Thursday, November 12, 2020
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom
2016 Presidential Medal of Freedom goes to those girls who code...
United States Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, a pioneer in computer programming
Margaret Hamilton, lead software engineer for the Apollo Program
Monday, November 21, 2016
Rise of the Rocket Girls
The Rocket Girls ready to work.
Worth a read, for sure.
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Photos from travel to France: Paris & Bordeaux, Part II
interesting light fixture made of grapevine, wine labels & corks
Bazas cattle
Vintage wine production equipment
Graves terroir
In earlier times, wine was transported on the Gironde River by boat.
cooperage
Many vintage bottles in the wine library
special device for pouring from a magnum
Spire in Bordeaux
Aubusson carpet
Potager garden at Smith-Haute-Lafitte
Potager garden II
Pottage garden III
Friday, November 4, 2016
Photos from travel to France: Paris & Bordeaux, Part I
a château with ionic columns
beautiful architecture and gardens at the châteaux
Lunch hamper full of tasty items
Delicate porcelain dinnerware at Château Haute Bailly
A view of Paris from the clock at Musée d'Orsay
The Tricolore, flag of France
gorgeous clock inside the Musée d'Orsay, originally a train station
Wines stacked and awaiting shipment from within Millesima.
Spitting is acceptable at wine tastings in France.
stainless steel vats
espaliered pear
wine tasting flight
vineyards everywhere the eye can see
Concrete vats
the optical sorter: technology to select the very best grapes frown production
view from our hotel in St. Émillion
model of the Statue of Liberty in the Musée d'Orsay
Many center sections of the wine barrels are stained with the skins of the grapes.
Bird's eye view of St. Emillion
a stained glass panel depicting the medieval method of "stomping of the grapes", a primitive form of pigeage.
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