Travels, Fun and Yard Work

I think to keep the blog updated I need either more hours in the day, less sleep or a bullet point system that I might at some point go back and add to. So much has been going on that I would love to write more about but to do it justice I need to spend time writing and editing some pictures. So for this update I will try the bullet point approach.

Travels:
Went to Sonoma California and San Francisco for a week. Steve had a meeting and we decided to add a little vacation time to it with a long weekend in Sonoma. We have done Napa several times and the winery visits around Sonoma were a great change of pace. We were joined by our friends the Bennetts and had a delightful time in the house we rented in the hills of Sonoma. We were especially fond of "Fisher" winery and have joined their wine club. San Francisco city was as always a great city to spend time in. We walked, visited some of the usual attractions and ate some of their best.

Fun:
Yay! spring has arrived and the golf season has begun. Also the birds are here and we are courting a couple of bluebirds to again make a family in our yard. We have a nesting pair of swallows and I recently found a robins nest in our shrubbery. Still love to spend time with AJ. He loves the train and making Lincoln log stations.

Yard work:
My friend Kathy has been mentoring me in gardening and I have added a large area in front of our deck as garden space. This past weekend Steve helped me finish off a walkway through the space. Kathy and I have been attending plant exchanges and I have had many garden friends offer up splits from their own gardens. As soon as I post this I am going out to dig some more holes and add to the greenery.

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