Weekend re-cap: wine, firepit, bluebonnets, and beer

Hubby and I are downsizing our wine budget - not by choice.  But we are moving forward and not feeling sad about it on the weekends.  There are a lot of other places to go and see!  We have dropped 3 of the seven wine clubs we are members of and hope that will free up the budget anyway to explore new places.  You don't have to be a wine club member to sit and relax at a winery, after all.  We can't drop two of them that are essentially new to us (so we still have 3 club memberships) and there was a pick-up to attend last weekend at one of those.

 We got a less than enthusiastic reception from one of the owners, which seemed odd to me.  But Hubby isn't one to let that deter him, and the owner's son remembered us and was very gracious.  AND, it turns out that I won on their cork-guessing contest, so we took a complimentary bottle outside to sit and relax.

Even though the skies were grey, it was pleasant to sit out in their yard listening to live music while wrapped in a Mexican blanket.  We took some cheese and crackers with us and chatted with the musician while he was on break.  He's a young guy who we've seen many times before and is very talented!

 By the time the sun broke through, it was time for us to mosey over to Highlands and check on things.

 And look what I found - baby bluebonnets!

We are still a couple of months out from the blooms, but you can see that the recent rains have made for a fertile yard.  Hopefully Scout can come come photograph them this Spring!

 While we were there, we decided to stay awhile and build a fire.  Some deer wandered through and we sat and watched them.  It was very peaceful.

 Sunset added a touch of gold to everything.

We headed home to Teddy afterwards and fixed dinner.  The next day we putseyed around the house, getting things done here and there, including solving the mysterious appearance of small black bees in the den...turns out they were some sort of wood boring bee that hitched a ride in some logs we had in the fireplace.  Mid-afternoon we grabbed a lunch and hung out at The Growler Room for a bit, playing games and relaxing.  At home we made creamed turkey and watched a movie until bedtime.  It was good to get some down time in prep for this week, which isn't going as smoothly as I imagined it would...

Life, right?

Gina