"H - E - Double - N - I " - Kramer

I've been trying to get some good pictures of these owls that have been flying around our place the past few days, but the pics are not good. No telephoto lens. Anyway, these pictures are of my work. The lab(my office), the freezer(set just above freezing), and the vineyard. I've been doing a lot of bottling lately, I'll get some pics of that soon. And.....I have bottled my own blend, and labeled it(my own design)! Its not great, but its mine. Or your's actually, because I intend on giving most of it away to friends and family. We are going to Jake's B-day "Survivor Party" tomorrow, I'm sure I'll have pics of that. Hannah called Elli from the Statue of Liberty today, we're jealous. Ok, we can't wait to get down to Flourdough( thanks Dad for giving me the cuckoo gene), I mean Florida. I miss my cats. Elli couldn't be happier that she gets all my attention though. Thanks to everyone for the nice comments, its nice to know my work(ha!) is appreciated. I hope you don't mind be compensated with mediocre wine. We miss you all too. The title quote is Kramer's song for Hennigan's Scotch, from Seinfeld.

A late update

Well the fireworks at Bill and Karen's club were amazing. They were fired almost directly above us, so that pieces of the fireworks/ash were falling on us. Elli was hit by a 4 square inch piece of cardboard. It was interesting to be amongst "club people", Elli commented on some of the men's strange trousers( some flowery and some patchy). The next day we went to a state park with waterfalls and locks with Karen, Rhonda, and Kirt. We had a great time with everyone, and the next night Karen and Kirt's brother David(Corky) came by for dinner. He did not disappoint. He had us all laughing at dinner with a story that was really classic, but unfortunately we were asked not to share on the grounds that it might embarrass certain family members. Anyway, Saturday was Hannah's birthday and they had a family pool party for her. It was a lot of fun. I took about 140 pictures and I would say that maybe 10 are good. I've got a lot to learn still. Today we went to Marla's and watched the finals of the World Cup, I think it should be every two years -not four. Robyn and Will told us that they are expecting another rugrat. Charlotte will soon be the big sis'. I think the pics are self explanatory. The picture of Kirt, David, and Karen is in B&W because I really messed up the white balance and it looked better in B&W. What's white balance you ask?.....Welcome to my world.

The Bang and the Barge

We built this raft/barge/dock on Saturday with barrels Roy picked up from work. We built it in only a few hours, many hands make quick work. And as you can see from the picture it holds plenty of weight. That night we went to a Sat. 4th of July celebration at Antietam Battlefield for fireworks and music. The only pics that need explanation are the cannon photo, that bang of fire and smoke on the ground is a cannon/s going off during the 1812 Overture not a firework exploding too soon. And yes the little green light at the top is a UFO.....or it could be a firefly, you decide. The other photo that needs explanation is of DJ getting onto the chair. If you look in the background you see Kirt wincing in apparent pain. He is doing this because as the photo was taken DJ hit his head on the metal table, the bang and Kirt's reaction to the bang came before DJ recognized that he hit his head and reacted. Anyway, I think it's interesting. DJ did not cry BTW. The other pics are building the raft, fireworks, a cute pic of Cass making a face, and of course a couple pics of the ever adorable Charlotte.