Winter Wine-der Land

The air was crisp and cool, the sunlight delightfully warm, and the wine wonderful. Winter seemed to have retreated to the mountain tops and was welcome to stay there. If we cared to see snow again, we would prefer to drive to it or, better yet, just look at it from a distance. #sidereuswinery #winterContinue reading “Winter Wine-der Land”

Clouds in the Hood

The plane departed Portland International Airport and climbed quickly through the overcast. Its path took us south of Mount Hood with its late-summer slopes frocked with clouds and its peak nearly devoid of snow. How strange it looked without the snow and ice mantle that we had been accustomed to seeing. Though quiescent at thisContinue reading “Clouds in the Hood”

Well, This Ain’t Gonna Fly!

Seated just behind the wing, I took this photo and thought: There’s no way they are taking off like this. I waited for the announcement of delay due to deicing, but it never came. The plane left the gate and taxied towards the runway; en route to the deicing bay, I thought. Soon all airportContinue reading “Well, This Ain’t Gonna Fly!”