Day 2

     

      We had a little cold front come through last night so high today is supposed to be 66, cloudy and scattered showers.  I had planned to go into Blanco today to look around, might still go.  I would buy a little scarf but tomorrow it will be back up to 85, such is Texas weather!  One of the dogs is on medication and I gave her it to her yesterday in pieces of hot dogs, then she ate her dog food.  Later in the afternoon, she upchucked everything, including the hot dog pieces I had given her, so this morning I crushed her pills and mixed it with one of the fresh eggs from the hens.  All gone.  And I didn’t give her quite as much food.  There were sketchy instructions given.  We will see what happens today.  She might have just been upset with the change of guard at her house. 

     I did read one book yesterday, Friends, Lovers, Chocolates by Alexander McCall Smith and paired the book with Gnarly Head’s 1924.  I can honestly say I enjoyed the wine more.  I had not read any of Alexander’s books, and although he is a good storyteller, the book was different than I expected.  The wine wasn’t.  Today I will be reading “The Journey Within”, Exploring the Path of Bhakti by Radhanath Swami and pairing it with Leroux Creek Vineyards- Rose De Leroux- West Elk, AVA- Rose wine.  This is a cute little winery/vineyard in Hotchkiss, Colorado.  Although most of the tasting rooms in Colorado are around the Grand Junction area, the majority of grapes are grown in the Western AVA, in the Hotchkiss and Paonia area, right outside of Montrose and across the Kebler Pass from Crested Butte.  Beautiful rolling hills and some majestic mountains views, fruit farms, vineyards and farm land dot this area.  My husband and I have gone on vacation several times looking for a winery/vineyard to buy in this area, I want to move to Colorado, colder weather, but have not settled on anything as of yet.  We may end up just buying a family cabin for vacations.  One of our favorite places to stay in Colorado is up in the Grand Mesa area.  Lots and lots of pine trees.  We picked up this bottle of Rose on our last trip this past August.  I am not usually a Rose person, but if I remember correctly, I liked this one, or I may have liked it better than the other wines he had.  The owner is a cute little Frenchman who loves what he does, and his passion shows in his wines.  Because of the climate in Colorado, there are grapes being grown there that I am not familiar with, and as with any new flavor profiles, our taste buds have to get used to it.  That is why it is said to not judge a wine before the 3^rd taste.  The first taste gets your mouth used to the shock of the flavor, the 2^nd, your mouth and senses have had a chance to discern and the third gives the full flavor as your mouth is coated with the wine.  Although, there are plenty of wines that after the first taste I would not put back in my mouth.  I have certainly come to the age of that saying, “Life is too short to drink bad wine.”