You will probably notice an animal theme for the next couple of pictures ... maybe as a result of all the wine tasting ... not sure. I will apologize for the last week as we have been busy with some good weather and following brother Bill on the winery runs. His business requires the contunual visits to the vinyards and contact with the owners. His customers are basically farmers selling their crop and storing some with him and they are some of the nicest folks we have met.

One of our favorite stops is the Fenton Herriott vinyard a couple of miles south of Placerville. While tasting some excellent Zins and Petit Syrahs, Jake the black lab, a male, found another similar creature, except female, outside the window where we were tasting. For the next 20 minutes in the yard Jake and the unnamed female enjoyed intense amorous delight while we watched and continued from good zins to a rather nice port and cheered them on. Here's Dee and Chrissy, one of the vinyard owners, sponging the poor boy to cool him off after his apparently intense ordeal ... I mean, he literally had to be carried in from the yard ... poor but happy guy.

And finally continuing on the animal theme here's Buster nose to nose with a rooster. KOAs by law, I think, must have a host of animals like ducks, donkeys, goats, and chickens ... the kid aspect. This rooster wasn't the least bit afraid of Buster and actually ran toward the enclosure and pecked him on the nose. In spite of that Buster didn't budge either and if the fence wasn't there, it would have been a pretty good fight ... but Butster most likely would have lost. Don't know for sure but I know places in Texas where a lot of money would have ben bet on the outcome ...