Sonoma and Crater Lake, both beautiful, both potentially intoxicating, one in a not-so-good way the other most desirably good. We try to take one trip a year, yet we have not been there for three years so we enthusiastically anticipated this trip. First off – Sonoma and food. We visit Sonoma for great food and…
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Quick trip to Rattlesnake Hills – the best plans are not planned
A winery dinner seemed like a good excuse to get away for the weekend, reservations made, a few things packed, and we were off. Cowiche Canyon Kitchen + Ice House in Yakima was our first stop. There is a sign as you enter Yakima on I-82 that calls Yakima “the Palm Springs of Washington”, well most…
Traveling on a Saturday morning, with tea
It has been less than two weeks since we got back from Japan, we have two more trips on the calendar, and are already talking about our next trip to Europe. Anticipation is as much a part of the journey as the trip itself. The next trip is a quick jaunt to Eastern Washington for…
Thanks for 2015 and a favor
A big New Year’s thank you to all who have checked out my sketches and comments. I am looking forward to 2016 and plenty of sipping and sketching. I also post on my theWinesketcher Facebook page, one of my goals is to increase the number of likes, if you are so inclined it would be…
Reindeer and Torii Mor
I was honored to have these sketches used in a Holiday promotion at Torii Mor Winery. Thank you for the fun!