Just got back from another 2 week stay. The vineyard is growing “vigorously”, meaning we are having to prune it a lot. Many of the cordon shoots have grown into the adjacent plants and we have needed to roll them back the other direction on the top wire.Laurel used the drone to get a good view of how it now looks.
The lake is now about 20″ below the spillway and a small island has appeared in front of the ranch house. We have a large soft shelled turtle which quickly claimed it as his preferred sunning spot.
The porch is always full of baby coons now, including “Jabba” (named after the Star Wars character due to her immense belly) and three of her offspring.
Looks like we will be home for 8 days before heading back. No doubt there will be some hungry coons looking for our return.