Napa Beauty

~Napa Valley Beauty

Last year my bride of over 3 decades and I spent a few days in Napa Valley, although I couldn't tell you where we stayed, where we ate, or the names of most of the various places we visited. I know we stayed someplace in one of the several Napa Valley towns. I know we dined out 3 times a day and visited a few different wineries while there. We road on an old train and walked around the streets of several small towns in the area. And, we had a great time-that I do remember.

My bride is a different story when it comes to remembering detail. She can recall with clarity the specifics about all these places, including the names of most of the restaurants we visited and probably the names of the streets they occupied.  She has many virtues and one of them is a good memory for detail. It's one of several reasons I like her to go along when I go places. I also like to take her picture in front of cool buildings when I see them. I thought the building in the above picture was camera worthy, especially with my Sweet Baby in the foreground. The stone wall and the moss covered board fence that ran between the storefront and sidewalk added to the quality of this particular frame. I thought it was cool that her blouse and earrings went nicely with the flowers in the background-although to be forthcoming I'm sure I didn't even realize that at the time.

All I can take credit for here is for having an eye for what I thought would make a good picture and for actually having taken the picture with my Nikon D5500: or is it a D5000---I can't remember. When I get home tonight, I'm going to ask my bride. She'll not only know what model my camera is...she'll probably remember when and where I bought it.