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3675. alistairConnor - 3/18/2006 12:22:31 AM Is that a pony nuzzling her tits? How gross. 3676. Magoseph - 3/18/2006 12:28:53 AM Looks like a bull to me. 3677. judithathome - 3/18/2006 1:06:33 AM Perhaps he's making room for the gifts?
Hey, you're not too far off the mark there. They ARE very generous guests!
3678. alistairConnor - 3/19/2006 11:03:16 PM Weekend trip north to Burgundy, the AGM of my vine-owners group. A few dozen of us have shares in several parcels of vineyard in the Beaune area, which we rent to four organic winemakers. The annual meeting doesn't really decide anything much, but it's an interesting talk-shop and opportunity to talk to the winemakers and sample their wares. And to collect our dividends in liquid form...
I might go back up there next month, for a practical workshop rebuilding a stone wall and planting some vines. 3679. arkymalarky - 3/21/2006 12:00:42 AM That really sounds fun. Bob's buying a tiller this week. He has use of a small tractor and some other stuff. He's also got a catalog of seeds and plants. I think he's looking at planning and getting the land prepped this year--which he's already started--and trying out a small-scale garden next year to see how things go, and to practice methods, determine best varieties, etc. 3680. arkymalarky - 3/21/2006 12:01:40 AM ...to practice ORGANIC methods.... 3681. alistairconnor - 3/27/2006 10:14:02 AM Feeling sore all over this morning.
Celebrated spring by spending the weekend outside, doing maintenance that wasn't really feasible during the Winter from Hell. Finished the last 50 metres of fencing -- sheep netting, the best thing for keeping the ponies off the streets -- and felled half a dozen trees along the stream.
They are pretty mediocre firewood :
 trembles, a variety of poplar -- but they grow like buggery. They need cutting back every five or ten years, otherwise they form a curtain that hides the landscape -- and they spring back up from the stumps.
I like playing lumberjack, calculating which way to make them fall. 3682. PelleNilsson - 3/27/2006 10:52:36 AM I buggery growing in your region? 3683. Magoseph - 3/27/2006 1:53:43 PM Sacré bougre that you are, Ali, teaching the meaning of the word “bugger” to such an innocent ear as mine! 3684. thoughtful - 3/27/2006 3:45:56 PM Calling oenophiles....I'm having a dinner party and the restaurant is offering a choice of cabernet or merlot for the red wine selection. Hubby says you can't get a good merlot, but most of my friends seem to order it when we are out. Also, a bud told me it's out of fashion since the movie sideways, but unfairly so and the trend should fade. So what's your recommendation?
Dinner choices will include a chicken pasta, a stuffed pork loin roast, a baked salmon or ny strip steak. 3685. wonkers2 - 3/27/2006 3:54:10 PM How about a nice Pinot Grigio? (I like Merlot despite Sideways!) 3686. thoughtful - 3/27/2006 3:56:21 PM Our choice on the whites were between pinot and chardonnay, and I went with the chardonnay as I think more people like it. 3687. judithathome - 3/27/2006 5:24:19 PM I hate merlot and always have...I cheered the guy in Sideways when he went off on his little merlot rant!
I have always preferred a beaujolais and my fave is Louis Jadot Beaujolais-Villages. Have never been disappointed in it. With that range of entree, it would be just the ticket! A lighter red but still a red, you know? 3688. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 3/27/2006 5:48:28 PM Beaujolais is a bit robust for the fish part of the menu, but if white is also an option I love it too; however it's not in the origianal option, I'd go with the "claret" (as Rumpole would say) between the two choices because I'm partial to dry over fruity. 3689. judithathome - 3/27/2006 6:07:16 PM Wiz, beaujolais-villages isn't robust in my book but what do I know... 3690. thoughtful - 3/27/2006 6:31:29 PM ok, but my choices are as follows...
white: chardonnay or pinot
red: merlot or cabernet
That's it.
I chose the chardonnay and merlot.
Do you think that would be ok? 3691. wonkers2 - 3/27/2006 6:47:05 PM Just tell us when and where! 3692. judithathome - 3/27/2006 6:52:51 PM Sounds fine to me.
3693. thoughtful - 3/27/2006 7:50:29 PM OK thx.
I figure after we drink enough, no one will care anyway. 3694. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 3/27/2006 9:57:36 PM Got that right!
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