Animals Family and Friends Georgia: black lab Georgia Greensboro library snow
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White Stuff
I was starting to think it would never snow in Greensboro. Since we’ve been here, Greensboro has generally been at least a degree or two warmer than metro Atlanta, so even when there has been winter weather there, there hasn’t been any here.
I took this picture of Percy in the back yard right after it started snowing. It got too dark for pictures, but we got a light dusting that turned everything white. It’ll likely be gone by morning.
(By the way, those lights in the background are from our local library. Others might disagree, but I think we’ve got one of the best locations in town!)
This made my day!
Actually, I’ve had family visiting for the past few days, and ALL of the days have been extra special! Thanks, family!
A “field trip” with my father and grandfather.
Since I didn’t write about it when it happened, this seems appropriate to write about on Father’s Day. About a month ago, I was in California to celebrate Dad’s 70th birthday with him.
While I was there, I had the opportunity to go with my father, grandfather, and step grandmother (Ed, Angelo “Kelly”, and Inez Micheli) to visit the spot where my father was born. I had been there before, but I don’t know the site well, and, possibly because all of my recent visits were on wine-tasting trips (not a good time for family stories, or at least not a good time to retain them), I really didn’t know much about the place.
However, on this occasion, we were there because the vineyard manager for Bella Vineyards and Wine Caves, John Clendenen of Clendenen Vineyard Management, had some questions about a vineyard, and Gramps, together with his father (Adamo Micheli), had cleared that land and planted those 85-year-old vines! (Gramps is 95; here’s a video.) I had no idea! I didn’t know grape vines lived that long!
Adamo and Angelo Micheli cleared and planted the lower vineyard on this hill. The grapes are zinfandel. The caves are a recent addition.
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Gramps Picks Up the Spare
My first attempt at creating a video.
A few of Great Aunt Gilda’s 15 minutes of fame.
She actually probably has a lot more minutes of fame than 15. Anyway, her latest press is here.
In case you’d rather not bother, the newspaper article is about Aunt Gilda, who used to work at a locally owned pharmacy at the cosmetics counter, helping men pick out gifts for their wives for Valentine’s Day, because she knew what perfumes and such the wives liked.
