I am over the hill this week from one of my fellow bloggers from Texas, http://kiwsparks.wordpress.com/2012/06/10/san-francisco-fabulous-as-always/#comment-6552
Kathryn is enjoying the sights and sounds of the San Francisco city…..the link above will show you what she is up to. I am over on the eastside of the Bay, over the hill from Oakland in Livermore. My niece, Karen was married last night at a beautiful winery, Rios Lovell Winery; rios-lovellwinery.com. It was warm for Livermore folks but for this Texas lad it was so nice. It made feel at home when a hen turkey strutted out from vineyards and played hide and seek with my niece’s son Will.
Will’s turkey on a trot.
The ceremony was brief and to the point! Eleven minutes and forty-two seconds! Plus or minus a little. It was Two young people exchanging vows they had written for each other and that made it very real and very special. A light breeze during the ceremony and then off to the picture-taking marathon!
Beautiful setting to exchange vows.
Across the street were vistas of vineyards and sun-kissed hills to the south and east. Livermore is gaining a great reputation for wines that has superceded its recognition as home to the national lab located here. The old downtown has been revitalized and made very pedestrian friendly. See wrongly posted beer blog by a techno dummy!
A look toward the south-east from the Rios Lovell winery.
TTFN
Bishop
From My Backyard 
Jun 13, 2012 @ 09:21:45
Now I’m the one travelling vicariously through yours and Kathryn’s blogs 🙂
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Jun 15, 2012 @ 02:09:08
I have now left the cool and foggy confines of the San Francisco area and headed south to my original home town of Bakersfield California. Out picking grapefruit from my mother-in-law’s tree today. 92 degrees here, just like Houston but with a wonderful difference 10% humidity here vs 80% + in Houston.
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Jul 05, 2012 @ 05:25:24
Now I finally get to see what you were up to ‘over on the other side’! Sounds like a very lovely wedding, and yes, we really scored big on the mild-but-fabulous weather out there, didn’t we! Thank you for the kind shout-out, my friend. 🙂
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Jul 05, 2012 @ 14:50:31
I loved the the string of comments from my North Texas friend! I have been working and traveling too much lately but my daughter has been very faithful. She sends me a an iPhone update regularly! Thanks for taking the time to get caught up and pat me on the back.
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