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April 10th, 2009 by Aubri
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Here’s a quick update on our week with the Sem kids. We introduced Kristina to ribs. She did pretty good but did ask where the knife and fork were. After a lot of laughing, we let her know the proper way to eat these.
We visited the Swedish Heritage Center in Oakland.
A trip to Bancroft isn’t complete without seeing the tank in the park.
And of course the obligatory stop by the nationally recognized John G. Neihardt museum.
A gift from the locals.
Kristina honored us with some beautiful tunes on the church organ.
Lily did too.
Weslie and Lily have a very special relationship.
It’s a little different from the one Kristina and Lily share.
Finnish cinnamon rolls, “Orfilar”. Mmmmm!
April 5th, 2009 by Aubri
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Well, we weathered the storm and Weslie and Kristina arrived in Bancroft Saturday night just fine right in the nick of time. Our blizzard blew through later in the evening and into Sunday morning.
Here’s what it left in its wake. We canceled church Sunday morning and spent the day cozy inside.
Thankfully the sun came out that afternoon and began to melt the snow. Good riddance snow!
Lily and Kristina got along very well from the beginning.
Uncle Weslie had to keep his distance.
Reading time! Lily thought about trading books with Kristina so she could learn what cows say in English but wasn’t sure about a book without pictures especially one on the proper distinction between Law and Gospel that Kristina was reading.
>Modifiying Carboys
April 4th, 2009 by Aubri
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This modification was done so that I can easily measure the volume of wort (unfermented beer) or beer in the carboy. Knowing the volume allows for many useful calculations. I poured in water and made 3 measurement lines on each carboy (the glass jug). I used glass etch cream to do the work. All I had to do was put tape around the marks I wanted. Doing the taping was a bit tedious.
Here I am applying the glass etch. These are 6.5 gallon carboys. I also did all my 5 gallon carboys.
These are the lines on a 6.5 gallon carboy. The bottom mark is 5.0, the middle 5.5, and the top 6.0 gallons. The lines are not on top of the glass. The etch is a acid-like substance that eats away a bit of the glass. It does not feel lower, but it is not clear like the rest of the glass.
The finished product. It looks simple, but doing 13 carboys was no small feat. I hope to brew this coming week. I decided I need to dilute the hard water here with distilled water. That should improve the quality of my beers.Happy brewing (or drinking if you don’t brew)!
