Uden for katagori – MellaNova

Death in the family

Mellanova — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 20:42:00 +0000

It has been a while since my last post. My mother was very sick during the spring with pancreas cancer. It is a horrible type of cancer and there is almost nothing you can do to stop or slow it down, and she passed away this June.

With funeral, clearing and selling the house and ending all ongoing arrangements in her life and just dealing with the loss, I have not been doing much about brewing of mead, and of cause not posted anything on this blog.

Now that some time has passed, and most of all the things I had to deal with have been finalized, things are getting back to what can reasonably be called normal.

May she rest in peace!

Pic is from December 2014 when my mother and I when to a fish spa for some mother and son quality time. She died 6 month later

All I can say is that whenever you have an opportunity to give money for cancer research, do not hesitate to donate.

Little Alexanders baptism

Mellanova — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 20:23:00 +0000

This weekend my wife and I held the baptismal party for our little boy Alexander.

63 guests in total, so it was great that we could use the common house by our allotment, (same place as where I have my bee hive) – good food and great company – what more can you wish for

Thanks to all who joined from the happy family!

PS Too bad the mead is not ready yet…..

This blog is moving – but not far

Mellanova — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 21:14:00 +0000

I recently found that I have spelled this blog with an extra L in the name. I have therefore generated a new blog with the correct name and I will continue writing here. Link to new blog by clicking the blog name below

Mead Of Life

Silly spelling error

Mellanova — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:57:00 +0000

Just saw that an L had sneaked into the web name of the blog. Please continue to
meadloflife.blogspot.dk

Movember time

Mellanova — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 23:48:00 +0000

November is Movember time, and yes, I am participating again. It a great excuse to grow a mustache and see how it turns out even though I generally feel it looks silly. Now it is finally beginning to look like I mean it, and not like I just missed shaving my upper lip :o)

It is for a good cause, and it is fun. Go Movember !!!!

A little care of one self….

Mellanova — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 21:55:00 +0000

Getting a second child and carrying fermenting buckets takes its toll on dad :o). I had a voucher for Chinese therapy/massage something that I got long time ago and I figured I could use it now that I was on leave from work.

I enter a small, and very Chinese looking clinic. Is was asked to lie down and the Chinese doctor started working. Now, my voucher just said massage, but he started using these cups. Fair enough, I have seen the latest Karate Kid with Jackie Chan, so I figured that it would do no harm.

Afterwards I was really tired and really felt loosened up – but damn, I was not told about this……

And so I became a farther again

Mellanova — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 20:39:00 +0000

Great things have happened these past few days. I became a farther once again. My wife gave birth to a baby boy the 15th of October , 52 cm long and weighing 3450 g. He will be named Alexander. He is so cute and his brother Julius is so happy that “his” baby finally was born. Both mother and baby are doing great.

Alexander was born within 4 hours after the water broke, which is a lot faster then with Julius, whose birth took 18 hours. He has an excellent appetite and is generally eating and sleeping, and in the evening, he is looking around “checking out” our flat for a few hours before he sleeps again. There is something different getting your second child. Everything is so much more relaxed, and you have so much more time to enjoy the kid rather than worrying all the time. So to all you parents with one kid, who, like I, have been wondering if there is room and time for a second child – trust me – there is :o)

Mead of life!

Mellanova — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 21:12:00 +0000

About a year ago I decided that I would try to produce mead. Why mead you might ask? Well, I have always been interested in the process of brewing and I have made several batches of beer. Even though most have been great I always felt that I did not have control of the ingredients. I could purchase what I wanted to use but “just” doing the work of preparing the beer just felt like something was missing. I want to have more control of the ingredients.

Throughout the years my attention have been directed toward mead. In the beginning of this year I required my first bee hive for the sole purpose of producing my own honey for mead. Selling a bit of honey on the side is just a bonus :o)

I live in apartment together with my wife and child but we have a garden house not far from where we live where I keep the bees. In the garden we also have apple trees, several bushes with berries, and beds with spices

Honey, fruit, berries, spices……….All I need to prepare my mead.

I call this blog “Mead of life” since I will not only post logs of the mead I make but also describe the work put into getting the ingredients.

I will pick up on the events this year that have lead up the the mead that I have/will prepare this fall, and eventually post updates on new ideas and taste that I will prepare.

All for now. I will relax with a glass of mead (commercial) and listen to the joyful bubbling of my current batch.