Saturday, August 02, 2025

More grapes

The grapes are starting to ripen out there. Red grapes are turning purple, and white grapes are shifting out of green toward, well, another, but warmer, shade of green. The harvest is still quite a way off.

Bunches of grapes.

It's a chilly morning. I'm just about to head out with Tasha and the thermometer reads about 13ºC/55ºF. More like September than August, it feels like "back-to-school" weather where I grew up in upstate NY. We're still expecting a warm-up this week.

Friday, August 01, 2025

Something white

I have no idea what kind of flower/plant this is. It grows wild in a small patch on the edge of a vineyard parcel, very close to the lone walnut tree.

White flower in the vineyard.

Summer's warming up again. It won't be nearly as hot as it was during our June and July heat waves, but it looks more like summer again than it has recently.