daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
My wife used our Neewer 660 lighting kit for the first time last night during a pizza lesson. It worked out nicely! The shoot-through umbrella is a little obtrusive, but the diffused light and soft shadows that it creates is worth it.
I have a notebook on my desk that I use to jot down notes when I’m in meetings. My pen of choice is my Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen. I have a several budget fountain pens, but I really like my basic all-black Metropolitan (medium nib) with blue/black Pilot Namiki ink for general-purpose note-taking. Smooth and consistent writing, and minimalistic body design. Very nice!
She’s a tuxedo cat, so it’s doubly-appropriate to shoot her in black and white. 🐱
I am starting work on Sophie’s rear wheel. My plan is to disassemble the hub, repack the ball bearings, and replace the spokes. It might take a couple of weeks because I will need to order the spokes after I measure them. Also, I’m not sure if I can disassemble the hub without a special tool. We’ll see!
But I am looking forward to having new spokes for the rear, just like the front. After I take care of that, there’s only the bottom bracket that should be serviced, but it doesn’t seem like anything is amiss down there.
Last year I brought home several bottles of old very liquor. My parents’ neighbor/friend passed away and he had a lot of bottles in his collection, which my parents saved. These are two of the unopened whisky bottles. I don’t know how long they stay good, but we opened the one on the right and it seems fine!
We did try a couple of other bottles which were a bit foul so we dumped them, but I’m happy that we can enjoy at least one of them. Cheers! 🥃
