Good morning Vagabonds.Yesterday we started cool and got into the high seventies to low eighties, today Gary tells us mid eighties with humidity starting to rise..Yesterday we lost one of our landmarks to fire, a round barn in Irasburg, VT. It was one of a very few round barns left in the state.A few years ago a round barn was relocated to the Shelburne Museum Shelburne, VT, the central silo was Helicoptered to the museum from the NEK.When I was a kid (baaa) there were at least three round barns near home.I’m going to put up a new avatar picture that is a barn similar to the one lost.The lore says that these barn were built so that there were no corners for lazy workers to hide in (or the devil), the truth, the farmer could drive his wagon around the inside throwing hay into the mangers without having to back or turn it around..Well, that’s my world, how’s yours?.Bless you..ttfn
We’ll finally be heading home this afternoon. We have to stop for one last hug at our daughter’s house, and then we have to stop at Trader Joe’s and get some goodies for home. St. George, Utah tonight. One of my favorite parts of a long trip is when we get in the car on the way home, and the freeway on ramp says “Mojave” or “Las Vegas”…….that means we’re going HOME! WooHoo!
McPheeters, see my post of about a week ago where I explained how to set up your favorites so you don’t have to go through the whole list every time.
Yesterday we went on a wine tour. There are a couple of hundred wineries within about 50 miles of here. We only hit 3 of them. We bought some wine to take home, more reds than whites. I did find a very nice Gewurtztraminer, though. It’s the only one we bought more than 2 of. The grape vines around here are astounding! Everything from 125 year old vines to brand new babies who’s foliage has barely made it above the graft wrappers. These days they train the vines along wires so they have one vertical trunk about 3 feet tall which branches into two that are trained along the wires into a perfect “T”. The rest of the “canopy” grows up from there, across a few more wires. They appear almost 2 dimensional because the vines that reach out between the rows are trimmed off. The grapes all grow along the bottom edge of these newer vines, and the canopies are pulled up and fastened to the wires above the grapes to shade them. So what you see is a really long full green bush (because those sideways growing branches reach to the next plant) with a solid row of grape clusters hanging underneath them. The winemaker we talked to said it is easier harvest them, either with a mechanical harvester or by hand with the grapes growing that way. The old growth vines are more like what you picture: full canopies with grape clusters all over them.
Today I hope we will go to the “Charles M Schulz Museum” in Santa Rosa. It’s supposed to be in the mid 80’s again, so it should be a good day for tramping around.
davidf42 over 7 years ago
Morning, Village!
Anyone seen Arye lately? Haven’t seen him around in a while.
Dkram over 7 years ago
Good morning Vagabonds.Yesterday we started cool and got into the high seventies to low eighties, today Gary tells us mid eighties with humidity starting to rise..Yesterday we lost one of our landmarks to fire, a round barn in Irasburg, VT. It was one of a very few round barns left in the state.A few years ago a round barn was relocated to the Shelburne Museum Shelburne, VT, the central silo was Helicoptered to the museum from the NEK.When I was a kid (baaa) there were at least three round barns near home.I’m going to put up a new avatar picture that is a barn similar to the one lost.The lore says that these barn were built so that there were no corners for lazy workers to hide in (or the devil), the truth, the farmer could drive his wagon around the inside throwing hay into the mangers without having to back or turn it around..Well, that’s my world, how’s yours?.Bless you..ttfn
MontanaLady over 7 years ago
Good Morning, Everyone in the Village,
We’ll finally be heading home this afternoon. We have to stop for one last hug at our daughter’s house, and then we have to stop at Trader Joe’s and get some goodies for home. St. George, Utah tonight. One of my favorite parts of a long trip is when we get in the car on the way home, and the freeway on ramp says “Mojave” or “Las Vegas”…….that means we’re going HOME! WooHoo!
JanLC over 7 years ago
Good morning, Vagabonds.
McPheeters, see my post of about a week ago where I explained how to set up your favorites so you don’t have to go through the whole list every time.
Yesterday we went on a wine tour. There are a couple of hundred wineries within about 50 miles of here. We only hit 3 of them. We bought some wine to take home, more reds than whites. I did find a very nice Gewurtztraminer, though. It’s the only one we bought more than 2 of. The grape vines around here are astounding! Everything from 125 year old vines to brand new babies who’s foliage has barely made it above the graft wrappers. These days they train the vines along wires so they have one vertical trunk about 3 feet tall which branches into two that are trained along the wires into a perfect “T”. The rest of the “canopy” grows up from there, across a few more wires. They appear almost 2 dimensional because the vines that reach out between the rows are trimmed off. The grapes all grow along the bottom edge of these newer vines, and the canopies are pulled up and fastened to the wires above the grapes to shade them. So what you see is a really long full green bush (because those sideways growing branches reach to the next plant) with a solid row of grape clusters hanging underneath them. The winemaker we talked to said it is easier harvest them, either with a mechanical harvester or by hand with the grapes growing that way. The old growth vines are more like what you picture: full canopies with grape clusters all over them.
Today I hope we will go to the “Charles M Schulz Museum” in Santa Rosa. It’s supposed to be in the mid 80’s again, so it should be a good day for tramping around.