Jim O'Neil's photos

I kegged most of the mead porter but did rack a few bottles as well.

Moving the mead porter into kegs, enough said.

The whole process needs to be reasonably sterile, every thing you see here that touched the brew has been carefully sanitized.

It's most convenient to move a brew from the fermenter to another vessel before kegging or bottling, to avoid stirring up and transferring the yeast as well.

Years ago I was doing a bunch of 'the model as' sketches. Back then Mt. Denali was Mt. Mckinley.

Going through my files, I came across these pictures of totem poles I took in a south east Alaska village 20, or so, years back.

Going through my files, I came across these pictures of totem poles I took in a south east Alaska village 20, or so, years back.

Going through my files, I came across these pictures of totem poles I took in a south east Alaska village 20, or so, years back.

Going through my files, I came across these pictures of totem poles I took in a south east Alaska village 20, or so, years back.

Going through my files, I came across these pictures of totem poles I took in a south east Alaska village 20, or so, years back.

Just doodling with chalk pastels. The main thing I wanted to capture/suggest is the aurora. This, the first one, A1, seemed a bit dead, so I changed it as seen in A2. Chalk pastels on 8 by 11 inch black paper.

Just doodling with chalk pastels. The main thing I wanted to capture/suggest is the aurora. My first try, A1, seemed lifeless, so I added a suggestion of a skier coming down the hill. I didn't like the spruce tree, so on to A3 Chalk pastels on 8 by 11 inch black paper.

Just doodling with chalk pastels. The main thing I wanted to capture/suggest is the aurora. This is the last version/modification of my doodle. I took out the the spruce tree (A nice thing about working in chalk pastels, you can often simply wipe out a part you don't like and replace it with something else.) replacing it with a snow mass to kind of balance the sky in the in the upper right. Chalk pastels on 8 by 11 inch black paper.

Just a little brush work practice. Ink on paper, roughly 3 by 4 inches (8 by 10 cm).

Oil pastels on Bristol vellum paper.

Alaska willow charcoal on 11 by 14 inch sketch paper.

Ink and oil pastels on Bristol vellum paper.

One minute poses. Charcoal on sketch paper.