Well, here we are … the eve our our first Pruning Party. Actually it’s a sucker removal party, but we didn’t think there would be much of a turnout if we called it a Sucker Party. . . “Welcome to our vineyard, SUCKERS!”  Ha, no.

We THINK we’re organized. That goodness for Dan & Linda who have done it before and are leading the way. We have our thoughts together on the initial training part; we have the spaghetti sauce and salad dressing prepared; bread and wines bought.

The first glitch is that the lead guitar player of the 3 piece combo cannot make it, so that leaves us with a bass guitar and drums. They don’t carry much for tunes. Linda and I may have to fall back on the karaoke machine, as we did promise “live” music!

Just discovered that Dan & Linda had the t-shirts made – which is a wonderful gift from them to us for doing this. They are absolutely marvelous people and have become great friends through the vineyard connection.

We will be keeping you posted as to how it all goes off in the morning. Still need to buy fresh muffins for coffee before the pruning begins. Until then, cheers!