My thoughts on life, family, and whatever else pops up.
So This weekend, like too many others, the whole family was hitting a few yard sales. Julie picked up a bag of 'play food', plastic food toys, for a couple of bucks. These were rolling around in the back of the Element when a bit later Alice starts asking for ice cream. So Julie hands her the plastic ice cream cone and Alice tries to munch on it. Using her limited vocabulary to get her point across she says, "broken." Pretty frickin' smart, huh?
SO the current issue of Vermont Life (Autumn 2007...who the hell calls it 'Autumn, anyway?) gives my little cider hobby a two-sentence plug, one of which is my recommendations of commercial ciders from Vermont. I guess the cider season, five weeks away now, is officially starting as I hoe through the garage transforming it from a place to park, then to stash stuff all summer, into a sanitary cider mill. Cider hounds go here to get the skinny, then email or call me to set up your squeezin's. 2007 is looking to be a 'vintage' cider year, so this will be a great season to start cidermaking or to continue your tradition. Since things are starting up, I'll be a lot more active on the cider blog as the coming weeks unfold, free time be damned...
