this and that

Remember the peonies I had bought for Mother's Day? well, they kinda started to bloom then started to dry up before fully blooming...AND there were either seeds or bugs coming out of them...eek! (you can kind of see it on the table)

This cat that we saw near Umeyashiki was screeching so loud, I stopped to turn around to see where it was...I think he was hangry.

I finally got up the courage to use MIL's (3 cup) rice cooker, happy to say I did not fail making some rice using it.

Amazed at how teeny a 3 cup rice cooker (left) is in comparison to a 5 cup.

Taco rice that I bought for my lunch the other day...863 calories...eep!

The rice was a little too soft for my liking though but everything else was delicious.

Satoshi bought the squid ink yakisoba...we had fun taking pictures of his black teeth...we are so bored!

The supermarket we were at was having a Okinawa Fair, so we picked up these 2 flavored ice cream bars  by Blue Seal, which I believe is part of  the Foremost?!  

They had one with chocolate mint (my fave!) and strawberry which I thought was a little to "plain", so I chose ube pistachio, the ube was undetectable, but the pistachio flavor was delicious!

The dishes above were also part of the Okinawa Fair.

We are still keeping zen, staying close to home as much as possible, though we do go out for walks to buy lunch when it is sunny.

There are days when it rains, so on those days we stay in.

Hope you all are doing well.

Have a safe weekend.