I get constant pleasure watching the vineyards from the day the tiny lime-green buds appear on the rough brown vines to the day they are thick with green or purple grapes. The growing process begins in early spring unfolding new miracles all summer long. This time of year the crews are out from late evening to early morning picking, loading and transferring the grapes to the wineries where they'll be crushed and made into wine. I caught this group picking late in the morning which is a bit unusual.
Yesterday was a glorious day in the Sonoma Wine Country. I visited a friend's home with my book club, discussed "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" by Paul Torday and then enjoyed a delicious and beautiful meal while looking at the scene in my photos. It's not quite a "bird's nest on the ground" but very close.....Thanks, Ruth, for the memorable day.
I praise the President for speaking to school children across the US. Having him encourage children to be ‘the best they can be’ is a great thing. Heaven knows we need children to embrace education and get interested in the joy of reading, writing, math and science.
It is amazing to me that some citizens & media are against a motivational talk at the beginning of the school year that could make a positive impression on school age children. Ridiculous!
Are we so afraid that maybe a child will like the “other side” and perhaps support a viewpoint different than ours that we can’t allow the President to address school children? Are we really so weak that we think such an address will brainwash children into a cult that will eventually overtake our country and destroy it?
Instead of all the polarizing rhetoric, let’s have much more support from politicians and media in our education system.
Congressmen and women can take some of the time spent running after reporters so their face will be plastered everywhere and use it to get more involved with their local schools. They could encourage more community and corporate involvement in education. How about the big mouths on television speaking to school children about issues? Or, reporting more about how parents can help their children learn.
If all the energy and time spent on opposing everything the “other side” does was put into helping our overworked and underpaid teachers and education administrators what a better US we would have.
