Welcome to Hirochan's World

Mr. Coffee is the nickname of the tall latte that Ronnie makes for me every morning. Ronnie is an experienced barista. He makes an espresso for himself and a latte for Hirochan with Gaggia , an espresso machine.  When the Gaggia was delivered, Ronnie was so excited that I was a bit jealous. All he talked about was the Gaggia. So I named my rival, the espresso machine, Mr. G.  Anyway, now I hook up with the latte as I start a day with Mr. Coffee every morning. Sometimes Ronnie is able to foam milk into a lovely heart shape on top of the latte. We enjoy guessing what kind of shape the foamed milk looks like. Hey, Mr. Barista. Can I have a cup of tall latte, please?             

---Hi Ho---Hi Ho--- ---It's off to work we go--- Dave, our neighbor, offered free wood for the fire place the other day. So we hopped in his truck and went to the place where we could cut down the trees. Ant Ronnie-kun worked hard preparing wood for winter, whereas grasshopper Hirochan sang songs, picked flowers, took photos, and so on.

In spring, our front yard becomes gorgeous with tall rhododendrons in bloom.  The rhododendrons are so colorful and stand out. You won't miss it.  We have red, white, pink, and white-pink rhododendrons. You see how tall the white-pink bush is compared to She-chan.  It may soon start blooming this year.

Summer = Barbecue This is the equation of Ashlock family. Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce our traditional barbecue dinner. It is presented by the executive chef, Ronnie Ashlock. He has a pretty cutie assistant, Hirochan. On the menu, we have beef and lamb hamburg topping with a slice of cheese, sausage, grilled onion, pepper, and enoki mushroom, rice ball, corn on the cob, and pickle spears. Ummm...yummy!  I cannot wait for the barbecue season to arrive ;) 

This might be the first and the last time for me to fix green curry. I usually use a package of Japanese curry sauce mix such as S&B or Vermont. However, this time, I chose to make green curry simply because I wanted to use up the old can of green curry mix sitting in the corner of the cabinet for years. The experiment turned out quite successfully. It was a little bit too spicy for me, even though I added water, milk, cheese, and soy sauce to give it a milder taste. 

We had snow this morning.  Here is the mischievous sky trying to fool us. The sky expects someone to say "My goodness, snow in April." and she would say "April fool!"  That is just my guess, though.