Mother Nature finally shelved her April Fool’s tricks and kept snow out of the equation last week, thankfully. We did get our fair share of ‘typical’ rain, with some crazy hail moments as well. Apparently the sound of hail on the roof made Reddington a bit nervous – he was hiding in corners and keeping…
First Tuesday of September! Those of you who have read me for a while know that fall is my all-time favorite season. Love the sunny but crisp days, and the leaves turning vibrant colors. I just realized that as of yesterday, this blog has been around for 13 years! First post was on September 6,…
Another week zoomed by way too fast – has anyone located the pause button, or figured out the art of not blinking? No? Alrighty then…we’ll just keep on going as if it’s Tuesday yet again! Oh, that’s right – it is Tuesday! So here’s hoping all you mothers had a wonderful Mother’s Day – I…
Another week has flown by! Yada, yada, yada. Seinfeld fans will appreciate that. I’m way behind on visits, as usual (“No soup for you!”) – but there really is a light at the end of the tunnel, and it isn’t a train! Yay! Princess Nagger finishes up her State Testing this week, she’ll be happy to…
Welcome to the World of Winemaking! I’m having fun alphabetizing the home winemaking process – you can find the links to the other letters at the end of this post. We’re wrapping up this A-Z Challenge with the letter “Z” of course! So let’s talk about Zymology, Zest, and Zinfandel! Zymology: The science of fermentation. We’ve already…
Welcome to the World of Winemaking! I’m having fun alphabetizing the home winemaking process – you can find the links to the other letters at the end of this post. Today’s letter is “Y“… we’re going to talk about Yeast! Yeast is the most critical ingredient in the wine making process. When you pick a wine…
Welcome to the World of Winemaking! I’m having fun alphabetizing the home winemaking process – you can find the links to the other letters at the end of this post. Today’s letter is “X“… man, I have searched high and low to find a winemaking term or something – anything – that starts with ‘X’,…
