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| Miles enjoying the view, his Mortlach and the awesome sweater I bought him! |
We celebrated my Hunny's 48th Birthday yesterday. Our mountains, resplendent in the glorious sun, played host to many visiting friends, a toasty warm bonfire, and another memorable party. Miles's homebrew flowed as everyone weaved in and out of conversation, around food aplenty, and between the chill of outside and the warmth within our home. The sledding on our driveway, however, was HARSH, and I find myself today nursing a spasming lower back. And that was only after one run! We've thoroughly enjoyed almost 4 weeks of booming sunshine and cloudless skies, but not much new snow. That makes for a hard packed, very slick and unforgiving driveway. OI, yoi, yoi....
It's now just getting warm enough to sit out on what remains of our deck to enjoy the solar radiation-and we don't even need to bundle up. Even though we are still surrounded in white, I can just feel the light and warmth quickening our valley....and the life beneath gearing up to POP.
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| The homebrew menu |
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| Bottling beer earlier in the day. From the secondary ferment.... |
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| ....to the (sideways?!?!?) bottles for conditioning (carbonation and aging) |
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| Wonderful gathering outside |
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| Wonderful gathering inside |
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| Dylan and I collabed on Daddy's cake. Chocolate peanut butter....with Klingon style. |
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| Cold fingers once the sun set behind the ridge |
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| Sweet friends |
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Ending with a nice Malbec......
Happy Birthday, my sweet love! |
