Tonight I made a
Flat White, espresso drink. If you recall the iOS app from June that I wrote about, this was one of the drinks they showed. It's a double-shot of espresso and about 3-4oz of milk where you remove the microfilm from the top after frothing and pour in the remainder of the milk. This is the first time I made this and I think it turned out well. Again, it took me a couple of try's to get the espresso extraction right. I think the humidity from this weekend has affected things as I had to adjust the grind one click more course before it came out right.
As I sit here enjoying this drink, I reflect on the events of my weekend. On Saturday, a friend and I went kayaking down the Huron River for about 3 hours. It was good exercise and the river was very calm. I saw lot's of turtles, swans, egret's, ducks and geese along the way. It was overcast, but still bright with the rays from the sun peeking through at times. The temperature was about 80℉ and humid. There wasn't much of a breeze to speak of, and I had longed for even a gentle breeze because it was mildly stuffy. The weather aside, it was a great adventure and not too uncomfortable.
At one point, well, several points, we went underneath roadway bridges and a train bridge. The train bridge was fascinating as it was built out of giant concrete blocks all around and had the inscription 1888 as it's build date. The bridge was in fantastic shape and leads one to believe it was far newer than 126 years.
After our trip we went back to his place where his, very pregnant wife who is expecting their second child next month awaited our return. We then proceeded out on the rear deck and fired up the grill. We BBQ'd some burgers, bratwurst, bacon and ears of corn. The meal was superb as we took American cheese and put it on the burgers and topped it with bacon, mayo, lettuce and ketchup. This is my favorite type of food right here. We also wrapped the bratwurst in the bacon as well. I mean, bacon makes everything better! I did not eat the corn from the grill. I prefer to eat sweet corn raw and cold. Just remove the husk, rinse and eat. It tastes oh so good that way. I think, and it's my preference, that cooking corn, even a little, takes away the taste too much and softens the kernels.
After food was consumed, we relaxed on the deck for while, feet up, sunglasses on and chatted away about nothingness. Although I recall informing my friends about a tidbit of information I learned from a documentary about the Redwood trees in northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Most trees, around the world, only grow so tall and the reason, as I learned, is at a certain height, the tree can only get water up so far before it cannot go further, due, obviously, to gravity. The Redwood trees, I learned, get their extreme height from the ground water, as all trees do, but because of the daily thick fog that rolls in from the ocean, the trees absorb that moisture at the tops and it allows them
What a lovelyto grow even further. I thought it was fascinating information, although they didn't latch onto it quite as much as I did.
Today, I had two ladies from my past show up at church services that I hadn't seen in a while. One was the pastor's daughter, one of five of them and the other another friend from the same time period, ten years ago, when we used to hang out. One of them I had asked out and she turned me down back then. The other, I should have asked out but never did. That is a regret of mine these days. Both happen to have the same name, Melody, and both are married with families of their own. It was just really strange for both to appear back home at the same time. One of them has a brother who is getting married next week which is why she in back in town and the other is just in for a visit with the family while her brother is in town from the west coast. Just lot's of memories coming in to me today and imaginations of things that could have been...
