What would helen do?

May 18, 2014

Friday 5/16/14 Wine School, Cafe Michelangelo, Mother’s Day Dinner

Friday 5/16/14

Fantastic Friday.
A little grey skies but still a great day!

Wine School at work today

Lunch at Cafe Michelangelo

Wine Tasting at Cafe Michelangelo

Vanity Plate I saw today.

STXNBRX

a contractor??

picking up Michael’s Mom to take her to
dinner for Mother’s day.

Betty & ME ~ Selfie

I can’t believe she is 90 & does all she does.
I hope we have lots more Mother’s Days
to celebrate with her!

Michael with his Mom

Me, Betty & Michael

see the VIZSLA??

they’re good camouflage dogs, like deer!

Yes, why is that??

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“To help yourself, help others. Whatever good you do travels a circle and returns to you many times over- but remember, life isn’t about what you get, it’s about what you become.”

Dennis Gaskill

May 18, 2014

Thursday May 15th 2014 Bucatini, frog, New Hope, Biking, Rocky, Beer School

Thursday May 15th 2014

apparently the PASTA FAIRY visited me as I found
this Pasta in my mailbox this morning.

After doing some research I discovered it was
friend Bruce who found & delivred the Bucatini for me.
Thanks Bruce!

ONE of our frogs who live in our pond.
This is a little one. I was surprised he
posed for the picture.

at an appointment at the Logan Inn in New Hope.
Those two are my competitors from a big Company.

Met up with friend Tommy at Mother’s
in New Hope.

Biking tonight with friends.
Jim, Ed, Deb, Joyce & Jeff

Selfie of the photographer

SURPRISE visit to friends Debbie & Don.

Don had knee surgery & can’t bike for
a few weeks

Ed, Me with Rocky, Joyce & Jeff

friend Debbie gave me these little dogs which I
will use as gifts to customers & random people.

We started Beer School with FREE WILL,
one of my favorites that I call
FREE WILLY.

We had some good NY bread from Pastabilities
& some of their tasty dipping sauce too.

Small group tonight. Michael, Dean, Jim & Deb.
Kim & Suzy stopped by too, didn’t get their pictures.

Successfully tried 11 different beers tonight.
Quite a few winners & a couple losers too.

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What you give you get, ten times over.

~Yoruba Proverb

May 16, 2014

Wednesday 5/14/14 Work with Chateau Julien, BIRDS!

Wednesday 5/14/14

Saw this church sign on my way to the gym

poor Kristin my instructor –
during class yesterday someone broke her car window
and stole her handbag.

LA FITNESS needs to beef up their security!

Worked with Brant from Chateau Julien

We were at PUCK – they bought 4 cases!!!!
yay.

http://www.pucklive.com/

Ran into Michael & Trevor from Homestead Roastery

Need Coffee??

http://www.homesteadcoffeeroasters.com/

Tasting at Slate Bleu

http://www.slatebleu.com/

Tasting at Casablanca

http://www.casablancaone.com/home.html

visiting brother Raymond

Ray showing us his monkey collection

MONKEYS and a cat….

we tried tasting at Mothers but the owner
forgot about our appointment 😦

The Mansion Inn

Still working on getting this account!!!

http://themansioninn.com/

tasting with Matt of To-Yo Doylestown

http://www.toyosushiandbar.com/doylestown.html

we have a Tree Swallow egg!!!

and a Blue Bird egg!!!!

Let’s hope the House Sparrows don’t kill them!!

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The more you say,
the less people remember.

~ François Fénelon

May 16, 2014

Tuesday 5/13/14 Landscaping, Apollo Grill, Dad’s Hat Whiskey event

Tuesday 5/13/14

Watering friends plants while they are away.
looks nice, right??

I saw a cardinal Couple in my backyard today.
That means I was destined to have a
DOUBLY GREAT DAY!

Having some landscaping done by my guy Charlie.
He always does a great job, I’ve used him for years.

I’ll be sure to get before, during & after photos for you.

With Michael working out of town & recovering from
the surgery I just thought it made sense to get
some help this year.

Rutro!!!

Send me your Vanity Plate sightings & I will post them!

Sold some of this today…. a DELICIOUS
Greek Rose’ wine.

soooooo GOOD

Doing a tasting at Apollo Grill in Bethlehem

This is what it looks like when you are getting
a new restaurant up & going.
The Dream Board! LOVE THIS!

Tasting some interesting spirits.

My new sunglasses.
Driving with friends to a Whiskey presentation.

Deer in the field. They were playing.

Tonight we attended a Whiskey History Lesson
& tasting at the Library in Washington Crossing.

The speaker tonight was
Herman Mihalich founder of Dad’s Hat Whiskey

Dad’s Hat Whiskey a local distillery

http://dadshatrye.com/

giving out samples

our crew
Joyce Mary me
tom & Jeff

friend Tom chatting it up with a guy who was
doing his PhD work here at the David Library
here in Washington Crossing

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everything in life happens for you, not to you.

pay attention to your outlook on life.

Every day you can either regret or rejoice;

it’s your choice.

www.marcandangel.com

May 14, 2014

Monday 5.12.14 Weasel,Dani Rae, Jeff Corwin

Monday 5.12.14

Vizslas on today’s calendar

Weasel sleeping beauty.
Not ready to get up……

LOOK! We have a Tree Swallow nest.

Let’s hope the House Sparrows don’t kill them.

Effectively removes CATS from the desk.
Works EXTREMELY well.

Dani Rae with her first Sprinkler Toy 🙂

Dani Rae with her first Bubbles

tonight’s Adventure:

A Jeff Corwin show at Hatboro Horsham HS

Jeff Corwin

HUGE FROG

Some kind of BIG Lizard

Cat Friends

Petting Charts for Dogs & Cats

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Folks will know how large your soul is

by the way you treat a dog.

~Charles F. Duran

May 14, 2014

Sunday May 11th 2014 Mother’s Day

Sunday May 11th 2014 Mother’s Day

neighbor Deb had a rare sighting at her feeder today:
A White Crowned Sparrow

be on the look out for them. These are GOOD birds
vs the dreaded House Sparrows which are
BAD BIRDS!

on a Mother’s day Walk with Chester Rose ButtSniffer

Visiting neighbors
and sitting on the porch as their sign suggests

Dirty Dollar from yesterday’s Mud Run

Battle wounds from yesterday’s Mud Run

just checking out my jar of
Good Things That Have Happened.

Do you have one of those???

friend Ernie & his wife using my mug at FRED’s!!

I guess my mug is back from vacation??

finishing up some delicious Portuguiser
from last nights wine dinner.

I love this wine!!!
like a Tart Pinot Noir.
Delicious.

This is where Michael wanted to go for
Mother’s Day dinner.
It was packed! THREE tables!!!

visiting neighbors Marybeth & Chris.
Trying on Grace’s sunglasses.

What do you think??

Grace with “bug eyes”

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“If you concentrate on finding

whatever is good in every situation,

you will discover that your life will suddenly

be filled with gratitude,

a feeling that nurtures the soul.”

Harold Kushner

May 12, 2014

5/10/13 Pasta dinner / Wine party

5/10/13

Wine/Dinner party tonight at our house…..

Erna Schein is my favorite producer
along with the Petite Sirah grape.

two vintages of Caymus 1994 & 2008

Weasel, the life of the party

at least Chester is awake

Friends Bruce, Renee, Kathy & Tommy
came over for a pasta dinner.
Everyone brought something so it was easy
for me to get home at 6:45 & entertain
at 7pm….