Today we spent the day with the Dails. We had brunch and mimosas and candy and wine. It was a fun day and it was great to spend time with the whole family and with Max’s girlfriend. They have tons of birds in their yard so I was able to add more birds to my bird count.
And here are the birds I saw.
#19 Mourning Dove
#18 Eastern Bluebird
#17 Red-shouldered Hawk
#16 Red-headed Vulture
#15 European Starling
#14 Tufted Titmouse
We got home today from a small vacation. We had to cancel our trip to California because the wineries out there are all closed because of the pandemic. I lost money on it but that’s life. Instead we went to Charlottesville to visit wineries for a few days. We stayed at the little cottage we stayed at last year. We visited lots of wineries and experienced the different ways they are doing tastings now that they can’t have you inside the wineries. We experienced lots of different tastings. We had a good time on the vacation. We did a good job of avoiding people and having as little contact with others as was possible.
There were 50,273 new cases today. This is just crazy! When will this thing end?
After staying home for so long we decided to get out to a winery today. We met the Dails at Gray Ghost. Masks are now required so we were sure to wear them. We got to taste the new rosé they have. It’s very good. We ate our lunch outside. It felt more comfortable and safe outside. Plus it was a nice day.
Today we went to Breaux Vineyards for their Cabernet Sauvignon vertical tasting. We had a great time enjoying the wine and food and spending time with some wine friends who also attended.
Today we went to our favorite winery for one last time in 2019. They will be closed until the new year. We went because they had a special tasting where they pulled wines from the wine library as well as new releases. We enjoyed all the wines we tasted. One was from 1994. It was amazing how well it was holding up. We’ll return in the new year.
