“Anko” Cedar Park, 2017
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Wordless Wednesday
“Anko” Cedar Park, 2017
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“Anko” Cedar Park, 2017
Tuesday
“Gyudon” Cedar Park, 2017
こんばんは。How’s it going?
This evening I spent a few hours fixing my motorcycle blog. Apparently, it got hacked and there were a ton of spam links inserted into all the posts. And some of the posts got combined… I’m not sure how it happened, but I noticed that I had disabled my security plugin so that probably contributed to the problem.
I found there were three suspicious users named “Admin” also, so I removed those, ran a security scan, changed my password, and then got to hand-cleaning the posts. I think it’s all okay now!
Tonight’s first photo above is of dinner. Mariko made a gyudon (beef over rice) which was so yummy! I could eat this every single day. That white blob on top is an egg, but it was a bit over-done. Still delicious!
The second photo (below) doesn’t need any explanation. 🐱
“Contact” Cedar Park, 2017
I hope you had a nice Tuesday!
おやすみ
3 Photos
“Cat Toy” Cedar Park, 2017
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Today I’ll just post a few photos that I took today. They aren’t really related, except that they were part of my life today. A toy for the cats, a dirty motorbike, and sunbeams in the car. I guess the sunbeams only became a part of my life because of the amazing device called a camera. 😆 📷
“Dirty Bike” Cedar Park, 2017
“Light Beams” Cedar Park, 2017
I hope you had a nice Monday!
おやすみ
BookPeople
“Travel Books” Austin, 2017
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Today I dropped off my son and his friend downtown (Austin) so they could post some concert photos. And of course I had to stop by my favorite book store, BookPeople! It’s my favorite place to buy greeting cards and I needed to stock up on a few. But before that, I checked out my favorite section, which is Travel Memoirs. I love traveling so looking at all the cool destinations gets me excited! Where to go next?
What I love about BookPeople is that as an independent book store, they have the freedom to make staff recommendations (which are awesome) and also create their own displays. For instance, this incredible display:
“Display” Austin, 2017
Love it!
And then I had to browse the notebook section. I almost bought a Rhodia notebook, but then found these really nice (and affordable) Japanese notebooks. The staff recommendation said they are perfect for fountain pens, so I picked up these two notebooks:
“Notebook Haul” Austin, 2017
The paper is nice and writing on the pages with a fountain pen is smooth and the ink looks great on it. I kind of regret starting my daily journal in the current notebook now… it’s too big! Will take me years to fill it up. I should use smaller notebooks so that I can try different ones. I guess I just need to bite the bullet and switch over, leaving all those pages in the old book blank. 😭 But life’s too short to worry about those things, right?
I hope you had a nice Sunday!
おやすみ
Looking Outside
“What’s Outside?” Cedar Park, 2017
I wonder what is going through their minds.
Friday
“Last Light” Cedar Park, 2017
We made it to Friday. Keeping my friends and family who are in the Caribbean and Florida in my thoughts…
First One Done
“Digital Studio” Cedar Park, 2017
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Tonight I finished my first Digital Painting in a long, long time. I believe the last one I did was back in 1998. So, almost 20 years! I actually think it is more incredible that I had a Wacom tablet back then, as I do today. 🙃
I’m pretty happy with how this one turned out. As with most things, you can keep working on it to refine it, but you gotta call it done at some point! And for a first try after a long time, I think this will do just fine.
I created a little slideshow so you can see the progress and some changes over time. It is really fun to use the Wacom drawing tablet and Photoshop. Very satisfying! I hope to continue it for the rest of my life, as well as sketching on paper. It’s fun to combine the analog and digital.
And here’s the finished piece, with my signature seal applied.
To see all the sketches I’ve been working on, you can check out the Flickr album “My Sketching Journey”, or my Instagram account barron.sketches which I created just for posting sketches, watercolors, and stationery items.
I hope you had a nice Thursday!
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