Moyer Vineyard and Restaurant

Good morning,

This is a continuation of yesterday's post about our road trip on Scenic Highway US Route 52, East of Cincinnati.  That's our destination up ahead, Moyer Vineyard and Restaurant.

We pulled into the lot next to the restaurant near the old barn...

...and the vineyard.

 We couldn't have had a more beautiful day for our visit.  We planned to ask for a table on the outside of the restaurant, on the second floor to the right in this image.  From there we would have a great view of the river.

 I turned around to take this picture.  Now you can see the barn, the vineyard, and the Ohio River.

 We went inside and learned there were no tables available on the outside, but one would be available in a few minutes.  The hostess said we could walk around the vineyard which we were happy to do.

 Soon we would be seated along the rail about in the center,

 but in the meantime we went exploring.

 This covered patio is used for private parties and wedding receptions.  What a beautiful place for wedding pictures, too.

 The vineyard extends to the other side of the restaurant, too.

 Across the river is Northern Kentucky.

 What a beautiful place.

 Tomorrow I will have more images from inside the restaurant.

All the best,
Lois

Linking to Rural Thursdays

Linking to Barn Charm.

Country Drive - US Route 52

Good morning,

Here we go again for a country drive.  We're on our way East of Cincinnati on US Route 52.  We crossed the "Big Mac" bridge at Cincinnati and headed into Kentucky...

...then after a few miles going around a "loop" in Northern Kentucky crossed the Ohio River once again...

...near Riverbend, the summer home of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, where the Interstate crosses US Route 52, and Ohio Scenic Highway along the river.

It wasn't long before we were on the country road with plenty of sights to see.  That's a tobacco barn with the tobacco all hung to dry.  Sadly, I had some reflections because of the position of the sun.

Notice how the power line poles are leaning.  The hill is obviously shifting to the right, toward the river.

 We remember seeing this old place along the river a long time ago.  It appears the roof has been replaced, but most the vines on the walls are untouched.

 There are more and more quilt barns in Ohio now, too.  We first noticed them in Kentucky quite a few years ago.

 We drove through numerous small towns.

 Many of them were once quite active little towns.  Now many buildings are boarded up. 

 So, on we went into the countryside along the river. 

We are on our way to have a lovely lunch at a vineyard restaurant.  More images to come.  I hope you'll join us.

All the best,
Lois

Happy Birthday to David

Good morning,

David, our grandson, celebrated his 14th birthday recently and we were happy to be there to help him celebrate.  His parents didn't tell him that they were taking him to a favorite restaurant near our home.

Outside is another of our decorated Cincinnati pigs.  ;)

The restaurant gave us our own room - perhaps because we had so many children in the group?

 David was thrilled when he discovered we were here to celebrate his birthday.

 He's into fun t-shirts so he got plenty of them.

 He REALLY wanted a special computer game system so Grandpa and I made that possible.  Yes, I blanked out that check in the picture for obvious reasons.  The camera was just too good and I could read the details.

 The rest of the family continued eating and looked on as more presents were opened....

 Ahhh, new earphones!

 And, finally, more threads.  :)

 It all got to be too much for little brother, Alex.  :)

 Finally!  Cake!

 How cool!  Different flavors of cake and cupcakes so everyone can have a favorite.

 Happy Birthday, David!  You're growing up to be such a fine young man.

Love you,
Grandma

Dog Show Ribbons

Good morning,

Almost every weekend our daughter, Catherine, shows our two canine athletes, Penny and Erik, in American Kennel Club Agility Trials.  These ribbons are from two of those recent weekends.

The ribbons above were from a weekend at Derby City Club in Louisville.  The ribbons below are from an AKC dog club in Hamilton, Ohio.  The ribbons below are from a large show, with more than 50 dogs in Penny's class.  Penny had a perfect weekend of qualifying 7 out of 7 runs.  "Qualifying" means the runs count toward titles.

When the dogs first started competing several years ago, we began displaying the their ribbons on the baby grand piano in the living room.  Now there are so many they are carefully cataloged in file cabinets.  To display them, we will have to build a new room onto the house!

 I got the images together for this post and before I could post it, Catherine took the dogs to another weekend of shows.  This show was sponsored by Canine Performance Events (CPE).  The ribbons above are Erik's and the ribbons below are Penny's all from the same weekend events.  Erik is just getting into all of this and totally delivered the WOW this weekend with that first place ribbon. 

Congratulations to our daughter Catherine who is the trainer and handler and for Penny and Erik.  We are so proud of all of them!

:)),
Lois

Linking to Things in a Row.

Ohio Barns

Good morning,

Here are some images from another of our mini road trips in Southern Ohio.

Some of these barns are hard to capture while My Honey is traveling at 70 mph.  ;)

But, I managed to get this one this time.

 Sometimes I'm not so lucky and just get a blur...

 

 ...or I try to snap too many too fast and the last one ends up of my knees.  ;)

 But, it all pays off when I can get some good shots. 

 See that home up there?  That is the one where I keep trying to get a good shot of the cookhouse with the matching roof.  Today, to add even more interest there's a school bus in the picture.  *sigh*

This has been a fun drive.  It's always a challenge to get some different views into my camera. 

I hope you've enjoyed riding along with us.

All the best,
Lois

Ohio State Buckeyes

Good morning,

For those here expecting to find a football team, my apologies.

;),
Lois

Linking to Shadow Shot Sunday 2.

Roses and Breakfast

Good morning,

As most people know, I just LOVE flowers, especially roses.  My Honey pulled into the florist parking lot the other day and bought these for me.  No special reason, he is just a sweetheart.  :)  So precious!

And, while praising the sweetheart I married, here's what he made for breakfast the other day from the leftovers from the filet mignon dinner he made the night before.  In place of eggs, I finished off the salad and still called it breakfast.  :)  The filet was quite rare the way we love it, but you can't see it in this image.  Oh, yum!

It's my turn to cook again!  ;)

All the best,
Lois