Christmas 2012 Highlights
I hope each of you had a wonderful holiday, a very merry Christmas and are excited about the new year and what it holds! I…
Family
Winemaking – Crushing Grapes
As I posted earlier, we are hobby winemakers with the aspiration of having our own, real winery one day. As a result, our batches of wine…
Winemaking – Pressing Grapes
In anticipation of Aglianico grape harvest and more grapes to make our own wine, it was important to clear out the Montepulciano fermenting in the…
Brie is Born!
Sunday is the day for our cows to calve! If you remember, Buttercup had LBC on Sunday while we were at church. Yesterday, after returning…
Hobby Winemakers
After last week’s Montepulciano harvest, we gleaned the vines and have ended up with enough grapes to make 80-90 gallons of wine! Lest you worry that we…
Unicycle Time Out!
I am afraid that I might have given the impression that all we do is work – in the vineyard , gardening or building our house. I assure…
Visitors
The past two and a half weeks have been a wonderful whirlwind filled with visitors. Leaving family on the East coast has been the most…
Coyote Update
Yesterday, (Thur 6-7-12) started off very exciting! It all started about 7:30am. Now I must confess that if I am not milking, I sleep until…
Watch Out!
Beware all you drivers out there, we have a new automobile operator in our family! Our 16 year old daughter passed her driving test and…
Storm Clouds
Storm clouds can be such a beautiful sight! It’s so neat to see the different aspects of God’s creation. The different storm clouds passing over…