A Lovely Day at the Meadows

This past Saturday we had such a beautiful day at the Vineyard that I had to shoot photos and tell all about it. First, it was a "classic" Missouri fall day... not too warm, nice in the sunshine, light breeze... the works! Next, we had some really great visitors at the winery. We hosted our first ever BOOK group! It was wonderful. They brought snacks, had a wine tasting, and then spent about 3 hrs or so discussing their book of the month while laughing and sipping wine. Very mellow, totally neat and what an obviously great group of friends! We are hoping they'll come back again for a repeat... however, the weather was amazing and something we told them was made to order for their day!
Later in the day, our son-in-law, Leon, brought out his youth from St. Charles. They came for "fun on the farm" night... and we had a bonfire, roasted hotdogs, did the classic s'mores... and discovered that creative teens can make croquet a hilarious sport when they really put their minds to it! Again, what a fun bunch to have hanging out with us at the farm!
Finally, our neighbor did some haying across the lane, which made for a chance to get some rather "scenic" and idyllic photos of the farm from out on the lane... I love the look of the round bales in the fields. All in all... a great Saturday!

The book club ladies!

The croquet champions start their match!

Brad Rogers supervises the bonfire!