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Nice Beer

and nice label, nice hops, etc...

Whole Wheat Heart Of Wheat Bread

Made with yep, whole wheat... and not to be confused with regular Heart of Wheat which is made with white bread flour... ;)

More Lego Heroism

Stormer and Surge.

Surge.

Stormer.

Ooops..

Battle Defense Vehicle.

Butterflies and Lilacs

M and the boys took these shots of butterflies enjoying our lilac blooms, which unfortunately never last long enough.

Cast Iron Buttermilk Bread

Finally more or less perfected this loaf last month. It makes for a tangy sour dough like loaf. It'll also hold for weeks without molding mainly due to the aged dough. Heat and melt and then cool to lukewarm: 1 cup buttermilk And 1/4 cup butter. Add 1 ts yeast after cooled and let sit until proofed. Mix: 1ts salt 2 Ts sugar 3 cups bread flower 1/2 cup water + Handful of corn meal 5 min knead. Let sit 24 hrs and then bake 1 hour at 450 degrees in a covered seasoned cast iron dutch oven/ skillet. Sprinkle bottom with more cornmeal. Dough will be very wet and will barely hold a shape.

The Temperamental Chalk Artist

It all started with Walter asking me to stand for a quick sketch.

Hey, you're interfering with the artist's groove, man!

What?! This is all a part of the creative process!

Hey, I don't know, maybe I'm more of a goofy artist...

Yep, definitely a goofball.

The finished project complete with the Army t-shirt that I was wearing. Byron's green Lego Hero Factory guy is on the left while Walter's UFO is in the upper right corner along with our cat sitting at my feet.