How to Ripen Tomatoes

So that perfect tomato you have been watching fell off the vine,  but wasn't quite ready to pick yet!  Or maybe your "garden helpers" picked a few less than red beauties.

NO PROBLEM!!

All they really need now that they have stopped growing is some sun.

Simply place the orangy tomato on the window sill,  and rotate every few days so a different side faces outward.

In less than a week you will have beautiful ripe red tomatoes!

Enjoy!

Portland Brew Festival

For my 30th birthday,  which was actually yesterday,  My wife got me tickets to the Portland Brew Festival.

Down on the Portland Maine waterfront,  there is an old warehouse style building which had all the vendors and brewers lined the walls.   You get your glasses and drink tickets at the door,  then just try anything that you want.  

Some brewers are quite serious

                 You get a booklet where you can keep track of the beers you have tried and what you think.   This was great for me,  one because I love trying new beers,  and two,  because I like to keep notes on the beers that I try anyway!!

Mead

My sample being poured

The note reads,  "worst of the day, tastes like tires, DUMPED"

                 

I was just a little happy.

By the end of the day,  I had sampled almost 40 beers,  and found some new favorites.   Bringing your pregnant wife to a beer tasting gets some odd looks,  but she was a great sport,  AND a free designated driver.

Beach Fog

You Gotta Keep em Seperated

Despite the fact that I do not agree with my boss that certain M$M's taste better than others,  the fact that she keeps free candy in the office is enough reason for me to help with the separation process.

When it comes to M&M's,  You gotta keep em seperated!

Poem Friday: Musicians

 Music can make a sad person happy
and music can make that happy one sad
and music can send a whole string of emotion
from loving, to hating, from angry, to glad

Musicians however are really the key
guitars simply dont play themselves
the touch of the hand and the practice you see
helps the music we love to fly off of the shelves

but the music in stores is the tip of the berg
for so many melodies charming and sweet
mix with the harmonic tones of musicians
I see every week as I walk down the street

So find a musician who sings or who plays
and listen a moment of two
and throw them some change in their instrument case
for they just gave a great gift to you!

Musicians outside the local store

Musician at the Farmer's  Market