December 22-23, 2007

We spent the weekend before Christmas up in Sonoma. I tried to contribute to the bits & pieces needed to keep the property running smoothly through the winter season - some how I come up short on the 'To Do' list while clearly Bill, Mia & Dan manage to check off a slew of things.

After our bike ride into town Dan & I helped Bill & Mia with raking and distributing the leaves back out to the front vineyard. I thought of taking snapshots of Mia raking leaves, Bill on the tractor, Dan kicking the big pile of leaves {to distribute out} and me running with the worn-out blue tarp snapping behind me [after we've dumped the leaves from it] but thought I'd leave that to the imagination.

At the end of the day, as we are at the end of every day, we're rewarded with the dramatic departure of the sun. Dan holds out until the bitter brittle end as I retreat inside by the fire. I'm not as hardy, I guess.
Our departure came too soon - we can stay here forever. Thankfully Christmas was before us and the celebration was to begin and to continue at home in Santa Cruz.
Nanni Begin with her 3 youngest "punky-poohs".