I’m only 6 months behind this year, but I finally started my first batch of wine for 2008. It’s an Australian Riesling. Australian Riesling is done in a drier style, so I’m looking forward to this one. I don’t mind the sweeter Rieslings, but this will be a nice change …
I got to work in the yard/garden for about two hours this evening. It was nice. I did a lot of things: capped the garden wall, hooked up the new rain barrel, planted herbs, put the solar lighting in the butterfly garden, weeded some of the garden, etc. My garden …
Last evening, the second annual “Surf n Turf” extravaganza was held. This year, we did it in honor of Father’s Day. It was supposed to be a cook out, but we ended up eating in the bar due to the rain. I still had to cook outside, though (and it …
Well, we have hot water again today. However, the new tank Brian installed has a slow drip at the connection point. We’re hoping the problem goes away (we’ve had a surprising number of plumbing problems that have “fixed” themselves). In the meantime, I’m washing everything in the house.
We had our yearly plumbing disaster tonight. I discovered it after we got back from working at the building. I was hoping to catch a few minutes in the yard this evening and went into our utility room to grab the electric hand trimmers only to find the floor covered …