Enjoying the Weather?

Posted on January 15, 2012 by kimerer_brian

It is January 15… the middle of January in New England… and we have had no measurable snow so far. You can thank the Augernaut for that.

AugernautIt is sitting in the garage, brand new, pristine clean, pining away.

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Happy New Year

Posted on December 31, 2011 by kimerer_brian

Happy New Year to all of my readers.

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Fat Squirrel

Posted on December 26, 2011 by kimerer_brian

I guess we are not the only ones who had a great Christmas. The local squirrels seem to have done OK for themselves as well. Look at this porker!

Fat SqirrelThat guy needs an emergency New Years Resolution fer sure.

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Merry Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2011 by kimerer_brian

.. to all. Hope yours was as good as ours.

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Happy Anniversary

Posted on December 21, 2011 by kimerer_brian

Today marks the one year anniversary of moving into our new house.

Over this last year we have seen blizzards, ice dams, heat waves, and monsoon rains, and the old girl is still standing tall and straight.

Kudos to our architect and builder and all the subcontractors who made it possible. Thanks to all of our friends who helped us stay glued together during the ordeal.

New House Thumbs Up
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Beer today

Posted on December 18, 2011 by kimerer_brian

Gone tomorrow!

We popped a couple of beers tonight to enjoy with the chili we made.

EmptiesThis is the Amber Ale that we bottled on October 30, so it is exactly 7 weeks old today.

It was a notable event because the beer has finally smoothed out. It has come into its own, and is better than “just drinkable”. The harshness from the hops that was evident at the previous tasting is gone. It has a small head, and lots of tiny bubbles. It was still clear after a couple of hours in the fridge ( no chill haze ) and a lovely amber color.

Yay. A good batch for the holidays.

The Honey Porter is two weeks younger than this one, so watch this space for a review in a few weeks.

Now everybody get back to cooking and shopping.

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 24, 2011 by kimerer_brian

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Cornucopious

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Elephant

Posted on November 24, 2011 by kimerer_brian

Remember that Elephant Ear plant we had last Summer? Here is a memory refresher.

Elephant EarWell, it has gone dormant, so we cut it off and de-potted it for the Winter. There was a surprise when it came out of the pot.

TriffidWe only planted one bulb, but there were two of them in the pot. It is reproducing. Pretty scary.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my readers.

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Bookcases

Posted on November 23, 2011 by kimerer_brian

We finally took delivery on our bookcases last week. We had these finished the same color as the kitchen cabinets, and they came out very nice.

Bookcase

BookcaseThese are Arthur W. Brown bookcases, made in the U. S. of A. and delivered, unfinished, to our local outlet who put the finish on them. Here is a link:

www.arthurwbrown.com

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More Beer

Posted on November 20, 2011 by kimerer_brian

The second batch of beer is in the bottles. I got 50 bottles out of this batch, and this time I posed them for a formal portrait before allowing them to skitter away to their crates.

Formal PortraitYou can count ’em if you want to.

The empty bottles in the back were scrubbed and sanitized along with the rest, but then I ran out of beer before they got filled.

Poor, empty bottles. Always a beer’s-maid; never a beer.

They’ll get over it.

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