We named the dog Indiana. . . .

We went to see the new Indiana Jones movie on Sunday over Memorial Day weekend. Man, was I excited to see this movie. I have been waiting for 15 plus years to see a sequel. . . As a movie connoisseur I won't give my true "in-depth" opinion of this movie because this blog is supposed to be fun and upbeat. . .

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I will say that it was fun to see this movie and nice to see Indy on the screen again.

HOSTA-lavista Baby. . . .

It's a little late to be splitting up Hostas right now, but we had no other choice. These babies are getting huge ! If you don't know about hostas, they are a great ground cover, nice and leafy, and they can get big. They prefer shade but can do all right in partial sun. . . .

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If you are poor and can wait a few years, all you have to do is plant a few of these guys and each year split them up. In a few years you'll have hundreds. . .

Thirsty?

Here’s the finished beer! . . . We were up until 2:00am banging around and keeping the neighbors up. . .heh, heh. . . .
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Total amount - 4 kegs of a Pale Ale (similar to a Sierra Nevada with more hops) and 4 kegs of a Brown Ale (similar to a New Castle Ale)
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Many thanks to my friend Phil who let us use his garage as storage and his time and kept us fed.

Driving the cleaned kegs . . .

Gary Copper giving us a hand. . .

Phil. . . .Master Brewer. . . .

the finished product. . .

Still Cleaning. . . .

I am still cleaning these damn kegs. These are the stems that go inside the kegs. Pressure goes in the keg and the beer is pushed throught he stainless steel stem. . . .

The Incredible Edible Egg. . . .

Mmmmm. . . . .Love a good breakfast. . . . . if I can get up in time. . . .

Cleaning

Last night I had to clean the barrels(kegs). You gots to before putting the beer in them.
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One day I'll own a giant washing machine you can run these suckers through. . . because man does it take a long time !

Camp Work

Every year we have a large camping party and we do a bunch of work at the site in order to lower the cost of renting the place out. This year we set some posts and erected some split rails. We also gutted the lodgehouse, put up new wainscoating, and painted. The camp is a great place to have a "get together", plenty of room to move around, a giant barn that has a stage for bands to play, etc. Here's a link to their site http://www.hannonscampamerica.com/.

Let the Wine Flow !

O.k. So I make wine too. I entered a few wines in a local amateur wine contest (Henke Winery) and to my surprise took a Second place, First place, and the Best of Show. I might start entering more contests, but I hate to give the wine away !