The Perfect Wine with Fish?

White, of course!

Dustin and I had tuna sandwiches for lunch, and in keeping with that, sipped Chardonnay at beer thirty. Up to bat was 2007 Clos du Bois North County.

Too bad we couldn’t have drunk the wine with the sandwiches, or nibbled the sandwiches with the wine; another day perhaps.


Clos du Bois
Geyserville, CA
http://clodubois.com/

The Inaugural 2009 (Public) Deck Sit

It got a bit warmer today than yesterday, and was still quite nice at beer thirty, so we trouped out to the deck and reclined. Ahhhh!

Dustin brought back strawberries, a bottle of goji juice with citrus, and a bottle of Girasole Vineyards’ 2007 Chard from lunch and tucked them all in the reefer. At beer thirty, he poured about half-a-Chimay-glass worth of chardonnay, a couple of splashes of goji, and two or so sliced-up strawberries. My!! Very interesting! and very tasty!

The Inaugural 2009 Beer Thirty on the Deck

We didn’t do much sitting, so it’s not a Deck Sit yet…

Belgian was speaking, so Belgian it was, Affligem Dubbel. Interesting stuff. It’s quite dry, if you can call Belgian ale dry; not at all sweet, but certainly not hoppy. Curtis liked it pretty well; I’m pretty sure I do. I’ll just have to get another bottle, eh?

Their importer, Star Brand Imports, characterizes the Dubbel as “sweet”; I worry about what they’d call ”dry”.

Affligem’s Web site starts out with monks (presumably) chanting; very nice!

Meanwhile, Dustin was enjoying 2006 Folie à Deux Zinfandel from Amador County; the winery itself is Napa Valley-based, however. Dustin was quite happy with the Zin, as was I, having snuck a glass last night.

The Inaugural 2008 (Private) Deck Sit

Tonight was the night!!

Got to sit on the deck with the husband and admire the view and weather whilst the sun went down. Looked over some stain/sealer/caulking brochures, and a good time was had by all, including Glenkerry.

A glass of wine, the furry dog, and thou! Aaaah!

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The Inaugural 2008 (Public) Deck Sit

About the time Steve was knocking off work tonight, the topic of conversation turned to beer, as in Steve’s asking, “You have any around here, Mo!?”

Do I have any beer around? Oh, please!! A couple of bottles of Sierra Nevada 2006 Celebration Ale came out of the reefer and into the glasses and out we proceeded to the deck. It’s been in the low- to mid-70s during the day most of the week, so it wasn't at all uncomfortable.

We chatted about this and that, and were all quite impressed with the solar-charged night lights that Bob and I picked up at Home Depot last night.

Family, friends, a glass of good beer, doesn’t get much better…

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The Inaugural 2007 (Indy) Deck Sit

We went to Joe’s Crab Shack for dinner tonight. It was quite pleasant out, so we sat on the deck. Good choice!! And the food was good, of course.

They serve their strawberry daquiris in tall cylindrical glasses, with NO whipped cream! I’m gonna have to try one the next time we’re there.

The Inaugural 2004 Dock Sit

Springtime must be here; summer must be on the way…

Aaaaaaah!

Most pleasant it was, sitting on the dock with the Bear, a glass of wine, the Beards, and the koi in the pond! Even though it wasn’t a regular food day, Bob thought I should go ahead and throw some sticks; they were STARVED, of course!!

It got to 80° today…

Gaudete Sunday

And what shade did you say Father’s vestments were?

Today is Gaudete Sunday, the 3rd Sunday of Advent, a reminder of the joy and wonder upcoming, in the midst of Advent’s preparations. Purple (violet?) is the seasonal color, but today’s color is rose. Fr Paul tells us that the color comes from the combining the purple of Advent with the white of Christmas. He also pointed out that his vestments, which had come from St Michael, weren’t exactly the most wonderful shade of rose (they were pank, actually), but we got the drift...

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Gaudete Sunday, Third Sunday of Advent
Liturgical Color: Rose
Themes & Motives: rejoice, joy, preparation, coming, glory, splendor,
John the Baptist

Gaudete Sunday By Br. James Thompson, O.P.
http://www.newman-asu.org/lit_corner/lit_gaudetesunday.html

You have noticed the rose-colored candle in the Advent wreath, but do you know why one is rose while the others are purple? The color rose is only occasionally used liturgically, and it represents joy. Halfway through the otherwise muted season of Advent, we express the joyful aspect of anticipating the Lord’s coming. You can hear the theme of joy and rejoicing throughout the readings and prayers in the Mass.

The third Sunday in Advent was nicknamed “Gaudete Sunday” long ago. Gaudete means ‘rejoice!’ in Latin, and is the first word in the Latin Mass for that day. If you look up the “entrance antiphon” in a missalette, you will see that it starts out: “Rejoice in the Lord always!” In the Latin that would read Gaudete in Domino semper! Today we usually sing an opening hymn rather than recite or chant the entrance antiphon, but the theme of rejoicing is no less conspicuous now on Gaudete Sunday than in the past.

Is there a counterpart to Gaudete Sunday in Lent? Yes, there is. Halfway through Lent we celebrate what is traditionally called “Laetare Sunday.” As in Advent, we take a mid-term break from the somberness of the season for joyous anticipation. Laetare Sunday also takes its name from the entrance antiphon of the day, whose first word is a Latin synonym also meaning “rejoice” or “be joyful.” This is the other time you may see liturgical use of the color rose.

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Gaudete Sunday (full article available at):
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06394b.htm

The third Sunday of Advent, so called from the first word of the Introit at Mass (Gaudete, i.e., Rejoice). The season of Advent originated as a fast of forty days in preparation for Christmas, commencing on the day after the feast of St. Martin (12 November), whence it was often called “St. Martin’s Lent” -- a name by which it was known as early as the fifth century.

The introduction of the Advent fast cannot be placed much earlier, because there is no evidence of Christmas being kept on 25 December before the end of the fourth century (Duchesne, “Origines du culte chrétien”, Paris, 1889), and the preparation for the feast could not have been of earlier date than the feast itself. In the ninth century, the duration of Advent was reduced to four weeks, the first allusion to the shortened season being in a letter of St. Nicholas I (858-867) to the Bulgarians, and by the twelfth century the fast had been replaced by simple abstinence. St. Gregory the Great was the first to draw up an Office for the Advent season, and the Gregorian Sacramentary is the earliest to provide Masses for the Sundays of Advent. In both Office and Mass provision is made for five Sundays, but by the tenth century four was the usual number, though some churches of France observed five as late as the thirteenth century.


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