daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
Photos/images that I have made. Sometimes with a description, sometimes just the photo.
こんばんは。How’s it going?
One thing I’d like to do is to take more black and white photographs. I particularly enjoy editing black and white in Lightroom, so that’s an extra bonus. So here are a few that I took this evening in my home office.
I hope you had a nice Friday!
またね～
On the way to work this morning, I saw these very large birds gathering by the intersection. I’m not sure why they chose this spot, but it must have to do something with food or warmth. Or perhaps they just called an impromptu meeting? Who knows? 🤔
In other news, I finally finished watching Kouhaku 2018. For those who are not familiar with Kouhaku, it’s a Japanese music contest/tv show that happens every New Years Eve. It’s the red team (women) vs the white team (men) in this four-hour (I think it’s four hours) marathon. Since we were out of town this new year, we recorded Kouhaku and watched it later. Which is kind of nice because I could skip all the performances I didn’t care for, which was probably about 90% of them!
However, there were a few really good performances that stood out to me. I love seeing Twice, Perfume, and Aiko, but the Shiina Ringo x Miyamoto Hiroji song was awesome! I loved it. Here’s a little clip (not from Kouhaku) to check out:
But probably the highlight was when Yumi Matsutoya (Yuming; Arai Yumi) sang the ending song from Kiki’s Delivery Service (Yasashisa ni Tsutsumaretanara) which was so natsukashii that there were many tears in the audience. It was really cool.
Anyway, I have to say I prefer watching Kouhaku on New Year’s Eve… it’s just fun to drink saké under the kotatsu watching Kouhaku to ring in the new year.
I hope you had a nice day!
またね～
As mentioned in my previous post, the sunrises lately have been breathtaking.
Good news: I received my certificate and pin from the Cloud Appreciation Society! So proud to have found my people. 😄
And as if on cue, we’ve recently been treated to some nice sunsets and cloud formations. It’s especially nice to open up the garage first thing in the morning and be presented with an amazing sunrise. I’ll post some of those in the future. For now, here are some evening skies.
I hope you had a great day!
またね～
こんばんは。How’s it going? Today’s post is simply a few photos from the day.
This morning started out with a neighborhood cat coming over to say hi to Yuzu.
When I arrived at work, the light looked beautiful shining through the leaves in the tree.
Tonight we had shredded beef and cole-slaw sliders for dinner. I took the standard food photo, but also a “behind the scenes” shot.
I hope you had a nice day!
またね～
