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071908. The summer is here, it's starting to warm up-but it's always a nice breeze in the pavilion. The Sunflowers are now starting to bloom, and we'll soon will have the yellow finches visit. 052908.It has been rainy, and windy and seasonal cold, but now it's very pleasant. You can sit outdoors even in the evening, without any humidity, and with a nice warm temperature, indulge the scent of Honeysuckle in the air. The lightning bugs are starting to flicker in the grass, and irises and roses are blooming. The Barn Swallows have their first baby batch.
Don't forget the big Festival 052408-052508 at Murphysboro River Park. Shawnee Hill Wine Trail, together with Friends of M'boro, celebrates Memorial weekend with wine, food, Arts and Crafts, music- two bands each day, and a ball game. That's Memorial Day celebration at it's best. We have new summer opening hours, and the cafe'' is now open Wednesday-Sunday. Friday and Saturday 10.00-7.00. So now you can have your dinner with us. I would recommend a reservation. Check out our opening hours on the web page. June 21 will be our third anniversary as winery. Natives are going to play. great music, wine and food, and a lot of fun. Please come celebrate with us! Hope to see you soon. 040508. The Peach trees are starting to bloom. They will probably be in it's peak, mid to end next week. Come and see! The area is beautiful when the hillsides are covered in pink blossoms. 032208.Spring is here, I have seen blooming Redbud and Magnolia trees, Daffodils and Crocuses are blooming as well. The first Barn Swallows are here!
We held our Easter Dinner yesterday, with Lamb Chops, Hasselback's Potatoes, Herb Sauce, and Asparagus, together with Chambourcin wine. Yummy! We also have good news, we are going to become grand parents again. This time it's Malin and Mats, our oldest daughter, that is expecting in August. Music is now set for our Anniversary Festival/Midsommar Festival June 21. The Natives are playing. 02/16/08 We have had an ice storm, being out of power for 3 1/2 days. Every thing covered by ice, so we had to cancel our Valentine dinner, but will hold the same dinner next Friday the 22th, at 7.00 PM. So if you were not able to come 2/15-08, you have the chance to make a reservation for this dinner instead. With the sun shining on the tree's, it was like being in a Cristal landscape-Beautiful, but dangerous. Now most roads are fine again, and we are open for business again. When I was in Sweden I brought with my new items for the gift shop, come and check it out. We hope to see you soon. Gerd I'm back from my three day visit to Sweden, hectic but well worth it. Visited our daughters, grandchildren, sister and Mom. The main reason was to see mom, she has moved into a group living, Danvikshem- she has a great view from her living room. She can see all ships and vessels going into Stockholm.-Beautiful! We are working on a change of our web page, it's almost done. We have now planned for Valentine Dinner Feb.15, it's almost full. Changed to Feb.22 Leap Day wine dinner Feb.29, March madness dinner March 14, and Easter dinner March.21. All at 7.00 PM, and reservations required for those four course menu dinners with paired wine. See the Cafe' page. January 2008 We have had winter-cold weather. Tonight the sky is fantastic, filled with beautiful star constellations, so it probably will be a cold night. We have had sunshine during the days, and Sunday morning everything was covered with frost, wonderful. Many people was out with their cameras to catch the moment. I'm leaving for Sweden this Saturday, to visit my mom, who doesn't do to good. Anders will stay and take care of the food and wine, so you can still get a good meal. We are planning for our different dinners, and will hold a Leap Day Menu dinner, Feb.29th, 7.00 We have lost the whole e-mail address list, due to computer problems. If you want us to send you info. about our events etc., please e-mail us and we'll add you to our new e-mail list. See you, Gerd November and December It's December, and we really enjoyed our family, for Thanks Giving of course. The Grand Children helped me to decorate the X-mas tree. Bror put all ornaments on one branch, so that's how the tree looks wonderful! They also helped me to decorate the ginger bread house, we baked. I sell kits in the store, so have fun with your kids or grand children and make a ginger bread house. So nice to have our daughters in the house. I just wish we had more time over, to sit and talk and do more things together, but times goes so fast. We'll go over to Sweden again in February, to met again. Winter is here, but we have had only one day of snow, and during Christmas, it was "Spring Weather". We took a long walk, and sat out doors having our lunch. Enjoying the warm sun! We were holding our, Traditional Swedish Christmas Dinners, during December. Now we're planning for two, Four Course Menu Dinners, with Paired Wine in January. Please check the Cafe' page out for more info. On the wine front:the wine from 2007 are now in all tanks and barrels. Anders is checking, and waiting for it to mature, before he can start to work with it again. Patience! You can now also buy some of our wines at Westroads Liquor Shop in Carbondale, and at Lake Side Liquor Shop in Carterville. Palace Pizzeria in Cobden is carrying all our, and most wine trail wines. They often have great music as well. Well worth a visit! We have ordered Cabarnet Sauvignon, and Sauvignon Blanc vines to plant in the spring. Exciting! Hope to see you in January, Gerd and Anders
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