On a not-so-lazy Saturday we embarked on a picnic adventure in Santa Inez Valley- wine country. We wine-tasted and had a picnic on the lawn of a beautiful winery that had a backdrop that Hollywood couldn’t recreate (though it was so gorgeous, it made one wonder how it could be real).
The kids play with Todd- a man who embodies the spirit of childhood. They were so excited that he came to play!
After the picnic, we went to an ostrich/emu farm where the kids fed emus and we gawked at ostriches.
This is an emu- a frighteningly ugly and prehistoric looking bird. They make a low growling sound that makes the hair on your neck stand up.
This is an ostrich which, next to the emu, looks like a regal bird. We were inches from them. They are enormous, intimidating, and their movements are very strange.
Their faces are kind of pretty!
‘They run so fast!’ says Sadie, pointing some out in the distance.
Then we went to Solvang (a Danish town)- for baked goods, of course!
Then more wine tasting! No good pictures of that since it’s hard to taste wine and convince 2 kids who aren’t tasting wine that it’s fun to watch adults taste wine. However, Sadie was into the ‘nose’ and commented on a few of the scents she noted as I swirled.
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Wine country is beautiful! When I met DJ he was living in Temecula wine country, and I loved going up there. Ugh, and I used to live next door to an Ostrich ranch, those are some big mean birds!!
What a fun filled day! Looks like a blast!
I agree – emus and ostriches are a little scary! It looks like you guys are having such an amazing time though… hope you tasted plenty of that wine!
You crack me up! I love your descriptions of the birds. Too funny.
I think that cookie is bigger than Elijah! Holy mackeral! Hmmm, I just can’t see why the kids didn’t enjoy watching the grown-ups drink wine . . . .
Looks like a good day.