Another Day and Another Pool Party

Day 4 of the Labor Day holiday weekend and another Pool Party. This time its a friend of Leslie's and the pool was at her mothers house. Her husband works for Tesla so I learnt a bit about the Electric Car business in California. The kids had a fabulous time and worked on diving techniques.

The host had a lovely dog who would steel your food given half a chance but it was done with such grace and style you could not be angry at him. 

A year ago Elliot was not keen on the pool but private swimming lessons have given him great confidence and now he is loving it and jumping in without any bother. As a non swimmer I get very envious.

Eleanor must have spent 3 hours in the pool and will certainly sleep tonight as she swam many lengths and dived in  dozens of times

The pool was a bit different from last nights one as it is much older.

Tommy also honing his diving skills

Elliot loves spending time with their neighbour Kelly 

Eleanor with neighbours Mallory and her brother William

The Graham Clan

Sunday Lunchtime at Wrights Station Winery

It was suggested by Fraser's neighbour Kelly that we should attend this Winery near Los Gatos on Sunday morning so a very pleasant short drive into the mountains took us to Wrights Station Winery. It was a lovely morning although the sun was not shining.  

We had 7 wines to taste so the time passed very quickly and each one seemed to taste better than the last. Leslie with her neighbours Kelly and Brad and daughter Emily 

Gaye with her first and last wine. 

Elliot enjoying his picnic 

The Graham and Lear family enjoying their wine tasting

The area in between the vines is very wet and in places extremely muddy. The winter in California has been very wet and the road to this winery has been closed several times due to landslips caused by flooding. It is hoped that there will be no more flooding but the snow melt will cause problems as the reservoirs are full and there is record snow levels in the mountains so more flooding might happen.