Next stop: Evora. We climbed to the roof of the cathedral, visited an ossuary, and did a lot of people watching.

Posted on April 14, 2023

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Yesterday, Heather and I made a day trip to the Alentejo region of Portugal. First stop: Herdade do Rocim winery in Cuba to learn about amphora wines. The wines were nice, but we both agreed that the wines weren’t as aromatic as we are used to. #wine (Vila de Frades, Beja, Portugal)

Posted on April 14, 2023

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✅ Ceiling is done! All knotty pine is installed.

Next step is electrical, but that will have to wait for a few weeks #wine #ProjectWineCellar

Posted on April 2, 2023

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✅ Walls 3 and 4 complete, with zero boards to spare. ?

Tomorrow I plan to at least get started on the ceiling. #wine #ProjectWineCellar

Two walls sided with tongue-and-groove knotty pine. The left wall has a cutout for a cooling unit. The far wall has rough framing for a doorway. All those cuts made these two walls take twice as long as the first two.

Posted on April 1, 2023

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I got 2¾ walls sided before calling it a weekend. Next weekend I’ll finish the walls and do the ceiling. #wine #ProjectWineCellar

Posted on March 26, 2023

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✅ Second wall sided with tongue-and-groove knotty pine #wine #ProjectWineCellar

Posted on March 25, 2023

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✅ First wall sided with tongue-and-groove knotty pine. #wine #ProjectWineCellar

The back wall of a soon-to-be wine cellar sided with unstained knotty pine, hung so boards run horizontally.

Posted on March 25, 2023

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St. Patrick’s Day themed pretzels for tonight’s party. (Plus a few extra for quality control!)

Pretzel rods, dipped in white chocolate and decorated with green sprinkles, cooling on parchment paper. At the edge of the photo are a few broken pretzel rods, dipped in white chocolate, but undecorated.

Posted on March 4, 2023

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