There have been drought years in the past that have not drawn the lake down as low as it is now. There are those that estimate that San Luis Reservoir will reach its all time lowest level in history by … Continue reading
I got some bad news today. I had 100 mls of my wine analyzed and received my finished Wine Panel Results today. Everything seemed OK except for my Fructose concentrations that were off the map. Normally the glucose to fructose … Continue reading
I was actually thankful that it was blowing like a hurricane at San Luis Reservoir or I wouldn’t have had the day to catch up with the winemaking. I did the second racking of the the 20 gallons of Zin … Continue reading
The last couple weeks have been a roller coaster Wind ride. The hot days, cool nights and morning fog makes the wind build in the afternoon and go all night. Ive noticed lately that once the temperature at the lake … Continue reading
Mark’s Girlfriend–Phoebe Hsieh–graduated from Leland High School today and impressed the crowd with her excellent commencement speech. Rumor has it that Apple Stock took a late rally after her endorsement of the IPHONE 5 and beyond. Congratulations Phoebe from the … Continue reading
My beautiful niece, Megan, graduated from Bret Harte Middle school today. Megan only received 3 B’s at Bret Harte and two of them were in PE. I have a feeling she is going to do great at Leland. Congratulations! We … Continue reading
Phoebe and Mark at the last prom I will ever photograph (maybe). The Pre Prom photo shoot was at the beautiful Boulder Ridge Golf course down the road. Phoebe will be giving the Commencement address this Wednesday at the Leland … Continue reading
Now that Mark is fully engaged at U of O through the summer, with his two jobs, and summer EMT classes, I miss fishing with him at our annual family trout fishing trip with Wayne’s family and ours. For the … Continue reading
Dr Wai Yun Syn 1932-2013 I think it was the late 80′s when my Uncle Yun, the last of my dad’s generation of Syn Brothers that fished was diagnosed with Cardiomegaly and given only a few years to live. It … Continue reading
So in a day , what seemed to be the ultimate goal, has come and past. It was a hopeful wish the day she was born, a landmark that I planned my retirement around, and a source of anxiety as … Continue reading
It wasn’t a bad day considering we almost cancelled the fishing at 6 AM because the wind lady said it was howling 18 mph. We decided that a day off deserved a chance and ended up heading over to the … Continue reading
It was a great day on the lake today. The weather may have been too good – slight overcast with heat and no wind. The algae is happy and my boat trailer looks Irish. Everybody was out today in force … Continue reading
