Monkey Bay on the back porch

There is something utterly delicious about being able to sit on my back porch at 3:30 on a Sunday afternoon in early February, dressed in a t-shirt, jeans and Crocs, listening to my iPod and sipping Monkey Bay chardonnay from a plastic cup. It's a very fruity chardonnay from New Zealand - almost too sweet, but very smooth.

The temperature is just a tick under 70 degrees and the dogs are very happy to lounge around the porch, gaze into the woods and occasionally come over for some petting.

We spent some time this morning and again this afternoon cutting fallen limbs into fireplace-size segments and creating a woodpile in the back yard.

I really, really, really love the fact that winter only lasts about a month here.