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Vacation

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"Evening Sky" Over Texas, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/6400 sec, ISO400
 “Evening Sky” Over Texas, 2016

こんばんは！How’s it going?

Today we traveled from coooold Texas to a slightly warmer Southern California to spend the holidays at my folks’ house. The flight was delayed by about a half an hour, but other than that went smoothly. If you travel between Austin and Los Angeles, I highly recommend flying JetBlue from Long Beach. You can avoid the madhouse that is LAX, and if you are on the south side of town, you can avoid a bit of traffic too! Plus JetBlue is a great airline, with lots of freebies such as free movies, free WiFi, snacks, and soft drinks.

When we spend Christmas in Los Angeles, we ship most of our gifts directly to my parents’ house so we have a pile of boxes waiting for us. Today we’ll go through them, wrap them up, and then have some free time. In fact, we don’t have much on the schedule this time. It’s nice to just play it by ear!

Hope you had a great day!

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

Busy Anniversary

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"Anniversary Card" Cedar Park
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.6, 1/40 sec, ISO3200
 “Anniversary Card” Cedar Park

こんばんは！How’s it going?

Today is Mariko and my 20th Anniversary! I cannot believe that the time has gone by so quickly. It’s funny, but we don’t really celebrate our anniversaries so much, in fact one year we kind of forgot about it. Also, we’ve never really been 100% certain when we should celebrate it! What I mean is that we were officially married on December 16th (at the city hall in Osaka) but we had our ceremony on the 18th in Guam. We sort of eloped…

But yeah, I guess we’ve settled on the 18th since it gives us a couple more days to figure out where we want to go out to eat. 😜

Speaking of anniversary dinner, tomorrow we are flying to SoCal to spend the holidays at my parents’ house and we are going to have a nice anniversary dinner at a restaurant nearby. I can’t wait!

So, besides our anniversary, today was kind of busy taking care of things, like dropping off our dog at the sitter’s house, picking up Koa after he returned from Chicago, calling AAA to give me a jumpstart, doing laundry, packing, etc etc ettttcccc…. I guess we’re all ready for vacation. Maybe?

Have a good evening!

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

Cold Day

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"Hot Pho" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.6, 1/70 sec, ISO3200
 “Hot Pho” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！How’s it going?

Today was one of those crazy weather days we have once or twice a year here in Texas, where the temperature swings drastically. During the day, we enjoyed a nice 75° F breeze but around 5 PM, the wind 🌬 picked up and the cold front came down from the north. Mariko went out for dinner and when we entered the restaurant, it was about 65° F, but when we left the restaurant 45 minutes later, it was about 50°! Then later, in the evening we went to see a late movie at 10 PM and it was already at the 32° F freezing point! ❄️

I mentioned we went out for dinner, and as you can see from the photo above, we enjoyed Vietnamese food at Pho Thanh Nhi. Mariko got a big bowl of pho, and I had a bowl of egg noodle soup, which was delicious! 🍜 As the wind howled outside the restaurant windows, it was perfect to enjoy a nice hot bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup!!

I hope you had a nice Saturday. Stay warm!

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

Close to the End

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"Don't Bother Me" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/18 sec, ISO3200
 “Don’t Bother Me” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！How’s it going?

Well, the work week is over, and we’re close to the end of 2016! But it’s not yet over… still have a big vacation and seeing my family in California to look forward to. It’s going to be fun and I can’t wait to see everyone. And I am looking forward to playing some Mahjong!

But for tonight, I’m ready to curl up just like my cat in the photo above. Where’s my Kindle?! 📖

I hope you had a nice Friday!

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto

🐱 Cat Panic

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"Lost Cat" Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO1600
 “Lost Cat” Cedar Park, 2016

こんばんは！How’s it going?

Yesterday, our cat Yuzu snuck out and we couldn’t find her all night long. And it was a coooold night, dropping down into the 40s! ❄️ We realized she was gone at about 8pm, and I walked around the neighborhood, then drove as well, but couldn’t find her… it was quite upsetting, but I was expecting to have a neighbor find her and return her. I had posted in our neighborhood Facebook group and told our cul-de-sac neighbors to keep an eye open for her.

Overnight, we left the garage door cracked open, and a bowl of cat food to try to lure her home. I checked a couple of times during the night and early morning but didn’t find Yuzu, although the food had been eaten. I didn’t know if another cat might have eaten the food or not but was hopeful that Yuzu would turn up today.

But as the day went on, there was no word of any sighting, so in the early afternoon, I made some Lost Cat signs and was going to put them up in the neighborhood. Due to a technical issue (the masking tape was old and not too sticky) I returned home without posting any, and when I pulled into the driveway, I saw Yuzu in the garage eating from the bowl of food!

I quickly got out of the car, closed the garage, and made sure to trap her inside. Then when we went into the garage to get her, she was hiding way back in a corner. Now I suspect that she was holed up there overnight and all day!

So all’s well now, and we’re happy that she is safe and sound and reunited with her sister, Anko, and Lani. And we’ll need to be more careful because Yuzu likes to sneak out! 🐱

Stay warm tonight!

おやすみなさい！

– B Barron Fujimoto