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Misty

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"Misty Morning" Austin, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/6.4, 1/100 sec, ISO400
 “Misty Morning” Austin, 2016

こんばんは！How’s it going?

Today was a rainy ☔, foggy day and I guess we’re finally into Autumn here. Just today, Mariko asked me when I am going to make turkey! 🍗 We’ll be traveling during Thanksgiving week, so I’ll probably make an early turkey for us. Now that I am thinking about it, perhaps this weekend is the right time! We’ll see. 🍴

Hmmm, not sure what to blog about today. I guess the U.S. election is on my mind. 🇺🇸 I already voted a couple of weeks ago, so I don’t need to wait in the voting lines tomorrow. But it’ll be interesting to see how the election turns out. I’ve actually enjoyed this election season because it was so entertaining, although for not-so-great reasons. Just the amount of “plot twists” was unbelievable. I’m sure it is something that we’ll remember for a long time. 😱

In other news, I’m eagerly awaiting the 2017 baseball season. ⚾️ I think the Dodgers will do well again, and maybe they will have a stronger pitching staff that can carry them farther in the playoffs. I can dream, at least. But heck, if the Cubs can win the World Series, anything is possible. 😄

Sorry today’s post is a bit of a ramble, but some days it’s like that. 😜

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

Wurstfest

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"Bier Time" New Braunfels, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/35 sec, ISO6400
 “Bier Time” New Braunfels, 2016

Hello!

Today was a fun day because we went with some friends to “Wurstfest” in New Braunfels for the evening. Wurstfest is a German festival where the main activities are drinking beer, eating German food, and listening to traditional German and German-inspired music.

The weather for the one-hour drive was terrible, with heavy rain ☔ and a bit of traffic but once we arrived to the festival, the rain let up and eventually went away and we had a wonderful evening. I think it worked out perfectly because there wasn’t a huge crowd, especially at the beer and food lines. For instance, the potato pancake line is often over half an hour wait, but last night it was just a couple of minutes. Also I am guessing Sunday is not their busiest day since there is a BOGO admission ticket for Sunday through Wednesday. At any rate, it was a great day to go to Wurstfest.

"Marketplace" New Braunfels, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4.5, 1/280 sec, ISO12800
 “Marketplace” New Braunfels, 2016

For food, we tried a few different things including sausage, sauerkraut, & pita sandwich; potato pancakes with applesauce; funnel cake; and fried pickles. It was all pretty tasty, but I’m sure my arteries weren’t liking any of it. Then of course there was plenty of beer to be had 🍻. Since I was driving, I only had a little bit, but that was good because we did save a bit of money. 😝

"Ferris Wheel" New Braunfels, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/6.4, 1/70 sec, ISO12800
 “Ferris Wheel” New Braunfels, 2016

For entertainment, Wurstfest features lots of live music, mainly polka bands, and we watched a band called Yodelblitz who were really funny. And there was quite a bit of Chicken Dance going on during the festival! 🐔

Wurstfest takes place every year and it’s definitely worth your while to go see what it’s all about at least once, especially if you live in Central Texas. Just be sure to bring an empty stomach and a full wallet!

Have a great evening!

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

Slow Day

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"On the Cup" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec, ISO1600
 “On the Cup” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！Hello!

Today was a slow day… we didn’t do too much, but I did have a very late night. You see, Bay went to a movie with a friend in the evening and I had to drop him off and pick him up. And it was the late show, which started at 10:30 and ended around half past midnight!

For an old guy like me, that is super-late… but at least I know I can sleep in tomorrow because of the extra hour we gain because we are switching from daylight savings to standard time. Whew!

Today’s photo is of the little figurine, Fuchico, which is designed to sit or balance on the edge of a cup or glass. They are so much fun to take photos of!

Well, I hope you had a nice Saturday!

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

Gaming Fun

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"Furball with Feet" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.6, 1/60 sec, ISO3200
 “Furball with Feet” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！How’s it going?

In my last post, I mentioned that my computer got a refresh with a fast new startup disk. Because I installed a clean system, I didn’t have any of my old games on it, so I installed a couple of my favorites. However, I stumbled upon a card-type game by Blizzard called “Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft” and it looked pretty fun, so I installed it and have been playing the single-player game.

Several years ago, my friend was really into the World of Warcraft card game, and a bunch of us bought different decks and played on the weekends. It was a good time! Well, Hearthstone is pretty similar but since it’s all computer-based, you don’t have to keep track of things like health or mana points. Plus I think there are more kinds of classes and cards, although I cannot be sure since I am just a beginner.

Here’s a screenshot of the deck-building screen:

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And some of the gameplay:

It’s easy to learn and quite fun, so it’s a nice way to spend a half-hour or so. If you have a chance to play (it’s free), I say give it a try!

Today’s photo is of our cat, Yuzu, taking her afternoon nap on our sofa. She looks so comfy, doesn’t she?

Hope you had a nice Friday!

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

Cold Weather Food

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"Oden" Cedar Park, 2016
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 “Oden” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！How’s it going?

Today the rain arrived and the temperatures dropped a bit. As the days get cooler, three Japanese dishes come to mind: Curry, Nabe, and Oden. We had the last one this evening, and it was delicious!

Oden is hard to describe to Westerners. It’s kind of a bunch of different things that are kept warm in a yummy broth, then served in a bowl. Typical items found in oden are sausage, hard-boiled egg, tofu, daikon, konyaku, fishcake, and potato. We like to serve it with some hot mustard on the side for some heat. And of course white rice. 🍚 You just pick what you want out of the pot and enjoy!

Oden is popular in the wintertime, and you can even find it in convenience stores in Japan, sort of like how there are hot dogs and burritos in a 7-11 here in the States. I’ve only gotten oden at a Japanese convenience store once, but I remember that it was pretty good.

Of course, our home-cooked oden is the best! Another wonderful comfort food to enjoy with family. If you have the chance to try it, please do.

On a completely different note, the system drive in my desktop computer 🖥 died this past weekend, so I replaced it with an SSD unit. I must say, it’s super-fast compared to the old HDD 💽! The boot-time is down to just several seconds… it’s one of the best “upgrades” I made to this computer, which is now over four years old, but running fast once again.

I have a second, larger hard drive in this computer to store all my data on (which I keep backups of), so I didn’t lose anything important. However, one thing that I did lose was my collection of Lightroom Presets that I collected and created. There were several that I used often, but luckily I was able to recreate them using History panel, which kept a record of past changes to edited images. (I keep my Lightroom catalog on the data drive, so it was backed up) I guess I need to add the Presets folder to my backup profile. 😃

I hope you had a nice Thursday!

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto