A Valentine Evening at the Winery

At the close of Valentine's Day, we spent the evening at the Acres of Land Winery, about twenty minutes from home. Driving through the Silver Creek valley and coming up the ridge to the winery provided such a lovely prelude to a wonderful six-course dinner. Over a little grilled bree with fruit we exchanged gifts and cards, smiled knowingly at each other, and enjoyed the celebration of our two years together. After all, it was on this day, two years ago that June returned my www.match.com wink, and things got started. Whoppee!

A St. Valentine's Eve Special

Last night we started Valentine's Day early, slipping up to Lexington to watch and hear WOODSONGS OLD-TIME RADIO HOUR at the beautifullly restored Kentucky Theatre. If you haven't heard about the WOODSONGS OLD-TIME RADIO HOUR, get ready to hear about some wonderful entertainment. (And if you come to visit, we'll make sure you get to go and hear the live tapings for world-wide distribution of radio and tv productions.) The big treat last night was Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band, along with singer-songwriter Holly Brook. What a great start to Valentine's Day--on the evening before!

Just in case you don't the history of the day, find out! In the meantime, be sure to give your sweetie some special love today!

See the movie: Saint Ralph

On Sunday afternoon, June, Chelsea, and I watched Saint Ralph and thoroughly enjoyed it. I had read a review of it late last year and was lucky enough to find its DVD in Blockbuster. Give it a try, especially if you've got some teenagers with whom to watch it!

Stan Has His Cake and Eats It Too! Happy 50th Birthday!

It was a surprise party! (Well, Stan, truth to be told, Stan suspected something . . . ) Nonetheless, he acted shocked, amazed, and delighted. Chris and the kids partied up the house with lots of ballooons, "over-the-hill" posters, wonderful BBQ and brunswick stew from Fresh Air, and lots of gifts. Stan, as you might expect, was a terrific emcee, hosting his party and giving us lots of good fun, more than enough belly laughs, and great memories. As you can see, he couldn't wait to get to the cake! We're all wishing you many more birthdays, Stan!

Back from Hawaii !

We've been back from Hawaii for almost two weeks now, and catching up on mainland life has gotten us behind on staying in touch with everyone. Do we need to say it? Yes, our two weeks on those lovely Pacific Islands were wonderful. As soon as Andy can, he will set up a gallery of photographs and link them to Your Family Blog so that all of you can see them. In the meantime, imagine yourselves on a Maui beach at sunset, sipping your favorite drink, drinking in the falling sun!

Beautiful Snow This Morning

This Saturday morning we woke up to a beautiful snow, piled inches high on all the trees, lawns, and flowers. I'm reminded of what the Singer says in Psalm 147: "He sends the snow like white wool." That's just what it looks like outside, everything covered with wooly snow, everything blanketed with the winter warmth of snow.

This morning June goes to a Red Hat Society get-together at 11:30 at the Live Wire Cafe, and later on Chelsea and I will watch the UK vs. Vanderbilt basketball game. Inasmuch as Krister was a student at Vanderbilt and Amy a student at UK--and both universities served them so well!--I don't really care who wins; it's, as they say, as win-win situation.