Wine on Late Blooms

Live Good

Sun, 05 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

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All the epithets in this collage were of interest to me since they were Christmas ornaments I saw in a year-round Christmas tree store. They are the kind of ornaments one buys for the wine-lover on your Christmas list. The addition of “Live Good” is my own idea. This image was on the cover of a journal in a bookstore.

It’s funny how certain images and sayings can act as triggers for past events or ideas one may have held at a certain time of life. This is what these sayings about wine did for me. There was a time in my life when I thought that I was Epicurean - a much younger age. I didn’t know much about Epicurus though. It was the “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry” stage. Life was about having a good time.

Wine as Decor

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0000

“Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized.” ~ Andre Simon

All the images in this collage were taken recently when we had a buffet dinner party at our home. Although I’m not a wine-drinker anymore, I was delighted to discover that wine bottles make for good decor. This came upon me quite by accident, one might say.

I had decided that the table in the hallway would be a good place for drinks and had placed wine glasses on a tray there and some napkins. To make that space beautiful, I placed a flower arrangement there with some battery-powered lights among the blooms. The only thing I hadn’t put there when I left to go out the evening before the party was the beverages.

Kind Wine

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0000

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It was a pleasure for me to visit one of the wineries in the Niagara region two weeks ago. It was one of the stops on our day tour. This was a trip going to the Peach Festival held at Niagara-on-the-Lake which is a picturesque and charming little town. The trip included several stops, one of which, was this winery. I took all the images while we were there and thoroughly enjoyed myself.