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4.26.2024. Backyard walk souvenirs. #flower #flowers #orchid #orchids #straycats

#walk souvenirs #flowers #flower #orchids #orchid #stray cats

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4.25.2024. Backyard walk souvenirs. #flower #flowers #orchid #orchids #hibiscus #grass #weeds

Last day of fluffy lawn.💔

#walk souvenirs #flowers #flower #orchid #orchids #hibiscus #lawn #grass #weeds

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4.24.2024. Backyard walk souvenirs. #flower #flowers #orchid #orchids #grasshopper #grass #stonepath

Orchid season started while we were in Japan.

My mom warned me not to walk too late in our backyard, because the grass got tall while we were out on vacation. Daily reason number whatever, from my mom, to be afraid. Oooh tall grass. Look at this vicious, giant grasshopper that could've attacked me. Lol ...Actually, i felt like the grasshopper was a lucky omen. You're a majestic lucky grasshopper💚

#walk souvenirs #flowers #flower #orchids #grasshoppers #stone paths #orchid

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4.23.2024. Backyard walk souvenirs. #foliage #fence #grass #weeds #straycats #angelesnationalforest

Thing i love after returning from Japan: the grass is so long and fuffy. I love it💚 Parents will mow near the end of the week, so i won't get to enjoy it long. Wish we could switch to a fluffy, more water-conserving ground cover than grass. But my dad thinks only grass can retain enough water and coolness to keep our overall temperature down, especially when the weather warms. But it dies in the summers and we're not willing to give it more water anyway...i dunno. Some fluffy, shady ground cover would be nice, if it used less water.

#walk souvenirs #grass #weeds #ground cover #foliage #fence #stray cats #angeles national forest

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4.21.2024. Backyard walk souvenirs. #flower #flowers #iris #irises

First daily walk at home, after returning from Japan. The grass is so long and fuffy (i love it💚), but i can't get close enough to these iris flowers for a more focused photo, without wading through all this bug-bite-ambush grass.

#walk souvenirs #flowers #flower #iris #irises

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4/21/2024. Yesterday was my first full day, returned home from my Japan trip. And I was in so much green-tea-ice-cream withdrawal, that I woke up this morning, looking up matcha ice cream places.😩

Next time I'm in Little Tokyo, I have to remember to go to the "Tea Master" shop across the street from the Office Depot parking lot. I used to get green tea ice cream from the milkshake shop in Japanese Village Plaza. But then I realized the favor was so watered down, it was just better and cheaper to get a pint of green tea ice cream from Nijiya Market. Then that matcha ice cream place popped up at Weller Court in recent years, but I was too much of a cheapskate for their $6 soft serve. But maybe I'll try "Tea Master Matcha Cafe and Green Tea Shop". I mean, they're an actual green tea shop, so their matcha quality has to be good! Also, if the Google photos of their prices are still the same, then they're only $5.50. I always saw that shop while walking to Daiso, but I wasn't sure about trying it. But after a week, eating green tea ice cream in Japan, and realizing that it kind of creates the same stimulus in my brain as chocolate, I think my matcha ice cream withdrawal will only be satiated by better quality green tea ice cream than I was used to before. (And I was already averse to Hagen Das green tea ice cream back then. Tastes like paper. Yet, it's the most ubiquitous ice cream brand that includes green tea flavor.) I gotta get to Litlte Tokyo soon.

Maybe this is the year I return to Los Angeles Tanabata. I miss it so much.

#food #sweets #desserts #ice cream #matcha #green tea #vacations #trips #japan #withdrawal #los angeles #little tokyo

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4/20/2024. Back from Japan last night. Too many photos of my trip and souvenirs incoming.

#vacations #trips #tours #blog

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4.9.2024. Backyard walk souvenirs. #flower #flowers #iris #daisies #geranium #geraniums #angelesnationalforest

#walk souvenirs #flowers #flower #itis #daisies #geraniums #geranium #angeles national forest

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4.8.2024. Backyard walk souvenirs. #flower #flowers #lemonblossom #lemontree

#walk souvenirs #flowers #flower #lemon blossoms #lemon tree

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4.7.2024. Backyard walk souvenirs. #flower #flowers #geranium #geraniums

#walk souvenirs #flowers #flower #geraniums #geranium

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4.6.2024. Backyard walk souvenirs. #flower #flowers #lemonblossom #lemontree

Also these #mosquitoes have been going at it for a while, and i realized i should probably kill them, while they're stationary, since i hate more mosquitos. But switching out of "trying not to kill stuff" whenever I'm on my walks, and actively killing stuff, both take a lot of emotional labor out of me, and my mental health is already fragile. 😩

#walk souvenirs #flowers #flower #lemon blossoms #lemon tree #bugs

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4.5.2024. Backyard walk souvenirs. #flower #flowers #geranium #geraniums

#walk souvenirs #flowers #flower #geraniums #geranium

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4/4/2024

Takatora Kureshima (from Kamen Rider Gaim) sketch in color pencil. Kamen Rider Zangetsu played by Yuki Kubota.

I need more practice drawing realistic references. So I'm thinking of sketching the actors for my favorite Kamen Riders this month.

4/4-5/2024. Koh-i-noor Woodless Color Pencil 8750/4. I drew him in light green, since it's Kamen Rider Zangetsu's signature color. But the scan came out a little desaturated, so I had to adjust some hue and lighting in Krita.

Reference: https://mysticdragon3md3.tumblr.com/post/112215024597/silverwind-kureshima-brothers-scanned-from-kamen

#kamen rider gaim #kamen rider zangetsu #kureshima takatora #takatora kureshima #Yuki Kubota #Kubota Yuki #tokusatsu #actors #fanart #referential sketches #kamen rider

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4.4.2024. Backyard walk souvenirs. #flower #flowers #lantana #lantanas

#walk souvenirs #flowers #flower #lantana #lantanas

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4/3/2024

Mitsuzane "Micchy" Kureshima from Kamen Rider Gaim's final episode 47, sketch in color pencil. Kamen Rider Ryugen played by Mahiro Takasugi.

I need more practice drawing realistic references. So I'm thinking of sketching the actors for my favorite Kamen Riders this month.

4/3/2024. Koh-i-noor Woodless Color Pencil 8750/8. I drew him in purple, since grapes are Kamen Rider Ryugen's motif. But the scan came out a little gray, so I had to adjust some hue and lighting in Krita.

Reference: https://youtu.be/iGZZuzaLwoQ?si=_lK_Ov59xFDEvJjV

#kamen rider gaim #kamen rider ryugen #kureshima mitsuzane #mitsuzane kureshima #micchy kureshima #kureshima micchy #micchy #takasugi mahiro #tokusatsu #actors #fanart #referential sketches #kamen rider

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4.3.2024. Backyard walk souvenirs. #flower #flowers #lemonblossom #lemontree

#walk souvenirs #flowers #flower #lemon blossoms #lemon tree

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4.2.2024. Backyard walk souvenirs. #flower #flowers #lemonblossom #lemontree

#walk souvenirs #flowers #flower #lemon blossom #lemon blossoms #lemon tree #lemon