The first post of 2021

Happy new year to my WP friends and visitors. The world is still under the chaos, but still, I hope you had a fair and good time in the ’20/’21 festive season, as your wished manner.

2020 was unusual year for most of people. Yes, 2020 was very special year to me, not only by the virus and all the subsequent impacts it brought to us globally, but also by a lot of changes and things happened in my life, which I did not imagine a year ago the point where I am standing now. It was like, I forgot about a lot of alarms I had set to bell sometime in my life story, and they started buzzing one after another.

I feel there is no more forgotten alarm to buzz, and feel it is time to be back on the network little by little.

My 2021 resolution is to push my boundary away.

明けましておめでとうございます。

昨年はコロナをはじめ、数々の出来事で世界が揺れました。誰もが少なからず影響を受けたのではないかと思いますが、去年の年末からこのお年始、少しでも安らぐ時間が過ごせていらしたら幸いです。

私も去年はこのウィルスとは無関係のところで、私生活にたくさんの変化と出来事があり、一年前には想像もしていないところに着地したようです。

自分に起きていることの模様眺めをしながら、大きな動きは一旦収まったように見えますので、しばらく遠ざかっていたブログに少しずつ戻ろうと思っています。

今年は自分の中にある境界線を押し広げる事でしょうか。小心者故にビビってばかりですが、愉しみながら歩みを進めていきたいと思います。

2021 bring it on!

Captured this sky art this morning at dawn

Thank you for stopping by.

今年もよろしくお願いします。

End of summer

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End of summer – i caught the small bunch of sunflowers in the eyes when i passed by at a small flower stand in Sydney CBD. They were looking ‘chatty’ and they made it going my home together. It was warm day last week when i had to go to city for a short time. Virus fear started taking vigors away from Sydney. Appreciate you blooming like this. Even under what the social mood is, you are bright and the sun. #sunflower #bloom #gold #endofsummer #stillbright #shotoniphone #ig_snapshots #ig_gorld_photo #ig_flowers #flowerofinstagram #flowerphotography #sydney #australia #myphoto #ilovesydney #ilovemyfollowers

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Rhubarb and Blueberry pie ~ ルバーブとブルーベリーのパイ~

As you know, Rhubarb is very sour vegetables when consume as is, and it is suitable for jam and sauce.
The recipe I followed used Blueberries putting together with diced Rhubarb.This way the filling became milder in sourness, it actually adds nice and pleasant sweetness. The recipe also used sour cream for the crust, taking over the role of which the eggs and water play. This has produced a good shortcrust flavor and texture. I baked this twice this summer eventually, and particularly this second bake is made my favorite (in photos below). I am satisfied both with the fillings and the crust which finished better than my first bake. Rhubarb and Blueberry fillings was made nice ruby sauce and it flowed when you sliced.
It was hard to control my craving to it serving with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, but my friends couple enjoyed with the scoops! 😋

ずいぶん昔、アンナミラーズというパイ専門のカフェに入った時に初めて知った、ルバーブ・パイ。
甘酸っぱい素朴な味がアップルパイと並んで大好きになったけれど、意外にもその後目にする機会はなく。。。
こちらシドニーでも、ルバーブ・パイをお店で目にする事もないし、とりわけルバーブ・パイが好きという人に出逢いませんでした。
でもスーパーでは普通にルバーブが野菜コーナーに並んでいるし、これはいっちょパイを焼いてみようと相成りまして。。
結果、今年の夏は2度ルバーブ・パイを焼きましたが、2度目は特にパイ生地がサクサクにできて大満足。

参考にしたレシピでは、ルバーブにブルーベリーを混ぜて自然な甘みを引き出すのと、パイ生地を卵と水の代わりにサワークリームをバターと小麦粉に混ぜるという内容で、珍しいと思ったのと美味しそうだったのでそれに沿って製作。

焼きあがったパイが覚めるのを待ってからナイフを入れると、ルビー色のソースが艶やかに広がる。

酸味強すぎない控え目な甘さ。
今回体重を気にして、私はナントカ理性で堪えましたが、実際はバニラアイスクリームなどと食べると更に美味しそう。

仲間であっという間にペロリと平らげました。😋

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I’ve got constipation ~ 便秘でした ~

…on my outward expression.

Sorry, it’s not my intent to explain here about my guts state in biological perspectives.

I would have ‘roared’, ah no, written about the fact that my recent nearly zero activity on my creativity side and output them.

Yes, I have certainly busy this year. My head is filled with lots of thoughts, plans, emotions, feelings, and so on.

I have got number of great experiences this year, and I would have shared them with you in here (or other least channels I have) but it never have happened.

Well, I can say I am lazy and that could be a reason but that could be not.

So many things, so much thing came and gone passed through me in body, head, and mind. I certainly admit a change taking place in my body (generally they are good changes, like some improvement seen in my chronic derma issues and so on).

And now, my hope is to resume my small creative side starting again.

I hope I will be back on track a bit. 🙂

エネルギーの便秘。出したいけど出ない出せない、そんな状態が続いている。

入ってくるもの、受け取るものも沢山ある。毎日の奇跡に幸せも感じている。

でも自分の中の表現するエリアはずっと重かったな。なんだか避けていた。

でもこれじゃエネルギー的にも不健康。ここから少しずつ便秘解消していこう。

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Under winter sunlight ~ ある冬の日の午後 ~

Me: Oi Bleu, what are you looking up?

Ah, you are chatting with Gra-Gra.

Hey buddy! Come out here snd lets take more sunshine! – Graham aka Gra-Gra

What did you guys talk about?

Cheers bud. Am happy to stay here for a bit nap. – Bleu –

Bleu & Graham: Mum, it’s secret..🐾🌳

…. just a serendipitous scene in winter Sunday afternoon.

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Murmuring on Saturday morning

So, as mentioned you on my previous post, my phone was upgraded to one of those cutting edge.

However, I did not realise initially that my mobile phone plan also have to ‘upgrade’ to something more high in availability along with the hardware.

When i was using iPhone 6, I was subscribing very basic BYO (SIM only) plan with a carrier, which 4GB Data / month, and it was enough. However, likely because my phone turned to be the one with high spec, more data seemed to have been processed upward / downward, and my limit was reached up to full for the month at its 4th days. 😀

I decided to change something a fair plan however provided by an another carrier, I heavily relied on wifi environment almost entire this week.

In addition, I have got office move past weekend. The new workplace is ok (or is better than previous office), but due to their strict security policy they lie in networks and internet (which is healthy for the business we do), they restrict accessing many sites including WordPress. 🙂

My last resort, home, kept me hectic all this week for various bits to do to clear off and did not make a time to post a blog at all.

Anyway, I will stop making my excuse, but just wanted to express my thanks to you all for your always support, liking my posts and leaving comments, with my sincere apologies for not responding to sooner or not check your posts.

Yesterday, I got my new SIM with new plan activated. Now time to start catching up.. 🙂

The below photo is the Sirius cannon leaving it exhibited in the heart of busy business and tourism district in Sydney.

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2019 Tucson Gem Shows

Again, I was a little too excited at the fact that I was there and saw enormous gems, and I hence did not take a lot of photos at the show, but here we go!

A couple of notes, during the period of this show, it’s like entire Tucson became the show ground, many traders booked hotels to use the hotel rooms for exhibiting their rocks and stones.

Or exuberant dealers / sellers have sat their allocated booth in the huge panelized houses, which will take you hours and days to stroll through till the end.

I was very lucky to be there with the two ladies! The lady on the left on the first photo, named Naoko Fujinami, is my master of crystals and she is the first disciple of JaneAnn Dow, the crystal reader & healer. And since Naoko has friend networks with miners and dealers, I also have got a opportunity to meet / greet and talk with a few of them out of her friends.

I hope these photos share the joy how I was excited at being surrounded by rocks at the show. 🙂

Naoko, Gary, me. Gary mines, polishes, and trades the minerals called Euphoralite

Two Euphoralite mineral deposits. The left is complex of blue tourmaline and mica. The right contains high in lithium.

Saiko, aka ‘the wise-woman of aroma’ aroma specialist, on the left. Gary Fleck, and me. Gary is an old friend of Naoko and he has been doing one stop shop of rocks. He has love to the rocks and his polished crystals and minerals are spectacular.