Well I moved the lilac from the carboy to the bottles last night, I think I will let them sit a while longer but from the glass I had I have a pretty decent sweet lilac wine. I missed the elderflowers I wanted by a few weeks, but you know what that means elderBERRY wine. I found a pretty simple recipe online and when I was done siphoning off the lilac wine last night I strained out the elderberries (and raisons!) from that batch to add the sugar, citrus and yeast. This will be my first fruit wine because all the other attempts I have made have been floral. If all goes well I will actually exceed my expectations for this year and I will end up with 4 wines: Dandelion, Lilac, Elderberry and Hibiscus.
Crystalynn's Life List
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1. be fluent in spanish
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2. create an alter
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3. travel to Central America
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4. Intern on a goat dairy farm
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5. build my own house
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6. Make a living with my creativity
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7. Clean out my closet.
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8. Keep a journal
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9. Take more photos
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10. meditate daily
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11. Quit Smoking
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12. finish my quilt
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13. make jam
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14. write a childrens book
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15. buy land
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16. write more
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17. learn to play the dulcimer
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18. Homestead with my family/friends
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19. write more letters
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20. learn sign language
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21. Listen more, talk less...
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22. make my own soap
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23. get rid of unnecessary possessions
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24. learn to belly dance
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15 months ago
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15 months ago
Just finished a bear for my nephew this weekend. He’s only a little wonky (it kind-of looks like he is tilting his head to listen all the time, and his ears are just a tad on the large size) but I think it just gives him character. I hand sewed him from a pattern I found online with a few modifications. I didn’t use joints and I enlarged the pattern a bit so he stands about 12” tall.
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17 months ago
My most notable kiss in the rain was with my current partner about 2 years ago.
We went backpacking and just as we arrived at our campsite from hiking all day it started to rain.
We were able to drop all of our stuff and just enjoy the cool rain and each other.
It was wonderful!
