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the weekend... so far
Jul. 3rd, 2011 09:40 pmFriday afternoon, the boss let me go home half an hour early. I'm pretty sure nobody has ever told me that before.
Later that evening, Cindy and I went over to the new winery on the corner. At the moment, they're buying and bottling wine from a place in California. In the fall, they will be buying grapes, and making their own wine. They have a nice little store in an old schoolhouse that they've fixed up. They put in a vineyard on their north acre, and expect to make wine from their own grapes in two or three years.
Right now they have three white and three red offerings. I didn't much like two of the reds, but the Malbec was okay. Of the whites, the Viognier was okay, and preferable to the other two. We bought a couple of glasses, and sat outside enjoying the perfect weather. A couple who had come up from Whitefish Bay sat near us, and we chatted for a good hour.
Saturday and today I spent a lot of time working on the gardens. I went through every inch and weeded, and pulled out the dead stuff, and generally attended to their needs. I still have one more day of the weekend, but I'm not going to get all my hoped-for projects done.
Last night, we went to some friends' house for a party, and to watch the fireworks. It wasn't our customary spot nearly underneath the village's fireworks, but we were close enough to have a good view anyway. And hang out with some people, and drink a glass of Scotch, or whathaveyou. And after the community's fireworks, Mike and friends set off their own. They bought a good six hundred dollars worth. It was a good show too, for a backyard thing.
Tonight, we went to see the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Dumb fun.
Later that evening, Cindy and I went over to the new winery on the corner. At the moment, they're buying and bottling wine from a place in California. In the fall, they will be buying grapes, and making their own wine. They have a nice little store in an old schoolhouse that they've fixed up. They put in a vineyard on their north acre, and expect to make wine from their own grapes in two or three years.
Right now they have three white and three red offerings. I didn't much like two of the reds, but the Malbec was okay. Of the whites, the Viognier was okay, and preferable to the other two. We bought a couple of glasses, and sat outside enjoying the perfect weather. A couple who had come up from Whitefish Bay sat near us, and we chatted for a good hour.
Saturday and today I spent a lot of time working on the gardens. I went through every inch and weeded, and pulled out the dead stuff, and generally attended to their needs. I still have one more day of the weekend, but I'm not going to get all my hoped-for projects done.
Last night, we went to some friends' house for a party, and to watch the fireworks. It wasn't our customary spot nearly underneath the village's fireworks, but we were close enough to have a good view anyway. And hang out with some people, and drink a glass of Scotch, or whathaveyou. And after the community's fireworks, Mike and friends set off their own. They bought a good six hundred dollars worth. It was a good show too, for a backyard thing.
Tonight, we went to see the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Dumb fun.
