Random shiny thing for today: The Underwood

I can’t resist sharing some extra detail shots from today’s subject for “U”…

The machine belongs to a friend, who was kind enough to let me photograph it…

In some detail…

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Random shiny thing for today: Mead

Last October, I started some mead, with a vague notion of holiday gifts (the recipe said it took about two months).  But the holidays came and went.  Today, I finally got it bottled—well, put into jars.  It turned out to be the perfect thing for a bleak, snowy February afternoon.

Not only is it delicious, it took the dreary February light coming through my kitchen window and turned it into October sunshine.

I pretty much followed this recipe: Ancient Orange Cinnamon & Clove Mead (well, except for the two month part).

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Your random shiny thing for today…

Oh look, Magpie was distracted by a random shiny again.

(Spotted while hand-washing my favorite whisk for the umpteenth time during a cookie shoot, and there went a half-hour, poof!)

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Your random shiny thing for today…

Because I am such a sucker for sunlight and colored glass.

Or (as the case might be), what sunlight does when you pass it through green jello.

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