Vanilla Update

The vanilla update brings disappointment. It's not dark enough. There is not enough vanilla flavor, but the vodka flavor is not really there, either.

Surely, it can be salvaged.

I ordered more vanilla beans and set out to rectify the disappointment.

Ten more sliced beans went in today. In a few weeks, I hope to be bottling my delicious vanilla.

In addition, vanilla sugar sounds like a good idea. The recipe? One vanilla bean covered in 4 oz of sugar and wait for a couple of weeks. Coffee, anyone?

Outside, a beautiful sunny day with temperatures in the upper 40s called to us.

We loaded the little trailer with firewood, left by the driveway.

It is now neatly stacked and waiting for the splitter. We are expecting more sunny, mild days in the next couple of weeks. This can wait.