Posted in Eats, Drinks, Merriment, tagged home made wine, wine making, winemaking on May 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My neighbors bottled a white zinfandel today.
Steve corked.
Marylyn applied labels.
Henry sealed the tops with Steve’s super-industrial heat gun. Steve’s a roofing contractor and this heat gun is used to seal aluminum siding.
Many went well. A few went poorly. Then Steve had a go.
Here are some bottles post-seal.
Here are Steve and Henry with their handy work.
They have [...]
Posted in The Great Outdoors, The Yard, tagged baby birds, birds in fan on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Meet what’s-her-name. I think she’s a wren, but I’m no good at naming birds. She lives in my back yard. Actually, in my back patio. Well, in the outdoor ceiling fan, with her babies.
Can you see the babies in the top of the fan? They have white throats and bellies. I spotted this family about [...]
Posted in The Great Outdoors, The Yard, tagged checkered garter snake, garden snails, nigel, suburban snakes on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are a couple of spinybacked orbweavers in my back yard right now. The name sounds cool, but then you notice the spots on their back look like a goofy smiling jack-o-lantern with nostrils.
I also have a lot of snails! These came out after a rain.
I’m always happy to see reptiles. This is a checkered garter snake, [...]
Posted in Racing, tagged 10k, Racing, texas 10k, trail race on May 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Just finished my second 10k trail race. Made about 1:12. Fell for the first time–at about 55 minutes. Hit the ground and got right back up while answering, “yeah, I’m fine, thanks.”
There was a bottle neck very close to the beginning. Folks were slowly crossing a stream, using the stones instead of blasting through, like [...]
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