It is difficult concentrating on the editing of my first photo-book zine with this one in the background. She can draw my attention even when she is fast asleep :)
Fermenting Kombucha
Following up from last week's post, here is the latest photograph of our kombucha. As you can see from all the bubbles, it is fizzing away nicely as it continues to ferment:
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| Fermenting kombucha |
Sweyne's Eye 1...
I started work this morning on the design of my first photobook zine - Sweyne's Eye, the first issue of which will feature a little project entitled: Hand i̶n̶ Glove.
More details soon...
Excited Sparrows on a Windy Afternoon
Our little feathered garden friends are loving our new bird feeder. The sparrows especially can't contain their excitement and their constant twittering can be heard from our house even in the rain and wind :)
Brewing Up Some Kombucha
I've been a little unwell of late, suffering from an eye condition that has been exasperated by my being allergic to most of the antibiotics I have been prescribed for the problem. Anyway, as well as developing quite drastic allergic reactions to the antibiotics (swollen, burning eyelids and lips), they have also had a rather devastating effect on my stomach :( Whilst I am now on my fourth different course of antibiotics, courtesy this time of the local hospital eye specialist) and await to see if these can know wy health troubles on the head, I am combatting my belly woes with the consumption of kombucha.
To help combat that, I am currently drinking kombucha. And I really have to say that this product really has helped me a heap. Unfortunately, this drink can be on the rather expensive side if purchased commercially from local health food shops, and as my wife and I intend to continue drinking this beverage for at least the next couple of months to test out the claims of its much-lauded health benefits, we have decided to give brewing it at home a try.
The required scoby (an acronym for 'symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast') can be found easily online via dedicated forums, commercial producers or ebay. I purchased our starter scoby from ebay:
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| Our kombucha scoby from ebay |
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| A close-up of the kombucha scoby |
To kick start the fresh kombucha brew, we added a bottle of live starter tea, which can be purchased from Holland and Barretts and a growing number of supermarkets as a stand-alone drink.
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| A tasty bottle of live kombucha tea, which I used to kickstart a fresh batch of kombucha drink |
This was added to a bowl sugar-sweetened black tea, which was then decanted into a kombucha jar, along with the scoby.
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| Sugar-sweetened black tea - a base for the kombucha drink |
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| A fresh jar of pre-fermented kombucha - complete with scoby |
It is now just a waiting game as we wait for the fermentation process to commence and take hold on the kombucha drink. I will add an update on proceedings in the near future...
A Rainy Sunday Morning
Another rainy Sunday morning. Still, it has created quite a moody atmosphere and I am taking full advantage of it to do a little ghost story writing.
To add to the ambiance, I am playing an absolutely beautiful pagan folk CD by Telling the Bees. I have seen this band play twice and they were both gorgeous experiences. I even got this treasured CD signed by the band before that sadly split:
You can catch a great interview by Andy Letcher from the band here. The artwork on the album is also as beautiful as the music itself and was crafted by the very talented Rima Staines.
A Walk Through My Local Woods
I took a walk down to my local woods this morning. It was a misty morning and I added to the mood of the walk by separating myself from the ambient sounds of the woodland by donning my headphones and playing the moody Nordic sounds of Forndom. I Loved it :) I need to do this walk more often as the whole circular route from my doorstep is less than 3.5k steps.
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