We got up and decided to head for the office first. It was a lazy day, I was up at 7:00 am, and Sleeping Beauty found her way out of the bedroom at 8:00 am. We were sipping our coffee and planning the day when the sideyard gate slammed; OMG, what could it be?
It was the stork! His name was Carlos (our landscaper!) He and his youngest daughter, Camilla, delivered our grapefruit tree!
A perfect delivery!
Camilla and Mary did a garden tour, and Mary gave her flowers to give to her mother. I am blessed with a thoughtful wife, always thinking of others.
Camilla and Scout hit it off!
He came complete with four small but ready-to-grow grapefruits in his new home. Tomorrow we will get some small flowers around the tree’s base. The name for the Grapefruit was created by a Jamaican farmer when he noticed the fruit grew in clusters similar to grapes.
Why did the grapefruit fail his driving test? It kept peeling out.
Our baby has arrived!
We are having a hoot-a-nanny on the 4th with Robin, Bob, Vicky, Jim, and Irene, so Mary thought some hor’s d’douvers would be nice. I gave her some pictures of potential candidates; we shall see what happens! We are missing Bob and Donna, but this was the weekend to go to Oregon and visit their daughter.
Mary practices her horses doo vers!
Before anything else, we needed to check out the local OC Ranch Market, just up the hill from us, for beef bones. The gentleman behind the counter told us about bones and sold us two different types. Vanna White Côté did her thing in from of the counter!
We went shopping for ribs!
While we were there, we walked the whole store as they had a lot of fascinating items not carried by the big chains. We snapped this picture and sent it to Joe and Amy; Amy responded, “This is a great brand, and I buy stuff from them all the time!”
Does Amy own a pizza company?
Returning home, we unpacked the car and took a quick stroll through the backyard to see what we might need at Home Depot.
Mary stumbled upon two frisky moths. It might take a block and tackle to tear these two love moths apart. They were so busy they did not ever see us watching (and taking notes). How do they do that without backup mirrors? I was puzzled!
Oops! Caught in the act!
We went to Home Depot and got two containers of propane refilled and got some geraniums to fill the areas wonder of our Plumeria trees. On the way home, I suggested we stop and have a drink. We tried Aces, but it was so noisy we left before being served. Then we got the great idea to go to OC Mining Company; it was late enough that the brunch rush would be done.
Mary had a glass of wine, and I tried Glenfiddich, 21-year-old Scotch. Well, I offered a sip to Dr. Mary with the following reaction!
First taste; it burns as it goes down!
Then there is the aftertaste; we think Scotch is not one of Mary’s favorites.
Scotch 101; Failed!
Did You Know? The Glenfiddich Distillery was founded in 1886 by William Grant in Dufftown, Scotland, in the glen of the River Fiddich. The Glenfiddich single malt whisky first ran from the stills on Christmas Day, 1887.
In the 1920s, with prohibition in force in the US, Glenfiddich was one of a very small number of distilleries to increase production. This put them in a strong position to meet the sudden rise in demand for fine-aged whiskies that came with the repeal of prohibition.
Onsite there are 31 distinctively-shaped “swan neck” copper pot stills. These stills are smaller than those now in use at most other major distilleries. All stills are handmade, and Glenfiddich employs a team of craftsmen and coppersmiths to maintain them. These stills have a capacity of around 13,000,000 liters of spirit.
The water source for Glenfiddich Whisky is The Robbie Dhu Springs, nearby to the distillery.
Glenfiddich is matured in American Bourbon Whiskey barrels of consumption in America.
I unloaded the car and worked in the garden when we returned home. Mary began cooking up a storm. It was 86 degrees outside, but the house was in the mid-70s. I wore my short shorts to get slightly tan before going to Hawaii in a month!
We decided the hot tub was needed after dinner, so I turned on the heater. It works well but is a little smokey!
The spa heater was on!
Since it was time for warm water, we decided to take a bath. I ran inside and got the Cowboy Bubblebath!
Srub-a-dub-dub!
Dinner was amazing. We had two huge steaks, one of which went into the frig as we could not finish them. We had fresh string beans and squash steamed to perfection, and Mary made some more bruschetta. Wow is a definite understatement!! Oh, she also tried her hand at making kale chips and did them perfectly.
After dinner, watch an interesting documentary movie about folks going over the Oregon Train to Willamette Valley in the 1880s. Summary: Meek’s Cutoff is a 2010 American Western film directed by Kelly Reichardt. The film was shown in competition at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. The story is loosely based on a historical incident on the Oregon Trail in 1845, in which frontier guide Stephen Meek led a wagon train on an ill-fated journey through the Oregon desert along the route later known as the Meek Cutoff in the western United States. The film is formatted in the Academy ratio (1.37:1), a standard used in many classic Westerns.
We then decided it was spa time. I opened the cover on the firepit so we could sit outside after soaking. It seems that marshmallows might be needed. I remembered we had a box in the hallway in case of fire.
We always keep them handy!
The fire was terrific, and we sat outside for a good 45 minutes watching the stars and talking before heading inside for the night; Scout got his first taste of marshmallows; he was a happy camper.
He asked what this meant, but we told him he was too young to know these things!
Into the fire go the mini-marshmallows; the perfect size for those of us on a diet.
We crashed soon afterward; what an amazing day!
