We had beautiful weather condition for a twenty-four hours inwards Temecula Wine Country yesterday. We were coming together upward alongside our friends Debi as well as Jim for a twenty-four hours of visiting as well as sipping. Debi as well as Jim were coming from an appointment, as well as hence nosotros arrived at Cougar Vineyard & Winery a few minutes earlier they did.
While nosotros waited for them to arrive, nosotros walked roughly the vineyard a little, taking pictures of every blooming thing.
I've seen these piddling knee-high shrubs all over patch we've been inwards Hemet. They hold off a lot similar rosemary, but I don't scream back they are. In whatever case, it's been difficult to larn a really skillful film of them. This isn't a really skillful film either, but I wanted you lot to regard their piddling regal flowers.
These were the vineyards inwards front end of the winery, as well as in that place were olive trees too.
Searching around, I constitute a few olives.
Across the way, nosotros could regard their adjacent door neighbors, silent some other winery.
Walking through the front end doors...
as well as into the tasting room, it looks similar this.
Inside was a piddling display close the "barrel art" tour.
There was a map alongside dissimilar wineries where i could regard to a greater extent than barrel art. This powerfulness go sort of fun.
It reminded me of a populace fine art display held inwards Portland some years back, alone Portland had moo-cow art. Here's simply i example:
Getting dorsum to the winery, as well as despite its name, this winery seemed obsessed alongside woofies. This would non possess got pleased the felines alongside whom nosotros are traveling. Your woofie could fifty-fifty bring together a club.
They had a vino cork bulletin board showing their members.
Along alongside Canis familiaris art.
But nosotros forgave them this foolish compulsion because their mention as well as their label,
as well as fifty-fifty their cork...
honored the felines in i trial worshipped every bit gods inwards ancient Egypt. There was fifty-fifty truthful cat fine art on their wall.
And as well as then in that place was this wine. With a mention similar that, it has to go good, right?
We idea nosotros powerfulness possess got a glass, but settled on this i instead.
It was a dainty bold red.
I didn't scream back to possess got a film of our grouping yesterday, but here's a film of Debi as well as me at a reunion some 5 years ago.
After enjoying vino as well as a dainty luncheon at Cougar, nosotros decided to caput off to Robert Renzoni Vineyards & Winery. I'm recycling this film of the tasting room from a previous post. It's a beautiful winery.
Inside, their tasting room is impressive.
There, nosotros genuinely did possess got my namesake wine.
It came inwards a really pretty bottle.
The tasting room included a dainty gift shop. Look how pretty these bottles of olive fossil oil are.
Are you lot feeling brave?
No? How close something abode baked?
Outside was this onetime tractor.
So nosotros had a genuinely lovely twenty-four hours catching upward alongside Debi as well as Jim. They produce quite a flake of international travel. They also possess got an RV, as well as hence in that place was no shortage of go talk.
Before heading out yesterday, I had some fourth dimension to tumble out my paw quilting project. I filled this hoop as well as and then moved on to the adjacent location.
I'll tumble out it some to a greater extent than today, but as well as then I'll belike seat it aside in i trial to a greater extent than as well as start working on the adjacent snowflake. It's all cook to go.
Also, today is Feb 1st, which agency its the get-go of International Embroidery Month. I'm all cook to start the stitch-along alongside Crabapple Hill Studios, as well as I can't hold off to larn started.
There volition go other things on today's agenda likewise hand-stitching though. For i thing, nosotros involve to repack our belongings. Things possess got sort of gotten scattered hither as well as in that place since we've been staying seat the by 2 weeks. Tomorrow, we'll motility along to Pahrump, Nevada, again, where we'll rest for some other 2 weeks. Erik as well as Mae volition go joining us adjacent week, as well as hence we're looking frontward to seeing them. I know they're cook to go out of Portland for a while. The weather condition in that place has been absolutely awful. Portland saw more pelting inwards Jan than it has inwards the by xiv years! It's simply some other argue nosotros telephone band ourselves "Rainbirds," as well as non "Snowbirds."
Okay, hence the Sun is rising...time to larn stitching. I'll go checking Instagram compulsively this morning, looking for the foremost "inchy" to go posted for the stitch-along.