Have a couple of days off! Wondering what to do, I have a few little tasks that I’d like to get through but they will all require more coffee, a shower and air conditioning before I can even think about them.

Just registered for my next uni course which is exciting after such a long break. So I may study a bit before I head around to my brother-in-law’s place to hook up his internet.

The things I want to do are related to my future brewery but I need to force myself to take the days off when they come.

Wondering if any Gàidhlig speaking friends can suggest a third ’te’ ending word with similar vibes to slàinte and fàilte?

Full disclosure, I want to make three beers in the future utilising my in-laws’ tea and ’te’ can (artistically.. loosely.. sort of) be pronounced similarly to how the Japanese word for tea is pronounced so I have 2 out of 3 names..

.. and zero recipes.. yet..

A month or so after deciding to retire my pixelfed instance (purely due to being to busy to administer multiple personal social media sites - well mainly at least), I have created some social media accounts for the future brewery.. all on the evil silos, let’s be honest the fediverse isn’t a welcoming place for businesses (which is fine) regardless of their small, local producer intentions.

Anyway, Instagram seems to be the most useful tool for connecting with locals around here and I’m not dis-enjoying (?) the initial endorphin fuelled set up game.. I have enough traction to combat the slippery slope of these gamefied silos for my personal accounts but for future business purposes at this point for documenting our story is ok, I think.

Allegedly, according to openweathermap.org the temperature here today will not breach 30°C..

.. I live in hope but have little faith that this will be the case.

A wee bit surprised to turn up to the brewery to meet an NHK camera crew filming us making beer today.. hair is a mess..

They seem quite interested in our story too and have taken some of my details..

Interesting adventure indeed!

The day started by helping out a my friend Masa and he showed me his potential future tortilla kitchen, then I scouted the Northern boundary of the village and now have 10 potential sites for the brewery.. No clue about availability, just currently un-utilised spots, seemingly abandoned buildings or potentially shared spaces with existing tenants.

Just pulled together a map and document with photos of sites..

.. very much not a day off so I may take my day off tomorrow instead :)

Today is my day off so I am going brewery location hunting around the village.. technically that’s working but I’ll take my time and really try to explore.. without traipsing too much on people’s property!

This evening our 5 month old daughter achieved two milestones .. she managed to get her foot into her mouth for the first time.. and then shortly after she rolled over on to her tummy from lying on her back, again first time..

I started calling her “destroyer of worlds” and then she fell asleep on my chest.. so she is MY destroyer of worlds.

Saw my first tanuki in the flesh today.. one who I hope was just dangerously narcoleptic and not in fact deceased on the road.. 😳

Seemingly we now have a tanuki living in our garden! My wife saw it yesterday morning.. I am only mildly jealous..