GRAPE VINES and WINES....

Another WINE party, if you please....

The many rains we were blessed with out here in WEST TEXAS

have made all our flowers, WEEDS and...

GRAPE VINES thrive........
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I thought we'd have a little wine tasting party in my back yard today...I have several wines for you to taste but only two are my favorites...
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NOTE....at the time of this posting, I did not have an ICE BUCKET

for my wine....

Yep...I was ICE BUCKETLESS....

but...that's all changed now because I went THRIFTING today and found.....

AN ICE BUCKET !!

WOO HOONESS...

Expect another WINE PARTY soon..:))

My handsome and sweet son, DAVID, has a huge grape vineyard just outside of town.
I did a wonderful post last year with 2 of my grandgirls in his vineyard.
The fabulous FIFI painted one of my photos from the vineyard and I gave
it to DAVID and family at Christmas time.
They were thrilled to death.
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I am hoping and planning on doing another shoot out there again this summer.
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But, today...

we have to go no further than MY OWN BACKYARD....
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I am serving a wonderful GARDEN SALAD with FRESH peppers on the side.
Mr. Sweet and I both LOVE peppers...if they aren't TOO hot.
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Our very favorite wine of all is still
WILD VINES BLACKBERRY WINE...
It has such a refreshing and tasty flavor...
and there's not nearly as much alcohol in it as other wines. heh heh heh....
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It seems to go with everything...
salads..
steaks...
potato soup....just about ANYthing goes better with Blackberry wine. :)))

ESPECIALLY CHOCOLATE....
** We have only one large grape vine .....
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A comfy bench.....
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The BOOK OF WINE...
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A fabulous white wine from a local winery...

We like sweet wines rather than dry ones.
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Our one vine is LOADED with grapes...

Mr. Sweet will stretch netting over this vine a little later to keep the birds from eating all the fruit...

If we can harvest ENOUGH of the grapes, he will eat some...

and I will make a few jars of jelly with them.

Homemade grape jelly with homemade biscuits...GOOD GRIEF !!
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ahhhh....Blackberry wine and dessert go together like a horse and carriage...

So so good...
....little tiny tarts with a touch of whipped cream...
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(my mother always said she could eat a cow chip if it had whipped cream on it !!)
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The sun was beginning to get very bright .... and very hot..
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We had to move a little closer in for shade...
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Just little tiny pastry shells, filled with creamy fruit yogurt....

My glass is nearly empty...

my tummy is nice and full....

The sun is getting hotter...

so let's head back inside and ...

take a good, long nap ...

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I am playing with these lovely ladies today:

TEA TIME WITH THE LADY
TABLESCAPE TUESDAY

and

OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY

My thanks to all hosting....