Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/8, 1/55 sec, ISO6400 “Browsing” Cedar Park, 2016
こんばんは！How’s it going?
This evening after dinner I took my two sons to the library to get some books. 📚 Koa borrowed a couple volumes of his favorite manga, “One Piece”, while Bay picked up several travel books. Next summer we are planning on taking a trip ✈ 🚄 to Morocco, Spain, France, and England so we’re doing research on things to see and places to stay. The planning stages are getting exciting!
The most up-to-date information is online, but it’s fun to borrow the travel books to look at maps and get ideas from more reputable sources, like good old Frommer’s and Lonely Planet. It’s also nice to curl up in bed and leaf through a paper book, especially a travel guide, where you can let your wanderlust take hold. 🗺
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/8, 1/30 sec, ISO6400 “On the Way Out” Cedar Park, 2016
When we left the library, nature surprised us with a lovely magenta sunset. 🌇 Love it!
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/8, 1/75 sec, ISO3200 “Sunset” Cedar Park, 2016
If you’re a regular reader, you know that I’ve been on a fishing kick for the past few days. 🎣 Well, today was no different!
I’ve been doing some research about where to go fishing around my neighborhood, and in a couple of the forums, I’ve come across the term “C&R Pond”. I was wondering, where is the C&R Pond that people seem to be catching fish at? It turns out that C&R means “Catch and Release” and that these ponds are kind of secret locations. Sounds intriguing, doesn’t it?
I guess that if you find a nice pond, you don’t want to share the location with the world because it might get over-fished, so you keep it to yourself and your fishing buddies.
Today I actually stumbled upon one of these secret spots! There were a couple other anglers there, and they caught a nice bass, so that was super-encouraging! I didn’t catch any bass, but I caught some bluegill which was still fun. I can’t wait to go back to this spot. 😀
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO1600 “Morning Light” Cedar Park, 2016
こんばんは！How’s it going?
This morning Koa and I went out fishing at a couple locations nearby our house. The first location was a small lake that has a lot of bank fishing, but not very much action. When we started, we were one of the only people fishing but after just a few minutes people started arriving and joined us.
Koa and I both had bass setups on our poles, and I knew our chances were pretty low of catching anything, but it was fun anyways, and Koa really improved his casting skills. It is maybe two years since he has gone fishing, so he has grown quite a bit and his motor skills have definitely grown! He has a lot more control and power too, casting out consistently farther than before.
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/9, 1/340 sec, ISO400 “Morning at the Lake” Cedar Park, 2016
One of the people who arrived was having a terrible morning… After he got situated, his first cast went into the tree and he started cursing and swearing. Not loudly, but still it wasn’t very good to hear, especially since there were others around… and Koa is still a kid! Then, this person tried again, but got stuck in another branch! 😯Ugh…
He finally got his line out, and I chatted with him for a bit about fishing. He had a few tips about the kinds of fish in the lake we were fishing at, and I filed that information away for safe-keeping. After that, I chatted with another couple who had their lines out and were enjoying a couple of sandwiches. They were more laid-back and friendly, and when I asked them what they were trying to catch, they just said, “Anything that wants to bite our line is welcome!” 😄
Koa and I fished that spot for maybe 45 minutes, and then headed to another small pond that is in our neighborhood. It’s kind of a run-off reservoir with a fountain – the kind that you see at the entrances to neighborhoods around here. When I used to run more regularly, I saw people fishing the pond and I talked to a couple of them. They said that they’ve caught small bass, bluegill, and even catfish in the pond. It surprised me! The man said that he’d just stop by the pond on his way back from work and fish for a few minutes. I liked that plan. 🎣
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/9, 1/600 sec, ISO400 “Nearby Pond” Cedar Park, 2016
Anyways, the water level was kind of low in the pond today and we didn’t get any nibbles. As I mentioned earlier, our setups were for bass, and we probably should have switched over to some kind of bait and went for bluegill. But, it was fun anyways. After about 15 minutes we decided to just go home and get some breakfast.
It was a good morning!!!
Speaking of morning, the picture at the top of the post is of the morning light coming into our kitchen. We keep salt and sugar on the small window ledge which is very convenient for cooking. Plus I think it looks great because you have instant bokeh when looking at the items there!
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/9, 1/8 sec, ISO6400 “New Tackle” Cedar Park, 2016
Hello!
Today’s photo is of some new fishing bait that I bought at the sporting goods store. These are used to catch bass, of which I have only caught a couple in my life. When I was growing up, my parents took us fishing a lot, but almost all of the freshwater fishing was done for trout. So, bass fishing is new and exciting! 🎣
There are a couple lakes nearby here, but the bass are not very aggressive and the closest lake has a reputation of being very difficult to catch fish in. But, fishing is not all about catching the fish. I enjoy being in the outdoors, seeing the water, and just relaxing. 😎
I bought a new fishing license tonight so I am set for the next year (for freshwater). There is a neighborhood pond just a minute drive from our house that people fish from so I am excited about giving that a go!
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/8, 1/40 sec, ISO3200 “Okinawan Margarita” Cedar Park, 2016
こんばんは！How’s it going?
Lately Mariko and I have been enjoying margaritas but instead of using regular limes, we have been using Okinawan shikuwasa juice. And the drinks have been delicious!
Even regular fresh lime margaritas are so easy to make and so much better than using store-bought margarita mix, there’s no reason not to mix them yourself.
I watched an episode of Rick Bayless‘ show on PBS, which focused on margaritas, and he had some interesting ideas, most notably, adding cilantro to the drink. Someday I’ll have to try it. But for now, I’ll stick with the Okinawan skikuwasa until we run out.
Cheers, and have a wonderful Saturday!
おやすみなさい！
– B
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