Charles Perry

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Husband, owner of RelaNet, recovering iOS developer, amateur cook, baker, homebrewer, and wine drinker. Co-organizer of Release Notes.
RelaNethttps://relanet.com
Homepagehttps://dazeend.org
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/DazeEnd
I live directly in the path of totality for Monday’s #eclipse. Turn’s out the last total eclipse in my part of Indiana was in 831 A.D.! So I guess this truly is a once in a lifetime opportunity for me and my neighbors. #HoosierMast
This weekend’s project was building door stops for the cellar door and installing them on the jamb. I ripped each stop from a 2×4 and then cut a kerf to accommodate weatherstripping. I couldn’t use standard moulding because the latch side of the 5-inch-thick door is beveled so that it can clear the jamb. That bevel makes it narrower on the inside and necessitated a 1 inch thick stop on that side. Next time I’ll give it a lick of paint. #ProjectWineCellar #wine #woodworking
This weekend I got the door and jamb painted, installed the jamb, and then hung the door with the help of my brother and a friend. With the door hung, it feels like I actually finish this project someday! #ProjectWineCellar #wine #woodworking
I made more progress on #ProjectWineCellar. Last trip up, I routed hinge mortises in the door and door jamb. #wine #woodworking
Chicken pot pie! #food #cooking
I woke up this morning to two inches of fresh snow, and a skim of ice on the lake. #lakelife

The new starter is doing great since I started feeding it some rye flour. I think I’ve settled on feeding it half AP flour and half rye flour. It seems to really like that.

I just bulked up the starter so I can bake my first loaf with it tomorrow morning. The plan is to make the loaf with 90% AP flour and 10% rye flour, at 80% hydration. I don’t have a lot of experience handling doughs that wet, so it should be interesting. #breadposting #sourdough

Whoa! I guess yeast really like rye flour! 🤩

The starter on the left was fed AP flour, while the starter on the right was fed dark rye flour. The top of the blue tape marks the starting fill levels. #sourdough #breadposting

I’m enjoying a surprisingly nice Rioja as I sit by the fire this evening. And it only costs like $15. An incredible bargain. #wine
Hmmm… the last two photos of the series didn’t publish. Here are the finished shots if the finished cellar door. #ProjectWineCellar #wine #woodworking