Saturday, April 19, 2008

Bluebonnets in TX




Dandelions Mark? Try some bluebonnet nectar juice baby!!!


This is a shot last week of Lea (7), John Jr (5) and Julia (8). The bluebonnets are beautiful. Also wanted to post a shot of me doing the MS150 bike ride which is a 170 mile two day ride from Houston to Austin. IT is my 6th time doing it. I did it with my friend Miguel which you all met in my wedding many moons back!


Take care!

Friday, April 18, 2008

When life gives you a yard full of dandelions...

make dandelion wine! I haven't tried this before. I have made mead - which turned out pretty nice. I made a batch of wine from apple juice once but messed it up and ended up with a syrupy mess more akin to something you'd take for a bad cough. There was also a batch of wine from grape juice which turned out not bad at all. I'm eagerly waiting to since how this batch turns out.

One of these days I would like to try my hand at brewing up a batch of beer. Something small like those Mr. Beer kits to start.

We're pretty much settled into the new place. Chasing down leads in Charlotte and making the 40 minute commute to my part-time job back in Hickory in the mean time. At least the drive is a decent one - not much traffic and only three stoplights the whole way.

Take care,
Mark