The first harvest

The radishes are the first up! These were practically jumping out of
the ground.

Name that pup!!

We are taking suggestions for the new one.

In for the day

Between rain and snow, I think the captain has the right idea.

The Doctrine of Preemption

In the spirit of the upcoming inauguration, and on the last day when the "Doctrine of Preemption" will be a guiding principle behind US policy, I'm posting this photo and taking ownership of this event before any of my students find out this photo is on the web.

Yes, that is me next to my friend Marcus Divita roaming the halls of Green Mountain High School dressed for "twin day" or some such nonsense.  Yes, that is my real hair, and, no, we were not fans of Wham!  Depeche Mode, Aha, and Duran Duran, but not Wham!.  Never Wham!.  Thanks to Marcus for bringing back these happy, carefree days.  I wish I still had the shirt.

In a further tribute to tomorrow, I seem to recall Marcus and I running for student body president and vice president, respectively.  At least, I think that was Marcus.  In any event, we didn't win, saving the world from our fledgling political careers.  We are better off with Barack and Joe.

To tomorrow!

Butter!

This will sound completely bonkers but, apparently, if you take regular cream and whip it like mad, past the point of soft peaks, beyond stiff peaks, past where little curds begin to separate, and a little bit further than that, you get...butter.

I know! It was quite a sight to see. SG and I have always had a problem because our home delivery dairy doesn't have unsalted butter. I'm a bit of a butter nazi when it comes to unsalted butter. Since I mostly bake with it, there ... must ... not ... be ... salt. So I've been stuck buying crappy grocery store butter and suffering in "silence".

They, SG finds a blog post describing how to make butter from whipping cream. I can't believe nobody ever thought of this before! What a revelation. Imagine how much happier the cows will be.

And the butter tastes just like cream! Amazing!

I can't wait for breakfast.

ps.  That stuff in the jar?  Butter milk!  For making pancakes!