Hey everyone. I’m feeling a little under the weather today so I thought we should talk about comfort food! What is comfort food you may ask. Well, comfort food is food that provides consolation or a feeling of well-being, typically having a high sugar or carbohydrate content and associated with childhood or home cooking. 

What counts as comfort food varies from country to country, region to region, and person to person. When I’m sick or feeling under the weather I like to eat soups. Usually I eat something like barely soup with beef, chicken noodle soup, or vegetable beef soup. I really like crusty bread to dip in my soup as well. 

In the US there are many types of comfort food. What about in your country? What do you like to eat when you’re feeling sick?

See yah again soon!

きんもくせいの季節になりました。

庭に咲いている金木犀が柔らかいオレンジ色の小さな花をつけ

とてもいい香りがしています。自然に咲く花で香りのあるものは

ありますが、金木犀ほどやさしい甘い香りを私は知りません。

先日、ローズガーデンに行ったときやはりバラのいい香りがしました。たくさん

咲いているところはもちろんなのですが、周りにバラがあまり見えないところで

強いバラの香りが漂いキョロキョロ。

どこから来たのかわかりませんでした。

匂いは知りませんが、ケイトウも今見ごろの花です！

花言葉は、おしゃれ・個性・風変りなど。

鶏のとさかのように見える花の部分は柔らかい絨毯のように、ビロードのように

質感があり素敵です。

ローズアイスクリームなるものを食べ、ローズキャンディーをゲットし家に帰りました。

紅葉までの１ヶ月、美しい花々を楽しみたいものです。

Welcome back to Part 4 of the Left Hand versus Right Hand Challenge.

We left off here with our cute Hello!s teddy bears. The right side is completed, and the left side is still in progress. His ear still needs to be filled in, as well as his face, and his hat/hood.

Next, I took the chestnut pencil to fill in the shading and shadows. 

Then, I finished colouring the rest of the image. This teddy looks wobbly, but he’s not bad! 

FInished! Check out the teddies side by side. 

Labeled, signed, and dated. It should go without saying that the drawing on the right with my dominant hand is the better picture. But, we can benefit a lot from practising with our non dominant hands. 

First, we can develop our writing and drawing skills with practise. A surprise benefit is that if we ever find ourselves injured, and without use of our dominant hand, we have a “back up” hand ready to use! It will take a lot of time and patience to work up your strength to match your dominant hand, however. If you can use both of your hands interchangeably, you are considered to be ambidextrous. 

In the meantime, your weaker, and less skilled hand can be great as an illustrator if you need to imitate a children’s drawing. If you use your non-dominant hand to do this, you can get a more authentic looking result. 

I hope you had had fun with me during this challenge, and I look forward to seeing you in the next one! 

このホットドッグは、フロリダのケネディ宇宙センターにいったときのもの。食べるところが限られていたのですが、このホットドッグと水でいくらだと思いますか。前回見せたDASANIの水と合わせて、なんと1800円。日本では考えられないですよね。確かに味はおいしいのですが、体にはちょっと。。。

Hey y’all! 

I did a million things over the course of 3 weeks… I split my time between San Antonio (my hometown) and Austin (my university town). My parents went to Wisconsin to watch my brother race while I was in Austin, so I did a lot more sightseeing there than I did in San Antonio. Let the photos tell the story! 

See y’all in class! 

This sign is on the side of a coffee shop in Austin. It’s a super famous place to take a photo, and I’ve done it many times throughout my life. 

Driving with Jeramine down Congress Avenue

The very famous Austin Motel. It’s been in many movies, TV shows, magazines, newspapers and more! 

A Starbucks in Austin

Going to the Yeti store- look it up, it’s worth it! 

Seeing this cool exhibit at the Blanton Museum of Art

Austin’s contemporary art museum 

The Texas capital building- Austin is the capital of the State

Inside the building and under the dome

The Italian restaurant that Jeramine and I had lunch at 

Trenton and I leaving a restaurant after we picked up breakfast tacos

Sitting in front of my universities tower 

Seeing an ancient Roman bust at the San Antonio Museum of Art

The world famous Allen Boots in Austin. Anybody who is anyone, who has been to Texas, has been here. 

Seeing Iron Man at the San Antonio Museum of Art