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Continue reading →: SimplicityI am not really a Luddite. Having created or been a major investor in more than one IT company I certainly do promote and profit from technology. But I also do appreciate simplicity. And I love old things. Just because something is old does not mean it is inferior. Take,…
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Continue reading →: Signs Spring Is ComingBulbs are pushing out of the soil. Roses are showing new leaf growth. Buds are swelling on Lilac bushes. And piles of vine cuttings are appearing in vineyard rows. Update: And a day after I made this post, on March 1st, we had our almond trees start blooming:
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Continue reading →: Down TimeMid February is an odd time of the year. It is too late to trim most fruit trees as they are by now starting to push buds for the start of spring next month and their sap is flowing. And it is too early to trim the vines as late…
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Continue reading →: An Icy Start To FebruaryCold. And with a bit of rain. Together it made for ice everywhere last night and today. The road to our house was, in effect, a skating rink. At least it could have been if it were not a slope. And said incline made walking up the road last night…
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Continue reading →: Good Wine Needs No BushOr in the Latin version: Vino vendibili suspensa hedera non opus est. Many of you may have heard this saying (at least in the English version). But what do wine and bushes have in common? As a simplistic synopsis, it was a simple form of advertisement. Taverns (or public houses)…
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Continue reading →: “Elado” means “For Sale”Traveling around the countryside in Hungary you will often see “ELADO” signs which indicate a property if for sale. Usually you will see a run down property if you are really in a rural area outside a village. The rural real estate market in Hungary is depressed. There has been…
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Continue reading →: The Wine ThiefNo, I don’t mean someone who pilfers wine. A wine thief is a glass tool for sampling wine from a barrel. Some small wineries here will let you sample their wine directly from a barrel, and many will use a wine thief to get the wine. Yes, this exposes the…
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Continue reading →: House Renovations – Episode 127: A MilestoneFinally. We have had our house in Hungary for over 13 years. And today, one of the final puzzle pieces in our renovation was completed: the water gutters in the front of the house over our porch and over the cellar entrance were installed. I know, I know. To you,…
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