Labels are here for our 2nd and 3rd wines!

This round was Nova's time to shine as the mascot of these two wines, a Zinfandel Blush and a Citrus Wood Sorrel. We made the Zinfandel from a Fontana wine kit. As our second kit, I do have to say I liked WineXpert kits a little better as far as instructions go as well as …

Experimenting with Homemade Wine

We have somewhat fallen off the edge of the world the past half a year, with the hallmark of moving into a new home. With that, we finally have some extra space to experiment with a set of wine making equipment that we were gifted for our wedding almost 2.5 years ago! There are no …

Wood Burning Time Lapse: Saint Joseph the Carpenter

This was a long one - a bit more than 60 hours - despite being only about the size of a standard piece of paper. This took about the same amount of time as the map of Middle Earth from Lord of the Rings, even though this one was arguably less intricate, but shading large …

Life Gets Busy…So How about Another Challenge?

We had an unexpected pleasure come into our lives last month that goes by the name of Eclipse. No, not an eclipse of the moon or sun, but rather a little ball of floof! Anyone who has raised a puppy from 8 weeks or earlier knows that training up a pup from ground zero is …

Hiking with an Aussie in West Virginia

This is a bit of a break from our typical posts, but we both wanted to experiment a little with some of our camera gear. I use action cameras to take my time lapses, so we forked out for a little harness for our lovely doggo. My job was to take and edit footage from …