Morning ladies... I have been away from here for most of the weekend! DH and I had another fun weekend with the Cowichan Valley Wine Festival! We had reservations for the ones we visited and oh my they were both so pretty! Good wine and we learned a lot about how they grow the grapes here in the Valley! One vineyard we had not been to for many, many years and you should see the beautiful new building that they now have for their tastings! Blue Grouse vineyard is the second oldest vineyard here and they make amazing wine that is sold all over the world. Looked like they do pretty well because they have sure spent a lot of $$ sprucing up the place LOL. Here is a link to the Festival website in case any of you are interested...
https://www.tourismcowichan.com/cowichan-valley-wine-festival/. The other vineyard also makes award winning balsamic vinegars, we got to sample a few of those too and they are amazing!! Sadly they are also way out of my price range!! Today I will be going to MIL and FIL's to deliver a few things to them and go for what may be the last swim of the summer :mmph: Today is our last really warm day and the temps have been really high over this past weekend and it looks like they will be much cooler over the next few days. We had a good thunder storm here last night, with lots of lightning which is very unusual for here, but it did make it a bit cooler for sleeping last night. Anyway I will pack a lunch for myself to have at the In-Laws and it will be nice to have a little visit with them. I will see if SIL wants to meet me there and spend some time together. She is immune compromised so she will travel in a separate vehicle and we will all social distance visit in the sunshine. She has been keeping her bubble very small and I think that she must be feeling pretty lonely!
Chris - Yikes its hard to believe that it could be so cold there all of a sudden!! I am glad that the temps are much better for you today! Your dinner sounded delicious and perfect for the cold day that you had! Nice to hear that the kids are enjoying the fire pit and each other's company! It must warm your heart to hear them having such a good time together! Hope you got everything that you needed from your online shopping! My last order they were not able to get me the sugar free JellO I wanted and I haven't been able to get it anywhere, who knew there would be a shortage of JellO?? :noidea: Enjoy being outside in the perfect summer weather today!
Jean - I hope your Zoom meeting went well and there were no hiccups! Sure hope that the temps are not too warm for you!
Kay - Glad to hear that the family situation is calm right now and that your BP is back to normal! The idea of lattice on your back patio sounds like a great one! Always nice to have shade to escape too, should help to keep the house cooler also! Thanks for the nice compliment on my page! My layouts are few and far between these days, seems like I am busier this month than ever, so strange! Yes the sunsets have been amazing here lately and now after all the lightning last night I sure hope that there were not any forest fires started!! Hope you are getting more cooling breezes today!
Nancy - wow what a change in your weather! It is sad that the days are getting shorter and shorter, summer seems to fly by doesn't it? How nice that your Son is keeping you the know about where he is!! He is a great guy! Yes it is very nice to come from a large family, but then sometimes its not LOL. We all have our family drama thats for sure, but for the most part its pretty cool to have all your grandparents and lots of cousins!! Sure wish our kids could be closer so we could spoil them all much more! Hope you are enjoying more hockey today and that your temps are warmer so you won't need to wear a fleece today!
Ok I better get things done around the house and get my lunch packed. SIL Linda said she will meet me at the In-Laws after lunch so that is good! Have an amazing day everyone! :wave:
