A Creative Journey
Join me as I explore the world inspired by innovation, creativity, experience, and story.
Brewing Irish Red
2012 Irish Red Mash tun and kettle out on my back deck Brewer: Kevin RimlingerStyle: Irish Red AleType: All Grain Recipe Specifications Boil Size: 7.64 galPost Boil Volume: 7.02 galBatch Size (fermenter): 5.50 galBottling Volume: 5.00 gal Estimated OG: 1.055...
Tuscany, Italy 2011
Here's the final set of pictures from our trip to Italy last summer. These are from Tuscany where we spent the majority of our time. We stayed in Panzano and took day trips to Sienna, Florence, and San Gimignano. We ate great food and drank an impressive amount of...
Panoramic Image of San Gimignano
Click to view, pan, tilt, and zoom anywhere you want in this 360 degree panoramic image of the view from the top of the tallest tower in the hill town of San Gimignano. The panorama is actually 16 individual photos I took last July that I stitched together with...
Rome, Italy 2011
Here's the second set from my Italy 2011 vacation. After two nights in Venice, we took the train to Rome and spent three nights there. We saw the Colosseum, the Vatican, the Pantheon, and many of the Bernini sculptures I've been waiting my whole life to see. It was...
Self Portraits in Graphite
We went to the Walters Art Museum today. It was nice. It's been a while since I've been there. I tried to take advantage of that inspiration by pulling out the sketch pad for the first time in years (many, many years). Here's my first and second self portrait from...
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Everybody remembers The Very Hungry Caterpillar board book by Eric Carle. When the star of that book paid a visit to a tree in my back yard, I was surprised to see how big and hungry she really was. This caterpillar was about 5 or 6 inches long and thicker than a fat...