grapes

Chilling White Wine

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Frozen Grapes in Pinot Grigio

Frozen Grapes in Pinot Grigio

Chilling White Wine.

I recently learned about this great tip for keeping your white wine chilled without watering it down.

Freeze a bag of grapes, and use them as “ice cubes.”

At the end of your drink, you have a wonderful treat of wine soaked grapes to enjoy!  And your wine stays full flavored to the very end.

I am definitely more of a red wine girl, but I sometimes enjoy a light Pinot Grigio or Sauvignon Blanc or a crisp, buttery Chardonnay in the summer.

Dropping in a few frozen grapes makes it even more of a treat.

Enjoy!

Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi

35

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35.

Row 35.
on Year 35.

35 Years.
420 Months.
1,820 Weeks.
12,775 Days.
10,731,000 Hours.
643,860,000 Minutes.
38,631,600,000 Seconds.

And after all these years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds…..
I wouldn’t trade a moment….

(Well – maybe a few – hundred…. but then again… if I did… we wouldn’t be where we are today…. and it’s not such a bad place to be.)

Happy Anniversary to Hubby and me!

This past weekend, we went on a little getaway trip to celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary (and get out of dodge to allow a bachelor party to happen at our home).   One of the fun things we did was visit some wineries and do some pairings and tastings.  When I saw this sign in the vineyard, I couldn’t resist.  It felt like a good omen.

Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi

 

 

Feeling Grape!

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Watercolor Grapes

Watercolor Grapes – 5×7 140lb Arches Cold Press

Happy Friday!

Are you feeling Grape?!

For my #WorldWatercolorMonth painting today, I’ve painted a loose, juicy bunch of grapes.

I love painting wet-in-wet and watching the colors flow.  It was fun to paint circles of water, drop paint in, and let the paint do its thing.  I toyed with adding some definition with a Micron pen or another wash of watercolor to the grapes, but then decided to just let them be loose and simple and be their own grape selves!

Hope you have a Grape Friday!  (maybe with a few fermented ones involved in your evening hours!)

Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi

P.S.   I had this post scheduled before hearing the horrific news last evening of yet another horrific, deadly terrorist attack in France.  Though my heart is heavy with grief for this kind of ugliness in our world, I also hope we can focus on the goodness… the beauty… the kindness… and the love that outweighs this ugliness a trillion-fold.

Cherish the moments friends.  Cherish the moments.