One of the local wineries had a port tasting yesterday, and they also allowed you to make your own.  It is a very interesting process and getting the right mixture of everything is more important than I realized.  That can be some nasty tasting stuff if the mix ain't right!  I took too many pics to post, so I combined them for you; hope you can get the gist of my day by looking at these.

The day started out like this and this little fella came back for a visit, too.  All in all, it was a great day!

Hope y'all enjoy!

Two completely unrelated subjects.

cathelle's photos of abandoned buildings inspired me to dig up this photo of the nearby brickworks  that I took a while back. I like it much better after converting to black and white and playing around a bit.

I spent last weekend down in Margaret River. We bought lots of wine for the wine rack, and watched the sunset. Sometimes I think taking photos of sunsets is cheating because it's so easy to get a great shot.

Gathered up a few items and placed them on the table.  Discovered that I had no good way of eliminating or blocking the background images from other room and still life shots from above just didn't do much for me.

Arranging the items was a challenge as I can't even arrange my sock drawer.

But here they are.  backlit bottle
backlit darkened
with Bob

We went to the winery here yesterday; didn't get many shots, but I got a few.  They had a wreath made out of corks that looked pretty neat.  I also saw these wine stoppers.  Tried my hand at capturing  bubbles, too.

Not much else going on....in a photo funk, I think....been watching the  birds again.  I've seen  these several times, but have no idea what they are; anybody else know?  

Hope y'all enjoy.....

In May and october I head to central california for some fun, great wine, family get togethers, and to sell my jewelryDESCRIPTION_HERE My dad is the local artist there with his awesome works and incredible stories to shareDESCRIPTION_HERE  gotta always head towards the coast before I head back inlandDESCRIPTION_HERE this is my first and hope you enjoy it!!

I recently bought a house in Hoquiam, WA. It's a cute little house, but needs some work to make it my home. So, I've been spending two days out of the week down working on it. This was the first weekend that I stayed both days. I spent most of the time tearing down plywood walls in the upstairs. I found some interesting things hidden in the walls.

In Demolition Mode
Party Tyme Wine For Two
Other Weird Things

Went to the Wine Fest last night and ran into some Cork Heads, their hats are made out of corks, of course. Some people had wine and crackers. Some just got wine from the wine booth. Little girls danced Under the Mist that you can not see. Big Girls had fun Dancing also.Then we watched Fireworks they were really pretty. As we were leaving I thought the  Booths looked nice all lite up.
Then came today with the Pool Girls.  Ready for Launch. Attack And then a little Jimmy Kimmel? trampoline

Enjoy!

merry christmas, everyone!

Last weekend we made a journey south to Oregon's Willamette Valley. Here are some photos...

Winery - A winery on a hill
Vineyard vines - where the grapes are grown
New vines - Just planted
Distant shower - the rain rolls in
Chateau - Chateau Benoit