A Day With The Ponies

Saturday we went to watch our very first Polo game with our buddies John and Ruth. Of course Jim had to get a picture of John taking a picture of something. So I just had to share. Hey it's not like he's doing anything embarrassing and we had to laugh that Jim decided to take the picture.

I normally don't like to do duplicate posts, but I didn't put all the pictures up on our site. I didn't even realize there was a Polo Club here in Rhode Island. I guess that was silly of me since the rich have been summering here forever. This weekend the home team played Scotland. That's right a team from Scotland came all the way out here to play. The horses were from here. I had asked the question earlier.

This is as close as your going to get with me taking photos of these horses. As lovely and graceful as they are, I'm still keeping my distance. Still got that fear! We were close enough that while sitting on the ground you could feel them galloping by.

It was a lovely day. The temperature reached somewhere in the mid 70s and there was a slight breeze. It was a good excuse to shoot the breeze with friends. Chris and Ruth seemed to have found something amusing in this photo.

Although I still don't know all of the rules to Polo, John and Ruth were more than happy to explain things as they happened. The chukas, or innings, were fairly short and the game went pretty quickly.

Theo had lots of fun visiting with everyone and trying to get into everything. He even had a friend or two to socialize with.

There was even a group of bagpipers that marched on the field. I'm not sure Theo was all that impressed with it. Heidi on the other hand did try to dance to it. This shot is while they were practicing, that's why it's so close up.

And, of course, I can't do this post without showing off my hubby being a brat. We thought this was pretty funny actually. Luckily our friends have a sense of humor or Ruth might have knocked him into next Tuesday.

While Heidi and Julie enjoyed these cherries the adults imbibed in alcoholic beverages. I brought a bottle of Rosato and wished I had brought another. At least I know what I need to bring next time around. And believe me there will be a next time.

Of course you have to see the final score. It got kind of close there at the end. It was a very pleasant experience. I even went out to 'turn over divots' although there weren't any left to turn over when I got there. And we laughed hysterically at all the dogs running around eating the steaming divots. Yuck! At the end of the day it was very easy to get out of the parking area and there was even a police officer guiding traffic so you could get out on the main road. Very cool.

In celebration of receiving our new washer and dryer the hubby and I went to our newest favorite watering hole Coddington Brewery. I see a pattern starting here. In celebration of St. Patrick's Day they had two special beers Lucky Lager, the green one, and Irish Red Ale (You guessed it the red one.). Both are quite tasty. In fact we got a growler of the Lucky Lager to take home, since it won't be here for long.

St. Patrick's Day seems to be a big thing here. Could be because we're so close to Boston. We didn't go to the parade because it was raining and I had a back log of laundry to do. And am still doing.

Ah well, back to reality.

And So It Begins

I know I normally rave about wine, but we've moved locals and I haven't found a winery. Yet. Give me time, I will find something I'm sure. Nothing to replace Ingleside, but something that will be okay. Besides I know my favorite winery can ship to me. And recently a friend asked me if I'd opened a bottle of my favorite wine. Seeing as I only have one bottle of Ingleside Rosato di Sangiovese I'm saving it for when my buddy John is over so he can try it with us. This leads me to the picture above. Big ain't it?

Coddington Brewery is just across the way from us and they have some tasty beer. Yeah Steve I'm quoting you here. We've fallen in love with some of there beers. This can lead to trouble for us. But at least we can stumble home. So as a reward for us tonight, hey it's been a rough week, I went out and got us something called a growler. It's sixty-four ounces of their micro-brew. We chose the Vienna Lager. If you click on the title you will be taken to Coddington Brewery's website. And hey! Feel free to leave comments.

Light Weight!

So the hubby and I decided to have a black and tan tonight. The dog looked a little too interested so the hubby let him try a lick off his finger. He really seemed to enjoy it. He was chewing it. So we poured a little in a bowl for him. He'd lick it clean and look at us for more. What a booze hound! He may have had two ounces or three and he was buzzing. He looked all loopy and I had to send him to bed. It had the two of us rolling.