carrie & i went up to the Big 4 meadow today. that’s one of our favorite destinations, and this time didn’t disappoint. snow snow snow!
you obviously couldn’t see the mountains in the distance, but we’d seen that before. today, we wanted snow. and we got it!
here’s the rest of the flickr photoset:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeyboydotcom/sets/1346426/
enjoy!
after big 4, we went to mount vernon to Skagit River Brewery for lunch/dinner.
just got this back from the jewelers.
i bought the broadarrow diver’s watch on ebay, then found the matching PVD bracelet for it at The Watch Prince.
homebrewers, or alcoholics?
that would be “homebrewers.” 5 points!
(i know, it might be both.)
we bottled 5 gallons tonight.
more falcon. this time, sleeping next to me on the couch. he looks happy. i tend to give off a lot of heat.
picture of falcon sleeping
btw… he passed his audition.
so, as most people who know me would be aware, we foster kittens. we’ve had probably close to 200 foster kittens through our home. we volunteer for a non-profit, no-kill animal shelter in arlington, wa called Purrfect Pals.
we recently fostered a group of 8 kittens. carrie got to name them — and what she came up with quickly were naming the boys after fords, and the girls after chevrolets.
one of the boys, pictured here, is “falcon.” falcon is currently … “auditioning.” we think he may make a good addition to our home. (how far he is through the “auditioning” process depends on who you ask, and how cheeky i’m acting when i reply.)
i’ve updated the site, adding pictures back in to various sections. (by popular demand)
updated sections include:
vehicles » f-150 (update: link fixed)
this is our work truck, a 1990 Ford F-150 that we affectionately refer to as “moosie.”
picture of the f-150 in the mountains, 1
in lieu of getting my focus suspension install completed (short answer: needed to replace parts i didn’t expect to replace) i decided to take part of my columbus day to work on the truck.
moosie got new spark plugs and an oil/filter change. yes, quite exciting, i know.
also we discovered that the truck (longbed F-150) will fit entirely within the garage. that’s good to know — we intend to rebuild the garage next year, and are bound by building codes to make it precisely the same size as the existing one. so the new one will accomodate a full-size pickup as well.
32 is a batch of beer that carrie brewed up for my birthday. it’s an India Pale Ale recipe, with a few modifications (which are a secret, even to me).
an update: it just went from primary to secondary fermenter, with an gravity drop from 1.083 to 1.020. if you’re playing along at home, that’s an ABV of 8.332%! yow, looks like we’ll be putting this exclusively into 12oz bottles.
will report again in a few weeks with the finishing gravity.
with all the blogging companies being bought up by major media companies, i thought i’d throw my hat into the ring.
my one lonely blog is not worth 25 or 40 million dollars, but i’d entertain the idea of being acquired by an enormous company with deep pockets.
i promise that i would then write favorably about whatever product and/or service you’re foisting upon the public. even if it has nothing to do with my daily life.
also, i will put hotlinks to your website from mine, thereby increasing my street credbility and also your pagerank score with google (at least infinitesimally, in theory).