On the top of the hill, there were row of cherry blossom trees.
I found some horsetail in the low bristly grass. I used to pick it for fun with friends when I was a child.
We went down the hill on the other side back to the regular bicycle pass and then back home. Andrew knows many different walking paths. I often go for a walk with him. He is a good walking companion.
The next ones are the peach and cherry blossoms!
I took some pictures at the small park near my house today. The front tree is a peach tree and the back one is a cherry tree. You can see the lake and mountains behind the fence.
Today, I bought one yellowy green vegetable in the corner. I had never seen it before. I founded the vegetable's name at home. It is called a romanesco.
I cooked hamburger steak for lunch. I like 100 % meat hamburger patties. Baked potatoes and mushrooms are on the side. I boiled the romanesco and mixed it with tomatoes and minced onions to make some salad. The romanesco texture was like cauliflower and it tasted like broccoli to me. I like this new vegetable.
I went up to my balcony and saw more than 20 people standing on the point near my house.
They were a film crew. I thought the crew were filming the cyclists at first.
Soon I found that they were not filming the cyclists because they had to stop filming when many cyclists passed the crew.
While I was watching the filming, I figured out that there were 3 main characters in the film. The first person was this girl in the centre of the picture below. She was wearing a high school uniform and she wore a compact digital camera around her neck.
The second person was this boy in the picture below. He was also wearing a high school uniform and stood with a bicycle. He had a plastic grocery bag filled with food in his bicycle basket .
The third person was this boy in the centre of this picture below. He looked like an elementary school student. He carried a net in his hand and a school bag on his back.
When a director said "action!", the high school boy started to walk with his bicycle toward to the girl. The kid waited until his turn.
One of the film crew waited with the kid to tell him when to enter the scene.
Just after that, the kid ran and followed the boy and shouted "brother!".
I dipped the doughnuts into a glaze. The doughnuts were soft and melted in my mouth. I have made cake doughnuts before but it was my first time to make yeast doughnuts. I had coffee with the doughnuts, which make a perfect combination.
I've been hearing that "baked doughnuts" are popular these days in Japan. I heard that people make doughnuts (using either yeast dough or cake dough) and bake it instead of deep frying it in oil. Therefore, I baked some doughnut dough in the oven and then dipped it into the glaze. My baked doughnuts tasted rich and sweet but they are still a type of bread for me. I think it is difficult to call them "doughnuts".
We could see the afterglow of the sunset getting darker and darker. Usually, we pass our neighbors and their dogs many times during our walks.
This house is build in the corner. They have a big steal wall to protect it from the winter wind.
The colour of the lake, the sky and the clouds look different every day. I like to watch the clouds change shape all the time.
We quickly went back home after seeing nice view. Andrew went back faster than me because I walked slowly.
After the dough had risen, I rolled the dough and put the pizza sauce on it. I put lots of cheese, slice of sausage and olives for my half and put a little cheese and sausage for Andrew's half.
The pizza was delicious! I especially liked that the dough had more flavour since I had mixed some wheat germ into it.
I was curious if I could make it a different way. I decided to bake one more cake. I used my food processor to mince my marmalade into a paste. I also added more marmalade into this cake than the previous cake. My second cake was worse than the previous cake. It was too moist and bitter. I regretted following my curiosity but I still ate it.
I cooked the oranges with sugar and then I used a hand mixer to make the oranges smooth. After that, I put the orange syrup into grass bottles. I didn't cook the oranges too long this time because I wanted a fresh orange taste for the yogurt.
I made some apple sauce too. I added little sugar and cinnamon for the apple sauce. I am interested to make apple butter. I might try it next time.
We loved eating a spicy mixed paste, ssamjang, in Korea, so we bought some before we left. Now, we can eat Korean style BBQ at home. The paste is also good with cucumber sticks. I prepared a beef BBQ for lunch today. In this picture below (from left to right) is ssamjang, garlic & kimchi, lettuce, sliced onion & carrots and rice. I really liked it. I want to have it again.
There were many magnolia flowers blossoming. I especially like pink and white magnolias. We had a sandwich lunch there and enjoyed some relax time.
I think squid balls are good as an appetizer. It was scary for me to clean and cut the 3 squids but the taste was good. One day, I might try to cook this again when I can overcome my fear of squid.
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The cream has a tinted color. I heard the cream can be used as a makeup base or foundation. I have tried the cream every morning and it is very useful. Thank you Hyoeun!
