T stands for Brunch
Is it just me, or is the month of May on a FAST track? Here it is Tuesday once again and as I look back at my last couple of post, they are all T-days with Elizabeth. Makes me wonder...."Just what have I been doing with my time????"
This last weekend was Mother's Day, here in the States. DH and I attended a Mother's Day Brunch at our favorite winery , Le Cuvier. It was a beautiful day with warm sunshine and just a slight breeze.
They served the brunch out on the patio, under a huge old oak tree.
(I know that looks like a ton of wine glasses, but they set a glass for each wine and for plain or sparling water)
I forgot my camera, at home on the bar, so I took pictures with my cell phone.......thank goodness for technology!!! Here people are beginning to arrive, the brunch was at 11 a.m., we were each greeted with a spectacular Chardonnay wine.
The whole menu was centered around Chardonnay wines from the owners wine library. The oldest, served with the first course was a 1997..........just fantastic in color and flavors. The chef, for the day, was superb and the food just melted in your mouth.
This is the menu, sorry about the crumpling it got in my purse......LOL
The NV "Select" Chardonnay means that this wine is no longer available to the public or to the wine club.
This is the back of the menu and talks about the wines. I don't know who writes about the wines, but they have a flare with the words.......always enjoy reading them.
Beautiful flowers graced the tables.
We are on a flat rate for our water, so this really doesn't make sense. I don't know anybody who waters EVERYDAY, and even if there are some who do......what is to keep us from running the water LONGER on our day to water.....to make it to the next day we can water??? I mean it is only every other day......LOL Bakersfield is on something like this too......it's a joke! If they really want people to stop wasting water they will have to put meters on the houses, businesses, and farms AND also enforce this letter. I'm not saying I want a water meter on my house, but we will abide by these new rules........I don't really want to give the City $500!!!
I have to laugh at the people who say ( in comments on the 'net) that everybody is California needs to dump their swimming pools........LOL 1. not all of us have a pool 2. the water in the pool stays there all year, rarely ever is a pool refilled.........no we keep water running for the fish, golf courses and for the fracking that is going on in this state!!!!!! Katy bar the door if we put it on our grass......LOL
Okay! I am off my soap box now.
I'm linking up with Elizabeth and the T-gang to see what's in everyone else's cup this week.
BBQ competition time is upon us, our first is this weekend, here in Bakersfield!!! Pictures to follow next week..............
Inky Hugs
Krisha
Comments
Bridget #1
I had NO idea you didn't have a water meter at your house. I thought everyone had a water meter. I've never owned a house that didn't have one. Guess that's the midwest for you.
Long ago I started Xeriscaping. The first year I planted plants in my "flower bed" and gave them water for about a month in order to establish their roots. After that, I said whatever lived in the garden stayed, and whatever died was not meant to be. Granted, i don't have a lot of lovely flowers like some people, but I have growth ,which is more than I had when I moved in. Since no grass would grow under my shade tree, I was more than happy that ANYTHING took off.
Thanks for sharing your lovely wine brunch and your water bill with us for T this Tuesday.
Your water bill made me smile... the only way to reduce the usage is to meter it... then you pay attention to the waste...
Darla
I think every house in every 'developed' country, should have water meters. It is far too easily squandered.
Happpy T Day :o))
Wish we could send some of our water y'all's way. (Anything to get the government off y'all's backs!)
Sending blessings instead of rain but better than that! 8-)
The menu was very creative!
Since we have well water here, we don't usually have water shortages, but I can certainly identify with the restrictions from when I lived in a large city.
The water restrictions...I wondered how they can force people with new homes to decorate their lawns the way they want them to? That struck me as quite odd. Just them telling me how to landscape my own yard would put the hair up on my back. Seems unamerican somehow. If they can't water very often and the landscaping all dies--that's their choice. I agree with the rest of your comments, too. The government is not always logical.
Happy T-Day! :)