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August 22, 2005
vineyard visit
And now, a rare entry from Tonya:
What a fun weekend -- oh-so-short, but one of the highlights was definitely our visit to Notaviva Vineyards and of course to the House of Mackey to visit Shannon and new baby Tristan Mackey!
The vineyard was beautiful -- Stephen and Shannon's work has been such an inspiration. Talk about blood, sweat, and tears -- they are starting from scratch to fulfill their dream of opening a vineyard/winery in Northern Virginia. Their property is breathtaking -- Stephen gave us a tour of the fenced-in 8 acres of grapevines that will be their first crop area -- with the first load of grapes set for next season. We had NO idea what it takes to know and DO to make this a reality but they are doing it! The highlight of the day for Graham was seeing Stephen's tractor, which was missing a wheel (unfortunately for Stephen, since it prevented him from mowing). Even into the evening Graham was talking about the tractor.
And baby Tristan is a doll! So cute and cuddly! What proud parents are the Mackeys. We really enjoyed visiting with them and all agreed we need to get the old trusecure group together again soon!
Posted by rklause at August 22, 2005 1:12 PM