Miracles

It is the absolute refusal to consider any possibility other than the outcome you have selected that prepares the Field of Possibilities for a miracle. It is the further refusal to judge anything by its appearance that makes the moment ready for magic. In miracle working, you must be prepared to ignore the evidence of your own eyes, you must close up your ears, and you must be out of your mind. If you are in your head, if you are in your mind, you will think your way right out of the miracle. When you perform miracles, ‘you do the unthinkable.’

My new wine rack

Built from scrap lumber. :)

Crackberry... The only way to fly.

First casualty

Well, tonight I noticed my first casualty from my wines. A small bottle of the apple with brown sugar blew the cork sometime over the last few days. I don't know if the cork just wasn't seated correctly or what, because this stuff didn't show signs of fermentation for months before I bottled the stuff. I guess it could be worse, the bottle could have blown up.

Strawberry riesling?

I may have invented a new wine recently. I blended some of my strawberry wine with some riesling. It actually came out quite good and I will definitely be doing it again. I'm seriously considering taking a few bottles of each, blending them and re-bottling them. Crackberry... The only way to fly.

I love strawberries

Especially when they are turned into wine. Yum! The batch of strawberry wine that I made is absolutely fabulous. I will definitely be making more of this in another few months so we don't run out. :)

Peaches.. yum

Today I started a batch of peach wine. If it turns out well, it'll be ready for Pennsic. :)

Say cheese

Today we finally broke down and bought a new point & shoot camera for each of us. The SLR is great, but there are many times when it isn't around and we wish we had a camera. The simple solution was to get a point & shoot for each of us to carry around. I also rearranged the camcorder & SLR bags and got it so we may actually use the camcorder once in a while. What a concept!

Get Smart

Last night I introduced Katie to Get Smart. She seemed to like the show and I had fun watching it again after not seeing it for quite a few years. :)

Posterous test

If I did this properly, this post should go to facebook and my blog at the same time.

looking good

I was just checking on the wines that are still in the works and the
pineapple orange is clearing up nicely. It has a nice brown/orange tint
to it but is crystal clear otherwise. I can't wait to try it in a few
months.

Gloria part 2?

Earl is following a similar track to Gloria in 1985 and similar wind
speeds. If this is the case, we are in for a real rough day tomorrow. We
should know more by later tonight.

it's gonna get windy

They issues a tropical storm warning for us Friday. It's gonna get windy
at the very least...