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Nonetheless, if you put on your rose coloured glasses (more like your rose coloured ski parka), you can ignore the frigid temperatures and enjoy the nice sunshine we had as we strolled through the vineyards of Bodenheim on Sunday afternoon with our niece Victoria snuggled away in her baby carriage and even roosters busy cockadoodledoing.
Victoria was baptized on Monday morning (Victoria Katharina Schimanski) along with two other babies during the course of a family service, which involved much snapping of fingers, clapping of hands, singing (me listening..as I do not know any of these German psalms..), and acting like you are a little seedling that grows up with lots of rain and sunshine (acted out by the congregation out there...). I was thinking Saul and Theo would definitely have liked getting up there in front of everyone and growing from seeds into plants...
While we were in Bodenheim, we stayed at a cute little vineyard that produces ...I don't know..a hundred different wines. A nice family owns and runs the whole operation, and the first evening we were there, Hans, Dorothee and I took advantage of the opportunity to sit in their cosy kitchen room and taste a dozen before we went to sleep. Andreas and I ended up buying a couple mixed cases - the vineyard makes a really stellar Riesling, and a Chardonnay that is not bad. The surrounding village must be totally gorgeous in the summer and fall harvest season. Quaint and lovely. We will have to go back in a few months.
Just came across this little YouTube ad for Beringer Vineyards in Napa Valley. Beautifully done. :-)
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Cindy said it was so cold on Long Island today that she was watching Emily play soccer from inside her car.(Temperature in the low 40's + windy) Emily's team was losing.
Here in sunny Florida the temperature will hit the low 80's. It's a life and someone has to live here. Aunt Sue
This is from Aunt Sue. Hope your blog takes it the 2nd time I write it. Cindy was at Emily's losing soccer game on Long Island this morning. She and the boys watched from inside the car as it was cold (low 40''s) and windy. We have to suffer with a magnificent day in the low 80"s and low humidity. Someone has to, why not me?
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