Maybe the photos are self explanatory, but I'll write some words to go along with them. Maybe writing words can be part of my grieving process.
The pink beer was over-carbonated. We've never had a batch of beer over-carbonate, so this was a new experience for us. Normally when home brewers face this problem it means exploding bottles---glass and beer and danger everywhere. I guess we were lucky though? I managed to not put at least one cap on properly, so one evening we just heard it start to make a fizzing sound. Greg sprang into action, knowing the cap had to come off to avoid the risk of an exploding bottle. If I was as quick on my feet as he was, I would have made him wear the safety glasses. The first bottle got its cap removed indoors, and as you can see from the above photo, this resulted in pink beer dripping down our wall. The rest of the bottles were opened outdoors, using the open-inside-a-plastic-bag technique we learned from our experience eating surströmming.
2. Our garden is not a complete waste!
We got these three carrots recently. I was really excited to grow these because of their unique radish-like shape. They may be small, and not very substantial when split between two people, but we were really happy considering the last time we tried to grow carrots they got eaten/trampled by a cow (I have never owned a cow).
3. We took a long-ish bike ride to explore a new section of town.
4. I made some really delicious pizza.
I used this recipe and this recipe, both of which I'd recommend.
5. Right now there are blue skies, but about an hour ago there was a total downpour, resulting in all sorts of rainbow delight.
