a weekend in El Dorado county...

visiting J & J's place in Fairplay (near Placerville), yourstruly spent a very pleasant afternoon hanging out at two fine wineries, those folks at Shadow Ranch who always make us feel like friends, and our first visit to TooGood was made all the more memorable by meeting some really nice people from Hawaii who accompanied us during the barrel tasting, hosted by Seth (Thanks, Seth!) whose generousity (well, it ain't like it was his wine, right?) was greatly appreciated.

that pic up there is ms Judy herowndarnself, feeding a baby possum, one of the four five survivors of a litter of nine ten. She and her pals do good work under the guise of Sierra Wildlife Rescue