Crawfish Boil Season

Photo info: Apple iPhone 12 mini, 4.2mm, f/1.6, 1/120 sec, ISO64
“Crawfish Boil” Austin, 2022

It’s that time of year in Texas where crawfish boils abound! After a couple of years of no crawfish boils for me due to the pandemic, I have been to two in less than a week.

So fun and yummy!

Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 27mm, f/3.2, 1/105 sec, ISO320
“Crawfish Boil” Austin, 2022
Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 27mm, f/3.2, 1/110 sec, ISO320
“Crawfish Boil” Austin, 2022

Cooking Life

Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 27mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO800
“Making Bagels” Cedar Park, 2022

Hi! Today’s photo is of Mariko teaching a bagel class. As you may know, she’s an amazing cook. But I wanted to share that she has started a new Instagram account, PopoTXKitchen, with quick and easy recipes in English and Japanese.

Please check it out and share! おねがいします!

Camping at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area

Here are a few photos of our overnight camping trip to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. It was a wonderful getaway, just 1.5 hours from home. Highly recommend (when it’s not too hot)!

Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 18mm, f/5.6, 1/2200 sec, ISO320
“Loop Trail” Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, 2022
Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 48.4mm, f/4.5, 1/210 sec, ISO320
“Mushroom & Shrimp” Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, 2022
Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 21mm, f/1, 50 sec, ISO4000
“Tent and Stars” Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, 2022
Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 18mm, f/10, 1/600 sec, ISO320
“Loop Trail” Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, 2022

Watched Garden State

Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 18mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO1600
“Watching Garden State” Cedar Park, 2022

While browsing Amazon Prime Movies, Garden State popped up in the recommendations. I have kind of known about this 2004 movie for a long time and have been mildly interested but not enough to actually watch it but since i had a couple of hours, today was the day!

Although I enjoyed Garden State, I think it is more suited to a younger version of myself. I think I would have been really into if I saw it when it first came out, but now it felt a little naive and lacking. Still, I am happy I watched it.

One thing I am happy about is that while reading the movie’s Wikipedia page, I learned about the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope. I think that bit of info was worth watching the movie for. 😀