My back is much better these days. There are still some minor twinges now and then, just to remind me, but they are fewer and farther betwee...

Late summer is thistle season and the vineyard is full of them. Sometimes I wonder how the grape vines manage with all the other things grow...

A little each day. On Saturday I put another coat of primer on the woodwork and the lower walls in the last section. Ken did another coat of...

On my morning walks with Callie the two of us often get our feet wet. And dirty. Sometimes it's the result of overnight rain. Often it...

I hate to say it. I hate to see it. But it's happening. Summer is winding down. The grapes are ripening. The wildflowers in the vineyard...

Remember that bunch of green grapes I showed you back on July 13? I wasn't sure whether they'd turn out to be white or red grapes w...

Since my back injury, I've been kind of taking it easy. I did paint one day, but only baseboards and corners and one small low wall. No ...