daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
Hello!
Today’s photo is of my PADI diving certification card, which I received waaaay back in 1996, while on our honeymoon in the South Pacific. I have the card with me because I am starting my vacation tomorrow in Miami! 🌴 Most of the time we’ll be cruising in the Caribbean, so I honestly doubt we’ll have the chance to scuba, but it’s good to be prepared, isn’t it?
Well, more from Miami if I can fit in the time to blog!
Take care,
– B 
こんばんは！
Tonight’s photo is of our kitchen island, which doesn’t look too messy when everything is blurry!
Since my family is away, the island hasn’t been used for preparing food, but rather I’ve been using it as a chemistry lab. And by that, I mean that the island is where I have been testing the aquarium water. 😜 In the photo, you might be able to make out the 10 ml syringe, the colorful booklet to check the water quality, and the log book.
It’s almost vacation time for me. Just one more day of work and then I am outta here!
Talk to you later.
おやすみなさい！ – B
こんばんは！Hello, how’s it going?
Today, the clouds seemed to go on forever. I’m not sure if this year is any different as far as beautiful cloud days or if I am just looking for them more, but I’m definitely enjoying it! I hope it continues. ☁️
I hope you had a nice day.
おやすみなさい！
– B
こんばんは！Hi all, how’s it going today?
Tonight’s photo is of the sunset taken from the window at home.
I wasn’t happy with the color that was captured, but I did like the shapes of the clouds, so I decided I would make it into a black and white image. I used Nik Silver Efex Pro to create it, and applied one of the fantastic presets that they have available (I think this one is “Film Noir 2”). I then tweaked the vignette a bit and voila!
Have a nice evening!
おやすみなさい！
– バロン
こんばんは！Hello, how’s it going?
Well, it’s been a while since I have posted anything to Instagram. I wonder if it is that I just needed a break, or because I am adjusting to my summer bachelor life? Probably a bit of both. But I have been keeping up with my 366-daily-photo project which I post over on Flickr. Still going strong! 😃
I think I spend more time editing my Instagram images than I do my Flickr images, which hasn’t always been the case. I think the spirit of Instagram was originally “instant” and everyday snapshots, and I used to treat it like that. But now Flickr is that way for me. It’s funny how things change.
Below is another photo of that cloud formation, but after just a few minutes. Clouds change shapes so quickly, but it is hard to notice in real-time.
See you tomorrow!
おやすみなさい！
– B
Hello!
Today’s photo is of the two little monsters caught doing what they do, which is being naughty. 😄 We keep our guest slippers in a basket by the front door, and today they decided that the slippers would be fun to play with. It’s so funny that they love to play with footwear! We have a little basket that we put the kids’ clean sock into after the laundry is done, and the kitties have been grabbing a sock here and there, and bringing them downstairs to play with. At the moment, there are about 10 socks on the floor now! Thankfully, they don’t damage them. All-in-all, the kittens are not too bad, but sometimes it can be frustrating… for instance, they accidentally turned on the kitchen faucet, and when I came home from work, the water was running full-blast. 😞 Oh well…
Take care! 🐱
– B
こんばんは！Good evening!
Today I worked from home in the afternoon, and at lunchtime I was at the pool. But as you can see, the work never ends! Thankfully, the things that came up during that time did not require a lot of color-correction. 😄 That would have been difficult because of the bright sunlight and the glare it causes. 😎
Our neighborhood pool is nice, not too big, but not too small either, and there are lifeguards supervising all the action. During the week, it seems that there aren’t a lot of people there, although I did run into my neighbor and we chatted for a bit. Tomorrow (Saturday) it should be pretty crowded though, as parents are enjoying the weekend with their kids. I think I will skip the pool!
We’ve been having some bad news lately, haven’t we? The tragedy in Nice, France is shocking… two of the people who were killed are from the Austin area. As I was reading the news this morning, I felt so sad. I can’t even imagine… 😧 Life is so fragile.
Well, I hope better news comes our way.
Take care!
-B
