Another feral is safely inside. The other day a little all black kitten showed up, sans any obvious mama, but Tini seemed to be caring for it. Then I got Tini in & not the kitten, which felt crappy. Happily, tonight I got the kitten. Not in a trap, I cornered her & just picked her up.
Silver was actually mrowling at me in this photo. But soon they’ll be fixed and vaxed and back in the colony!
I’m finally able to start trapping kitties again, and I’ve managed to get three in this weekend!
This statue was inspired by the terracotta statuette of woman with bird face from Cypriot ca. 1450-1200 BCE
You can see examples of the style here.
Pomegranate Mead
Ingredients
1.5 cups fresh squeezed pomegranate juice
1 liter pomegranate syrup / equivalent 1.74lbs sugar
.2oz fresh rosemary
1lb 10.2oz honey
water to 1 gallon (approx 2qt, 1cup)
1pkg yeast
1.5tsp fermaid o (start, 48, 72)
2024-10-04
So. I will never complain about the price of pomegranate products again. Holy goddess. 5 pomegranates (from a friend’s yard) turned out to be about 1.5 cups of juice. Apparently pomegranates come in white fruit too. Tasted good. Then I added the pomegranate syrup, got it from the International Market the other week. It tastes like jolly ranchers, but I like that so it’s all good. Added in the honey, which was just what I had left over from two 5lbs containers. Let the yeast and the fermaid o start doing their thing in a cup of water while I prepped it all. Shook the heck out of the must to make sure it was aerated enough. Checked the starting gravity: 1.092 spg. Added the little bit of rosemary and put it all under air lock.
Everything was so sticky. But I’m excited to see how it comes out. 😀
