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Had go to a shop nearby yesterday and that drive takes me through the vinyard area that is not far from home. As it's still early spring here (not very warm yet) the vast areas of vines are still trimmed down which they do after the past years harvest. They'll grow again this year and produce another crop of grapes of course.
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There are several winery headquarters spread around the area. Of course they all have their own vinyards.
There's busloads of people that come out from the big city (Toronto) to spend the day touring the winery headquarters and having wine tasting experiences as well as upscale food offerings.

Here's one of the winery's headquarters:
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I guess there's big money in owning a vinyard because the owners live in pretty palatial residences.
A new build near the headquarters I showed:
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Another one just down the street!
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So next time you purchase a bottle of wine, rest assured you're helping someone, somewhere live the
high life 🥂
it's all lovely as it is in Spain and Italy as well.. and I comfort myself as a teetotaller in knowing they didn't do it using any of my money ....:ROFLMAO:
 
Morning all, usual early walk at 6:50 temp was 52,cloudy as I walked behind a couple building driveways, then down the street towards our building went around once before breakfast
My plans today, do a little shredding,invited close friends, Marcia&Dave for lunch at 12:15. I've invited one of my new friends here, Tim&Deb to join us,they have never met M&D
The rest of my day read NYT, book,after dinner tackle today's NYT puzzle, at 8pm watch PBS show' Nature'
Everybody have a good day
an update, Marcia called me this morning, both she& Dave are feeling under the weather, so they didn't come for lunch.We'll try to do it sometime next month,let Tim&Deb know. When I was sitting in the cafe, they joined me anyways along with another resident
 
I have heard that the surgery is on the brink of failure. My 💔 is breaking at the thought of this. TY MrPants
I'm so sorry you are going through yet more health issues Pepper. I saw your post about having such a nice day and was hopeful you would be having more days like that. Sending out positive vibes that you will get the care you need and get back to healing.
 
I fell asleep at the computer before I posted this! 🙄 So this refers to yesterday....I started doing laundry using my little machines this evening. I didn't want to do it early because the dryer makes the kitchen real hot and I was hoping someone would come to start the repair on the leak in my kitchen but that didn't happen. Doing laundry using my machines, though convenient, is very tiring what with all the bending, twisting and lifting. But I've noticed that my clothes look cleaner when I do. However, it is not practical to always do it up here.

I texted one of the agents in the managing office this afternoon with pictures of the leak. I texted her again tonight telling her the leak has gotten worse and attached videos showing the leak from multiple areas. I'm going to email her and another agent with a description of what's been happening and attach the same videos. One was taken yesterday by the contractor and the other tonight, by my son.
 
Good morning peeps of SF... 🌞 ..another glorious sunny day... no breeze....

The day has started with a bump....

I left here at before 8.30am.. to take my car to the garage. It was booked in for 9.15am.. but even tho it's only 4 miles away, it means going through the local town, which is jammed solid with traffic every morning, so we have to leave early even tho' any other time it's just a 10 minute drive...

I sit in traffic.. and finally get to the garage, only for him to tell me '' it's your unlucky day''.. the ramp has broken, and they are waiting to see if they can get someone to come and mend it.. .. but it's holiday weekend so they can't be sure..

What did I want to do?.. so I left the car with them, no point bringing it home, because without a current MOT it's illegal to drive on the road anyway. ..He's gonna ring me and let me know what's happening..in the next hour or 2...

Then I decide to get the bus home because the bus stop is right outside the garage.. , . I get on.. and the driver says ''sorry the ticket machine isn;t working''... so he was letting everybody on for free.. . I don't pay anyway, public transport is free for over 60's.. but other people were getting their trip for free...

So.... it's not even 10am.. yet... and there' already been stuff happening ....:D
 
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Morning all, on early walk at usual time it was 42,cloudy heard birds chirping as I strolled around building complex
My plan today, friend ,Mary picking me up at 9 this week's 'road trip' to Target,need a couple items. When we return, going to a monthly meeting at 11 with Paul who is the co exec director at our site. In his meetings he gives us updates of any new employees,any apts available any questions we have,usually lasts about 1/2 hr
The rest of my day read today's NYT,my book
My weekly dinner get together with the guys in the dining room at 5:30
Everybody have a good day
 
Good morning, just wanted to pop my head in, so to speak, to say hello. As Mother's Day approaches my mood is steadily getting worse and I'm more tempted to just lurk. I keep trying to focus on the fact that I have excellent relationships with my two daughters, but I spent a chunk of time yesterday watching old YouTube videos my son and his best friend made back in high school. That was a mistake.

Anyway—my workload is still light, so I need to focus today on errands, some boring work-related tasks that I've been putting off for months, maybe cleaning the refrigerator. There is a lot that needs to be done. I must resist my urge to lie about and be lazy!

@OneEyedDiva, you have my sympathy. I had to deal with a leak in an apartment once, and it was NOT fun. I spent several weeks with the ceiling of my bathroom literally torn apart. Good luck.

@hollydolly, what a start to your day! My stomach was knotting up just reading your post. I hope things got easier after that.

I hope everyone is well and having a good day.
 
Good morning, just wanted to pop my head in, so to speak, to say hello. As Mother's Day approaches my mood is steadily getting worse and I'm more tempted to just lurk. I keep trying to focus on the fact that I have excellent relationships with my two daughters, but I spent a chunk of time yesterday watching old YouTube videos my son and his best friend made back in high school. That was a mistake.



@hollydolly, what a start to your day! My stomach was knotting up just reading your post. I hope things got easier after that.

I hope everyone is well and having a good day.
Thanks for thinking of me ..but it didn't get better unfortuunately. he called sad they can't fix it today or even in the forseeable future, so he's going to ring around and see if any of the other branches can do it.. but that's useless to me because other branches are in other towns, so It would be difficult for me to get back home and wait... and definitely not going to sit and wait up to 6 hours in the garage.. so I've had to bring the car home.. he said I'm legal to take it home, and then only legal to drive it back to the garage until it passes it's test...
 
So to cheer myself up, knowing I couldn't really go anywhere with the car..I stopped at the garden centre, because I like their greengrocers shop.. ..

I got various fruits and veggies...and then I went into the clothes shop, and they've got all their new summer things in and so I bought myself a cotton/linen, Emerald green & white striped 3/4 sleeve pull on blouse...

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