Pocketful of Memory Cards

Yesterday, what began as "We should do lunch sometime," turned into a four hour leisurely nosh and wine tasting at a Westbank winery.  My friend Val had recently celebrated a birthday so a winery visit was definitely in order.  We wanted to keep it on the west side of the bridge and we both enjoy Asian cuisine so Volcanic Hills fit the bill. I'm not going to go into a bunch of detail about the winery because their website does an excellent job of all that.  It does, unfortunately do a very poor job of telling you where the place is located.  I clicked on "Visiting the tasting room" and it directed me to take "A quick turn off Boucherie Road".  Really?  How far along Boucherie Road and from which end?  I really get annoyed by websites that want you to go on a scavenger hunt to find their address.  I'm on the site because I already know I want to go there, please just tell me where you are.  Eight paragraphs later, under "Hou...

 

I'm grateful so many wineries on  Bottleneck Drive  were open this Sunday so we could do our traditional wine tour with Reg. I'm grateful that many of the Bottleneck wineries will be having live music on their patios this summer, particularly Dirty Laundry and Thornhaven Estate . I'm grateful that the precipitation we've had since Thursday is rain and not snow. I'm grateful we had beautiful weather for the first half of Reg's visit. I'm grateful that April showers will bring May flowers. I'm grateful for time spent with Reg working on the memoir. I'm grateful my husband's company packed for their office relocation on Friday and not on the weekend. I'm grateful we could all attend the Under 8 art show at SOPA and see our daughter's lovely artwork along with the works of so many other talented artists.