oregon was the birthplace of my father. oregon is a lovely place to be oregon is where i hope to rest my head when its my time to be.
On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Ray Champagne <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had to make the final clipping of the ONLY crop that actually grew > this season for me (red and green bell peppers). Makes me sad because > this is the last significant transition of summer ending for us here > in Minnesota. > > Judah, I absolutely LOVE the upper northwest. I am jealous. > > On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 11:27 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Fall is upon us and that means that the greyness is gathering, the >> temp is cooling and people are settling in for the moist, cool many >> month stretch ahead of us. >> >> But, autumn also means harvest here. Hop harvest started the beginning >> of September and now we are seeing the first fresh hop beers out in >> the pubs. State-wide celebration of the hop harvest goes all through >> October. >> >> Mid to late September started the outdoor marijuana harvest. Some of >> it is legal, some of it is not. Regardless, the fine cousin of the Hop >> gets a noble treatment in the Northwest and the crops are drying as we >> speak. Not so much my thing, but I appreciate how happy it makes many >> of the people around me. >> >> And finally, grape harvest is well under way. The yield this year >> seems to be both quality and abundant. That may cause some trouble >> amongst a market somewhat restrained by the recession but overall my >> winery peeps tell me that it is a good year and they are glad to be >> hauling in the grapes. >> >> I gathered friends tonight and made Venison Bourguignon with roasted >> garlic mashed potatoes. Good people, hearty food, a nice bottle of >> wine or two and we can meet the impending soak head on. >> >> Here's to the months of indoor recreation ahead of us. >> >> Cheers, >> Judah >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:305116 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
