Grapevines

Why, when the roses need pruning, the grapevines are a tangle? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hip-to-hip, Mann then "grapevines," or wraps one of his legs around his opponent's. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Most houses make their own rakija," Ina told me, "If you have a house with a yard and grapevines you are making rakjia and wine." ❋ Anna King (2012)

Victor Davis Hanson wrote “Mexifornia” about the effects of Mexican immigration in his hometown of Fowler, CA where his family tended their grapevines in the fertile Central Valley. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On second thought, hats off to organic farmers and their fields of meter tall weeds (while they may be a harvester's hell on earth, weeds are a sign that the grapevines have been spared ofherbicides). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mark Priest The grounds of the estate encompass a swimming hole, citrus orchard, grapevines, olive and pecan trees, and a chicken coop. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Beyond the town the ground was black from the eroded rubble of ancient mountains, but the town itself was much like Siwa, with abundant fruit trees, grapevines, and fields of wheat. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

Calistoga went by in blurred rows of stubby grapevines. ❋ Michael Chorost (2011)

The foreground is dominated by a rocky, mossy cliff-face and darkened cave, outside of which is an arbor, or study, topped by twisting grapevines. ❋ Lance Esplund (2011)

Specifically in Afghanistan farmers are learning that it is more profitable to plant grapevines than opium poppy. ❋ Morris Ruskin (2011)

The company ripped out acres of grapevines to plant super-high-density olives. ❋ Ben Worthen (2011)

Hidden behind my row of grapevines, I laughed at their jokes ... and longed for their freedom -- or natural expression -- the kind that comes when we are outward focused and not gazing inward, ever questioning. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Macedonian army climbed out of the deserts and over the high Elburz Mountains towards a semi-tropical paradise full of fig trees, grapevines, and fields of grain. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

This might entail scheduling in another speaking event today ... or practicing, before my audience (of dogs and grapevines ...) my next speech. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Dense grapevines form a canopy along pathways twisting past community land plots, each with their own selection of herbs and vegetables. ❋ Sophia Hollander (2011)