Category: Weekly Wanderings

This week’s been a little more varied. We’re building up a good backlog of recorded videos, so I’m finding time to paint my nails, do some game dev… it’s been nice.

Our neighbors installed a super bright floodlight that the neighborhood critters tend to trigger. I don’t mind though, the shadows that it makes through the trees is kinda cozy.

Son got a cool shot of our recording equipment while I was doing the voiceover for our 1 minute videos on TikTok.

Orange glitter nails!

I love having my nails done, but it can be hard to find time to do them.

I’ve been taking some time to catch up on videos that I’ve bookmarked while I do my nails, so it justifies the time!

Plus, it’s silly of me but I like matching my nails to whatever I’m cooking (when I can, at least).

Hint… something with pumpkin is coming up soon!

We haven’t gotten out to garden as much because it’s been HOT. And muggy. And I’ve been getting sunburns even with sunscreen. Bleh.

I’ve also been attempting french braids, so I can keep my hair out of my face while wearing the sunhat.

No, you don’t get to see the french braids. Just trust me when I say they went extremely poorly.

Someone’s instagram post made me crave nachos.

Totally a valid breakfast, I promise.

Been using the YT channel as an opportunity to get creative with recipes. Brainstorming flavor combinations for something coming up soon.

More recipe testing! Had to test which cheese worked best…

And OBVIOUSLY had to make a popper with each cheese. For science.

Tomorrow’s recipe uses a bunch of bok choy, and I read somewhere that you can easily regrow.

Turns out it’s so easy to regrow, they started growing when they were sitting outside in a bag waiting for us to plant!

I’m excited for the tasty recipes we have coming up this week. What have you been up to lately?

This week brought the heat!

We’ve finally started making it a habit to get outside and do some gardening every morning.

So OF COURSE the weather decided to change from Fogust (it’s been gloomy and cool all summer here) to HOT.

But at least I’m getting a tan?

Still eating blueberries with coconut cream.

Tried it with puff pastry left over from the fig tarts.

This week’s outdoors time has been all about revarnishing some outdoor furniture.

My happy food.

A couple of our stove burners are always covered, and I just realized this week that I must have somehow spilled salt water a while ago.

I’m extremely not a hat person, but I’ve been getting used to wearing one to garden.

Still with the blueberries. Really like it with granola (and chocolate chips!)

I’ve apparently accidentally splattered something (shoyu?) on our big softbox.

The dangers of filming food…

The fat in the sauce made some pretty patterns.

These are for an upcoming recipe video!

Cute little flower.

Varnishing!

Don’t you make patterns with your roasted veggies?

Our avocado tree continues to floof.

Our surprise tomatoes are changing colors!

Here’s hoping that when they do go red, we catch them before the neighborhood critters do.

Life around here is pretty much all cooking and gardening these days. It’s a good quarantine life.

Hope everyone had a lovely week! We’ve been cooking galore, but started venturing out of the kitchen and into the garden this week. Gardening videos hopefully coming soon!

I may have grated that carrot a little too enthusiastically.

My wrist has been injured for the last two months, and I can’t get into pushup position without pain.

I’ve been avoiding PT thanks to COVID, but my physical therapist is a good friend and sent me some stuff to try in the meantime.

Fist pushups work! (… to the extent that I can do any sort of pushup.) Nails and fist pushups do NOT go together though.

My hacky idea for hanging up a green screen… but I had to make Son hang them all up because I’m too short, even standing on a chair.

We stumped this avocado tree late last year. It has totally floofed!

Anybody have ideas for making a cheap tomato trellis thing at home?

Tomatoes! I need to get another picture, they’re starting to change colors now.

Found a slug friend.

I don’t always love roses, but they can be very pretty sometimes.

Green screen hanging hack WORKED!!!

Hopefully some VR and/or Just Dance videos coming soon?

My only fan.

Mornings.

Trying to do barre more regularly.

Someday my turnout will be better.

Chili oil reflections. This + gyoza coming up on our YouTube channel soon!!!

Have a wonderful week… and stay tuned for some seriously tasty food coming up!

We’re starting to really get into the groove of cooking and filming videos for our YouTube channel, and I’m having a lot of fun with it!

Is there anything you’d like to see me cook?

Coming up very soon… something spicy with black sesame seeds. I promise I’m not diseased, even though it looks like it.

I possibly need to clean the oven windoor.

Behind the scenes. I swear, these days Weekly Wanderings is gonna be nothing but sneak peeks at what videos are coming up next, because all we do these days is film!

My eating gets out of whack on filming days, sometimes I get to midnight and realize I’ve barely eaten all day. Cereal to the rescue!

Finally found time to paint my nails again. What colors are catching your eye?

Went with a subtle (but glittery – always gotta be glittery) nude this week. Easing back into the idea of having my nails painted.

Blueberries! With vanilla coconut cream and granola. My new favorite healthy dessert.

Gettin’ figgy with it.

Fig tarts! Coming up… in a week or so. We’re doing a good job of building up a backlog.

More behind the scenes.

LOOK AT THAT PRETTY MACRO SHOT.

Negatives.

That’s it for this week! I really need to get out more, but I’ve been avoiding it thanks to COVID. This virus is gonna make a hermit out of me yet…

After quite a hiatus AND a blog switch… I’m back with more Weekly Wanderings!

I always love getting a peek into other bloggers’ lives with their weekly photo posts, and I’m hoping some of you might have fun seeing mine as well.

Enjoy!

Summertime is champaca season! My very favorite flower scent (closely followed by jacaranda), and we have a few planted in our yard so I get to smell them every summer.

I’m extremely mature, why do you ask?

Weekly veggie roasting. Because contrary to popular belief, I don’t actually eat nothing but sushi (or all the goodies from our YouTube channel) all the time!

I know you’re not supposed to plant mint in the ground.

But.

Son’s a rebel.

And I get dragged along with it.

Salmon with a creamy dill sauce, brown rice, the aforementioned roasted veggies, and arugula.

Attempts at healthy.

Trying to write more, blog more, tweet more, share my thoughts more…

Mushrooms are healthy, right?

*adds half a stick of butter*

Tooootally healthy, right?

Tortilla pizza! With tomato sauce, mozzarella, pepperoni, mushrooms, red onion, and avocado.

And then topped with a crapton of arugula, with olive oil, salt, and pepper. YUM.

I got attacked by a light.

… you’ll see in our next video.

Honey mustard smiles.

Surprise tomatoes!

“What a weird weed that is, growing in our yard. It kinda looks like a tomato plant.”

A few days later… WHAT THE HECK IT IS A TOMATO PLANT.

The avocado tree that we cut waaaaay down 9 months ago is going NUTS.

Frozen yogurt PIEEEEE!

Accidental stair photo.

I’m very bad at selfies.

Also hair and makeup.

But mostly selfies.

No grass for you!

Salmon sandwich, roasted brussels sprouts. Noms.

Hope your week is going wonderfully!