Giant Head Estate Winery

06/12/2026

Especially the Pinot Noir.

05/13/2026

May Flowers.

05/01/2026

02/03/2026

Well, December 18th, 2025 we had a bit of a storm in the Okanagan. My grandson’s trampoline blue 100 yards through the air and landed in the middle of gevertztraminer block, the portable garage covering the 14 picking bins full of nets, blew into bits and worst The roof blew off the cabana.

The good news is the cabana roof has been repaired and we look forward to serving food on the patio again this summer.

01/31/2026

London’s Hyde Park, A fantastic Turner at the National Gallery, Greystoke Mansion and a beautiful house with dewdrops in the Lake District.

01/26/2026

I have a reasonable fear of being late for trains, especially when I have purchased non-refundable tickets.
Today’s train ride jitters was compounded by a last minute rush because I realized I had forgotten to put a commercial invoice on the box of wine that I was shipping to Decanter. I rushed to get the required paperwork filled, printed and attached to the box of wine that was awaiting pickup some 500 meters away. And because I was rushing, I lost my way and somehow my 15 minute solution turned into a 45 minute problem. Thank goodness for map AP’s.

After collecting my bags, I arrived at Victoria Station hu***ng my 70lb suitcase, my 35lb carry on, and my bulging backpack; anxious and not confident that the Victoria train station was also Victoria Metro!

After locating someone official, I ask ‘Is the Victoria Metro Station near here’?
Indeed it is, he replied, look behind you sir.

I got onto the correct metro platform, jumping on the first train convinced that it was the correct one….then second guessed myself, realizing I had NO room for error. Indeed I was said the foreign gentleman by the door, Euston station is 3 stops away. Being crammed like a sardine I could not read the map on the train’s inside wall indicating the stations and thus my progress.

And after 3 stops…..PANIC…not Euston…OMG.

So I asked the short man beside me who was buried deep within his ghastly black faux fur cloak, all the while bumping into him accidentally with my rolling 100 pounds of apparent inexcusable effrontery, ‘excuse me but can you tell me if this train is going to Euston Station’?

No, he replied, you have to get off right now and go to the opposite platform, you missed your stop”

Damn I thought, I’ve surely missed my train now.

And just before I leapt out of the train like the broken panicked person I had morphed into, a beautiful woman with long flowing blond hair, smiling with kindness and some amusement said, ‘ No, don’t get off the train, it’s the next stop!’

Suffice it to say I arrived 15 minutes early, very sweaty but mostly grateful for the Angels who take care of me.

01/23/2026

12/14/2025

12/14/2025

Red sky in the morning,
Sailors take warning!