JR: Naan bread as pizza bread - Naan bread is versatile as a base for pizza, toasting and dipping into sunny-side up eggs, toasting and coating with homemade jam, dipping into hummus, etc. I think that I like naan bread better than pita bread. But the freshly-made pita bread at A... more>>
- Aug 11, 2015 - #food #bread #home #pizza

JR: Elegantly designed and functional items - My Birks that I bought on Jul 7, 2007 at a Birkenstock store in Royal Oak, Michigan. I'm wearing these shows at this moment on Jul 21, 2015. I've had them resoled at least twice at nearby Macino's shoe repair store, located in West Toledo at Sylvani... more>>
- Jul 21, 2015 - #design #home

JR: June 2015 Rainfall - For my rain gauge at our home in West Toledo. Jul 2, 2015 Blade story about June 2015 #rainfall for Toledo Express Airport The rain caused widespread flooding also put the month into fourth place for all-time June rainfall, at 7.22 inches. Thats ... more>> 1 min read
- Jul 02, 2015 - #rainfall #toledo #weather #home

JR: Mid to late May 2015 bug - May 23, 2015 I first noticed this bug about a week ago. I don't know how long it has been around. It's quite numerous today, flying about. I've been bitten a few times. I thought that the bug was associated with either our blooming spiraea bushes o... more>>
- May 23, 2015 - #nature #home #insect

JR: Nesting Bluebird Info - #nature - #bird - #home Wren Guard - apply after first egg has been laid. - made from cardboard. - three sided. - extends outward 3 to 3.5 inches from the nest box. - extends down to the bottom edge of the hole. Change Nest - 6 to 7 days after youn... more>> 1 min read
- May 22, 2015 - #nature #bird #home

JR: May 2015 birdwatching obs - #home - #toledo - #nature - #bird - #event Post started on Mon, May 18, 2015. I have not recorded bird obs for each day in our neighborhood while exercise walking and walking Barney. I wish that I had. I don't know if this is a better than aver... more>> 12 min read
- May 20, 2015 - #home #toledo #nature #bird #event

JR: Bottling beer - sanitizing bottles - On bottling day, I fill my kitchen sink with a hot oxyclean solution and attach a bottle washer to my kitchen tap. I fill 12 bottles with oxy clean, shake them up, pour them out, and rinse them with the bottle washer. Then I submerge them in my 5... more>>
- May 19, 2015 - #home #beer #howto

JR: Around home nature notes for May 18, 2015 - In the oak trees around our home, the oak tree flower began falling on approx Fri, May 15, 2015. The spirea bushes were at full bloom on Sun morning, May 17. The Lilies of the Valley began blooming early last week, around May 11. The small white... more>> 1 min read
- May 18, 2015 - #home #flower #tree #garden

JR: Wheat beer recipe - May 18, 2015 - found in my Field Notes notebook. Unsure where or why I recorded this. Wheat Beer 5 lbs 2-row 5 lbs wheat .5 lb crystal 20 .5 lb rice hulls I think that I recorded this at the home brew beer day that was held at Titgemier's in ear... more>>
- May 18, 2015 - #beer #home #recipe

JR: Fri, May 15, 2015 bird observations - Around our home and in our neighborhood. It has been a fine day for migrating bird song both for variety and numbers. Around 3:25 p.m., a WCSP and a MAWA were perched in the middle oval crunchberry shrub in my same field of view of my binoculars. A... more>> 1 min read
- May 18, 2015 - #home #bird

JR: CFL bulbs at home. - (part of this text was used in a May 18, 2015 toledotalk.com comment) In the summer of 2006, I switched our two front porch lights to the curly CFLs, and I have not replaced them since, and I leave our front porch lights on all day and night. I figu... more>> 1 min read
- May 18, 2015 - #home #energy

JR: May 12-14, 2015 Nature Observations - Around our home and neighborhood. On Tue, May 12, I noticed that our spirea bushes had started to bloom in a few places. On Wed, May 13 and again this morning, Thu, May 14, I saw a WTSP in our backyard. During my walk with Barney on Wed, May 13, ... more>>
- May 14, 2015 - #home #bird #nature

JR: TV and Internet Connection Thoughts - May 4, 2015 - my tt comment in this thread: CatLady, we share a couple similarities. "Toast.net is my internet provider." Toast.net has been our internet service provider since at least the late 1990s. "My TV is from 1993 and still works great ..." Our ... more>> 1 min read
- May 04, 2015 - #internet #tv #technology #home

JR: Making popcorn in a bowl in the microwave - Place cup popcorn kernels in a large microwave-safe bowl with 1 tablespoon olive or canola oil. Cover with a microwave-safe plate and microwave on high (power level 10) until the majority of the kernels have popped, 3 to 5 minutes. #home #food #re... more>>
- Apr 30, 2015 - #home #food #recipe

JR: May 2015 AHA Big Brew Day - Sat, May 2, 2015 10:00 am Titgemeier's Feed Garden Store 701 Western Ave, Toledo, Ohio 43609 As of Apr 27, 2015, at least nine brewers have registered. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Titgemeiers-Feed-Garden-Store/146822645362624 #home #toled... more>>
- Apr 27, 2015 - #home #toledo #event #beer #brewing #business #howto