Tuesday, August 05, 2014

New vines, part two

Here's a view of the newly planted grape vine parcel nestled in the larger vineyard. This is a morning shot, looking easterly into the sunrise. Our house is not visible; it's hidden by the trees on the left.

In a few years the gap will fill in and the new vine parcel will be indistinguishable from the older ones.

Today is a day for errands. I need gasoline for the lawnmower. Then I want to stop at a local winery and fill up on some red wine. Finally, I need to go to the hardware store to find a replacement spool for my débroussailleuse (weed-whacker/weed-eater/strimmer). One of the plastic tabs that holds it all together snapped last week while I was using it, so I need a whole new spool. I hope I can find the right one.

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  1. "Then I want to stop at a local winery and fill up on some red wine." -bring some home, man; don't drink it all there; save some for ken! bwhahahaha!

    to get a new trimmer spool, one goes to lowe's or homo depot; there are no more independent hardware stores around here.

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    1. anne marie, we fill up our jugs at the pump! The wine is sold from the barrel and there's a hose attached with a gas-pump-like nozzel on the end! Also, the hardware stores are chains. We don't have many independent shops, either.

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  2. Hi, Walt. Your weather widget is showing up now on my iPad. How accurate are the predictions of La Chaîne Météo 15 days out? I hope you have better forecasters there than we have here in Seattle.

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    1. dean, fifteen days out is not reliable at all. Three days, ok. Even a week is stretching it!

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