Every year we head over to Calistoga for a little R and R. Yeah, technically we're retired* but we still like to get out of the house and not be able to either clean the litter boxes or run a few loads of laundry.
*(Hubby actually works for himself - he started a small computer repair business nearly four years ago.)
It's always pretty but this year seemed especially so. The sky was milky which made for so-so photo taking but you can see that the grapevines are looking pretty darn nice.
We ate a lot of good food, had amazingly little wine, visited NO wineries but did cruise around a lot of twisty back roads which made hubby very happy. We spent a fair amount of time floating in hot pools mentally drifting. I did very little knitting or much of anything.
Even near town hubby can find dirt roads. It's a gift.
We did a six mile hike up to and past the Robert Lewis Stevenson cabin site. Vintage California scenery. Oaks, scrub brush, great to fantastic views. Manzanita, sage, madrone.
We're always a little smug that we've done The Palisades hike twice. Not sure we'll ever do it again but I hope so. It's about the most beautiful hike I've ever done in California that wasn't in Big Sur.
(Opal enjoying the undergrowth.)Omar was taken to Miss Courtney's for a two day overnight. All the felines stayed home with massive amounts of food and water.
Lately we've let Opal and Olive do a small amount of outside exploring.
(Olive on the right. Opal giving me "the eye". Nearly 4 lbs as of Tuesday.)
They seem to still think indoors is much nicer. Now that the weather is cold (frost for the first time this morning) a place on the couch nearest the wood burning stove is just fine thank you very much.
(Olive on the right. Opal giving me "the eye". Nearly 4 lbs as of Tuesday.)They seem to still think indoors is much nicer. Now that the weather is cold (frost for the first time this morning) a place on the couch nearest the wood burning stove is just fine thank you very much.
posted by Earin Marybird @ 1:34 PM
3 Comments:
Which one is whom? Is the little masked marvel Opal? Or Olive? They look ever so charming, and are growing by leaps and bounds.
Beautiful photography!
Wait, did they turn into girls? I thought they were Oscar and Owen. They are adorable either way.
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