Making Cheese... for real!

Making fresh mozzerella...  Websites all over the Internet claim it's really easy, but I did not have that experience.  From now on, I will buy my mozz.

Heating the milk and rennet.  Curds and whey form and then...

...You strain off the curds...

and let them drain for a while,

Then the stretching!

Then the eating. The consistency wasn't quite right, but it worked.  

Like I said, I think you're better off purchasing cheese. 

Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail 8/2011

Jill and I spent 3-4 days hiking in the Sisters Wilderness in Central Oregon.  Fun days of hiking, camping, campstove cooking and swimming in mountain lakes.

 

 

Other June-July 2011

On the beach in Le Havre, which was completely destroyed during WWII.

Me, Damien and Elsa enjoying the brief Normandy sunshine.

Moi et Gildas sur la Côte d'Albâtre à Fécamp

I never get sick of this view.

Taking students to France was a great experience! Introducing teenagers to a place they will love forever, seeing old friends and eating really great food... what more could one want from a summer?

Bagel Making!

Kneading

Rising

Forming

Resting

Boiling

Eating!

Making bagels with Uncle Dave and Aunt Jill on Kainui. Fun and delicious (but so much work... I will buy bagels from now on)!

February 2011

Meet Olivia! She likes to go on hikes, get the mail, chase deer and eat cheese and peanut butter. From February through July, 2011, I had the amazing opportunity to house sit a large, beautiful home in the foothills of Corvallis. In that time, I became friends with the neighbors, chased a turkey and a deer who chased Olivia (on separate occasions), drank a bottle of champagne that did not belong to me and could not be replaced, went on lots of hikes in the MacDonald forest, and had a really good time living in a real home, complete with copper gutters, a slate roof and a music room.

Norfolk, VA & Wedding Fun

Sam & Chris's Wedding at the beautiful Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, VA. A great time and wonderful to see the whole family!