“When it comes to wine, I tell people to throw away the vintage charts and invest in a corkscrew. The best way to learn about wine is the drinking.” — Alexis Lichine (wine write, The Pope of Wine)
Author: LivingLifeForté
Shutterbug. Half of a couple who cooks together. Freelance wine geek. Local food enthusiast. Partner in a garagiste winery. University lecturer.
#May Photo Challenge 1-31
It was a fun month of following Fat Mum Slim‘s photo challenge. I discovered a lot about the importance of paying attention to the time of day. Lounging around in the morning, put my shots between noon and 4 o’clock. Beautiful blue skies became white glares. Shadows blocked out beautiful faces. Colors simply didn’t read…
Wine Wednesday: May 18, 2016
Wine Wednesday Quote: Wine Cork noun 1. an obtrusive object in a wine bottle which comes between a person and eternal greatness
Losing Poindexter
“Time spent with cats is never wasted.” –Colette I’m sorry to report that “our” dear sweet Poindexter had to be euthanized on Friday morning. I say “our” because he belonged to no one, and yet was cared for and loved by several of us in the neighborhood –spending his days like a hobbit traveling between…
Cup of Gold: California Poppy
The spring flowers in a wet year were unbelievable. The whole valley floor, and the foothills too, would be carpeted with lupins and poppies … Every petal of blue lupin is edged with white, so that a field of lupins is more blue than you can imagine. And mixed with these were splashes of California…
Wine Wednesday: May 11, 2016
Wine Wednesday Quote: “Champagne is one of the elegant extras in life.” –Charles Dickens (author of some reknown)
#AprilPhotoChallenge: 16-30
It has been a great month for photography. And I think that my photo skills are growing. My most frequent limitations have been when I have great ideas for a shot, but my time is limited or the weather is uncooperative. #16. Glass Mid-April brought 80 degree weather and blue skies to the peninsula. Burgers and brews…
Wine Wednesday: April 27, 2016
Wine Wednesday Quote: “There can never be any substitute for your own palate nor any better education than tasting the wine yourself.” –Robert Parker (wine critic, Baltimore native)
Happy 400th, Will!
In honor of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, it’s time to raise a glass to The Bard. The wine-cup is the little silver well, Where truth, if truth there be, doth dwell. “Good wine is a good familiar creature, if it be well used.” Iago, Othello the Moor of Venice (II. iii) “O thou invisible spirit…
Wine Wednesday: April 20, 2016
Wine Wednesday Quote: “Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.” –Moliére (French playwrite and actor)
#AprilPhotoChallenge: 1-15
My friend and I continue the challenge with a new list and posting it on FB. This month’s challenge is Fat Mum Slim’s Photo a Day Challenge. I have become a big fan of her page. I recommend checking it out. #1. Yellow It was a windy and chilly day at the Toledo Botanical Garden with…
#MarchPhotoChallenge: 22-31
I took a trip back to the Great Lakes at Easter and had a good time continuing with the photo challenge. While my pictures still show my amateur status, I loved photographing bits of places that mean a great deal to me. #22. I Wore This #23. Feet My pal Elvis and I enjoyed the sunny afternoon. #24. Color…
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