Saturday, July 18, 2015

End of May, June, first Half of July 2015 Part II


We've spent a lot of time in the new winery this summer. Finally we have everything organized. Best part of the move: the newly installed air conditioners!

More summer visitors . . .
Vanessa and Valeria


Annai, our favorite wine specialist!

We celebrated Father's Day with some great guys . . . What a feast!




I have to include the blooms of summer . . .






And grapes . . . 



On the 27th of June, we celebrated another wedding . . .




It was beautiful!


'Twas the day before our 13th anniversary so we used it as a backdrop for our own celebration


And we danced. It wasn't very smooth, but it was actual dancing! One of my happier moments!












End of May, June, First Half of July 2015 Part I


The last weekend in May was wall to wall wedding. The most elaborate in my experience. The civil ceremony followed by tapas and cocktails on Friday night; church wedding followed by an elaborate sit down dinner for a crowd of about 500 on Saturday; and then Mexican food, beer, and wine for about 200 on Sunday. Congratulations Euge and Toño!

For us the celebration extended one more day. On Monday evening, the bride's father and El Pajero, the town's go-to man for all things musical, came to the house. Lalo brought steak dinners from La Casona, our steak house and El Pajero brought his trumpet. What an evening!

Full moon sinking toward our western mountains.

A sample of summer sunsets from the palapa . . .








My two favorite guys . . . 


Bottling wine for yet another wedding . . .


And the finished product . . .

Every night is date night, but we rarely get dressed up and go out. 


A sample of summer visitors . . .








Some of our more interesting bugs . . .



Including three which appeared on the palapa curtain at the same time . . .