visit us over the Christmas and summer holidays, and we learned how to play the game. We’d often play late into the night and had such a great time!

These days, my kids and their cousins are all joining in on the tradition and it is a ton of fun. I have to admit that the game is a lot slower because the kids pair up and so there is a lot of deliberation and discussion before each play so each game takes a while to play and we don’t get to play as many before it gets late.

As I may have mentioned before, our family plays the game with some strange rules, probably to make it easier to learn for us when we were kids, so if I ever play Mahjong with other people, I have to adjust a bit. And our family uses poker chips to keep score, which of course is not normal. I’d love to learn how to play with traditional counters someday.

I hope you had a great day!

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

Busy Anniversary

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"Anniversary Card" Cedar Park
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.6, 1/40 sec, ISO3200
 “Anniversary Card” Cedar Park

こんばんは！How’s it going?

Today is Mariko and my 20th Anniversary! I cannot believe that the time has gone by so quickly. It’s funny, but we don’t really celebrate our anniversaries so much, in fact one year we kind of forgot about it. Also, we’ve never really been 100% certain when we should celebrate it! What I mean is that we were officially married on December 16th (at the city hall in Osaka) but we had our ceremony on the 18th in Guam. We sort of eloped…

But yeah, I guess we’ve settled on the 18th since it gives us a couple more days to figure out where we want to go out to eat. 😜

Speaking of anniversary dinner, tomorrow we are flying to SoCal to spend the holidays at my parents’ house and we are going to have a nice anniversary dinner at a restaurant nearby. I can’t wait!

So, besides our anniversary, today was kind of busy taking care of things, like dropping off our dog at the sitter’s house, picking up Koa after he returned from Chicago, calling AAA to give me a jumpstart, doing laundry, packing, etc etc ettttcccc…. I guess we’re all ready for vacation. Maybe?

Have a good evening!

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

Send-off Concert

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"Concert Time" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/100 sec, ISO2500
 “Concert Time” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！How’s it going?

Today our son’s band had their final concert before they head off to Chicago to perform at the Midwest Clinic. They sounded great! I am so proud of him.

"Concert Reception" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/55 sec, ISO3200
 “Concert Reception” Cedar Park, 2016

Have a good evening!

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto