S1997

^^^ nice photos, Gary!

I mentioned in another thread I would post some pics of our little trip to the Napa Valley with friends over the Halloween weekend. (These are taken with an iPhone.)



Phelps






Spring Mountain




Pride

This winery is one half in Sonoma County (left side) and one half in Napa (right).




Cliff Lede

MsPerky

Nice...looks like you had good weather.

Lainey

Love the stream pic, Gary.

Nice pics, Jim. Looks like a good time.

Kyras

I need to get on my computer to properly view these recent gems.

Sue, you are absolutely correct about his hair. I have photos of my son with wet clothes from his teething drool. The photographer thought I should change his clothes. No way. That's who he was right then.

Lainey, I want to see the bee photo!

Jim, on Friday, I'm flying up to San Jose (near Mountain View, CA) and taking Ricky so my son and daughter in law can meet him. She says we're going to vineyards. Ricky doesn't drink but he's okay if we do. Did you go to a "don't miss" vineyard?

S1997

Patty, we visited two/three wineries a day for three days. I think the Napa Valley wineries require an appointment now, but I'm not sure about all of them. We visited a selection (of smaller vineyards) made by some in our group who are club members, and who have been going there often for many years. For me, of the tastings we made, I liked Spring Mountain the best and then Joseph Phelps, Pride, Shafer, and Cliff Lede. We stayed in the 'Tenstone Napa Valley Estate' outside of Yountville. Had a great time, and bought some (mostly red) wines to be shipped.

Kyras

Thank you Jim. I'll see if any of those are where we are going.

skunkworks

A few of my favorite mechanical photographs from Chicago-based photographer Freddy Fabris. While accompanying a friend to a cluttered auto repair shop, inspiration suddenly struck — he would pose the mechanics in the style of classical portraits. Any mechanics that you know?

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valentine

Cool pics, Skunkworks. I never looked at anyone with such a loving expression when they handed me a wrench!

dlq04

That's creepy.

skunkworks

Yep! Garages can be creepy, especially if their dimly lit during the evening. Years ago, when I wrenched on my cars during the late hours, our garage may have had the same artistic aura, only without the classical interpretation.

gary