The weather is improving, the cicadas are singing and the swallows are here. The dogwood are beautiful with their white blossom and a sort of wisteria with its blue blossom grow wild in the woods. I have seen bluebirds, mucking birds, the bright red cardinal, and an osprey was flying off with a big fish in its claws along the river. Yes, this is the land of wine and honey. God's own country! but don't tell George Bush or he'll say that he made it!
Yesterday I went with Jill , our B & B hostess along to a winery for a gathering of the local tourist board.The vineyard was almost two hours drive away. I enjoyed the ride through the Virginian countryside in the spring sunshine, over bridges and along beautiful country lanes. The vineyard was a nice rural farm with a small visitors center where the meeting took place.
I found the experience almost surreal, as people asked me weird questions and thought my name was strange, that I had sailed across the Atlantic was amazing, and that I was making Birch sap wine in Scotland was equally strage. However the wine tasting and the spread of food was good.
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