Wine on Wednesday

We have been known to have a tipple with dinner, not just on a Wednesday, but whenever we feel like a drop.

Most of the wines we consume at home come via Qantas Wine. Others find their way to our door via a local  grog shop or with a generous visitor. We are partial to bubbles, dry whites and rose. On occasion we may be tempted with a glass of red. We have been known to accompany a meal in a restaurant or cruise ship with wine. Family celebrations are often accompanied by a glass or two of bubbly.

I often take photos of the bottles we empty so that we can seek them out at a later date. Following are a some snaps of  wine we have sampled this year. 

Birthday Bubbles

Dinner at the Toronto Hotel

Pre-flight Bubbles - Sydney

Californian Rose in Japan

On Board Regent Seven Seas Explorer

Bubbles by the Backyard

Celebrating with cousins - Hamilton Island

Sparkling Rose, Hamilton Island

Frogs on Friday

 I just hopped into my photo archive to find a few snaps of Kermit's mates.

Hiding in the grass- Bali, Indonesia

Camouflaged in Pungalina, Northern Territory, Australia

Sign in a Museum - Baradine, NSW, Australia

Enjoying the sunshine in Bali, Indonesia

Old frog - Heraklia, Turkey

Sugimoto Shrine, Japan

Mural, Valariso, Chile

Frog's cousin, a Toad in Seven Spirit Bay, Arnhem Land, Australia

Bicycles - Not just for riding

 Now that I've recovered for the 2025 AtoZ Blogging Challenge I feel like posting some more snaps taken on my travels. 

Among my collection of Bicycle Snaps are several that may not be used as a means of transport. Following are some snaps of riderless bikes.

Looking down on Kotor from a mountain in Montenegro

Decorating a canal in Amsterdam

An exhibit at the Jameson Warehouse in Cork, Ireland

Outside a shop in Hoi An, Vietnam

Exhibit at Cawdor Castle in Scotland

Perhaps it was a delivery vehicle - Lucca, Italy

Pink Panther has lost his way in Castletown on the Isle of Man

Sky high - Castletown, Isle of Man

Wismar, Germany

Lucca, Italy

Perhaps someone rides this - Kilkenny, Ireland

Advertising - St Tropez, France

Bakery Bike - Lacock, England

Flower filled - Chelsea garden Show, England

Riderless for the moment - Poperinge, Belgium

In the foyer - Intercontinental Hotel, Shangai, China

May Reading

Considering that I had a little holiday at the beginning of May I'm quite satisfied with the results of my reading this month. I'm also pleased that my four Libby accounts supply me with plenty of free reading matter. I also read a couple of local history books which are not in the Goodreads database, I'll have to rectify that. 

I'm still on track to finish the Goodreads 2025 Challenge. 

My progress in the Goodreads Challenge

Here are the covers of some of the books I read. The only one that was a disappointment was Convict Orphans.