We watched The Biggest Little Farm tonight. This was part of a school assignment Mazie had to watch one of a list of movies and then write an essay on it. We all enjoyed it. This type of farming is a hard path, but a rewarding one when it works.

Movie poster for The Biggest Little Farm showing two people walking toward a small red farm shed surrounded by chickens, a pig, cattle, and a dog in a green field.

I made Sous Vide burgers tonight. I have wanted to try these for a long time since everything else has been so good on the Sous Vide, but I was intrigued by how this would all work.

I kept it simple, 1 lb of ground beef, 1 egg, salt and pepper. We cooked in the water bath and then fried with butter in a hot pan, constantly basting 30 seconds on each side. I also managed to set off the smoke detectors in the process. ๐Ÿ‘€

The end product was a very juicy, perfectly medium-rare burger. But I didn’t find the output to be worth what you have to put into it. I can do burgers on the Big Green Egg much easier. Even Smashburgers on the flat-top are easier. Going to stick to traditional burgers…

No photos since nothing was really picture worthy.

Working through my first pool โ€œissueโ€. The Saltwater Chlorine Generator was set too low (6%) while we were gone and the chlorine level dropped to near nil. Water was cloudy, but no color. I got HTHยฎ Super Shock! Treatment and added 6.9 lbs to the pool. The water turned green right after adding the granules. Now waiting and hoping it all works out okay. ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿ’ง

Rectangular backyard swimming pool with green-tinted cloudy water, a gray plastic slide on the far side, concrete deck surround, shed and trees in background.

Added another 2.3 lbs of Super Shock! Treatment later in the evening. Can smell chlorine now, before there was no pool chlorine smell. Did a water test and the Total Chlorine was around 10 ppm, but Free Chlorine is still near 0.

Backyard swimming pool with green algae-tinted water, blue tile border, a diving board on the right, and a blue hose visible at the far end.

Next morning the water is much less green, but still very green. The cloudy seems to be gone. Water test shows total chlorine around 5 ppm but free chlorine at 0. I thought I didnโ€™t add enough chlorine so added 4.16 lbs HTH Shock Treatment. We had to take off so I left the Chlorine Generator in Boost Mode, it will go back to 20% after the boost. I also added about 2/3 gallon of muriatic acid since the pH level was very high.

I donโ€™t seem to ever get tired of looking at meat smoking on the Big Green Egg. Surly Hell is going perfect today too! ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿบ

Seasoned meat smoking on a Big Green Egg kamado grill with heavy smoke rising, next to a can of Surly Hell beer on an outdoor kitchen counter. Large pork shoulder with dark spice bark smoking on a Big Green Egg grill grate outdoors

Little snippet of an in-process project. Fun watching this take shape.

Wood carving of Charlie Brown holding Snoopy emerging from a large tree stump, with scaffolding visible beside it.

Heavy fog on Cannon Lake at sunrise.

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Grateful to get to watch live Bundesliga with Bayern v Frankfurt today. It is very strange though with the stands completely empty. โšฝ๏ธ

FC Bayern Munchen flag on a wall beside a wall-mounted TV showing a live Bundesliga match Bayern 1-0 Frankfurt, with a Defiant e-bike below.

55m: Yikes, two goals in quick succession from Frankfurt bring it to 3-2 with Bayern leading by just one!

Final: Bayern prevailed winning 5-2! ๐Ÿ™Œ

Tyler has gotten to Calamity Ganon in Legend of Zelda. Super difficult stage. Heโ€™s not going to finish him tonight.

Wall-mounted TV showing the Calamity Ganon boss fight title card from The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, with a soundbar below.

Another visit to the Backyard Pandemic Barbershop! Learned tonight that the leaf blower works really well to get the hair off of you at the end. ๐Ÿ’ˆ

Man with shaved head takes selfie while woman trims his hair with clippers outdoors in a backyard, orange towel around his shoulders.

Hit a new 30-minute PR this morning on my Peloton Bike! Felt great too! #FitByFifty

Peloton workout summary for a 30-min Feel Good Ride on May 22 2020 showing 613 calories, 350 kJ output, 143 bpm avg heart rate, and 167 bpm max heart rate. Peloton workout summary for a 30-minute Feel Good Ride on May 22 2020, showing 613 calories, 350 kJ output, and power zone breakdown chart.