pruning at ribbon springs vineyard

this morning, our vineyard workers were gracious enough to allow me to lurk around for about a half hour and take photos of them pruning.  to be perfectly honest, i felt intrusive.  first of all (and biggest problem of all), i don't speak spanish.  so, i showed up and said, "hello, i mean hola, i mean... um... is it ok if i take pictures?"  and, so it became that i wandered around them taking photos, all the while they were talking and laughing (probably at me! i really have no idea what they were saying.).  i think it would definitely be awkward if someone came into my office and started taking photos, so i sort of felt the same way about going into their workplace.
 
at any rate, i have a few shots to share.  i really need to figure out how to use lightroom because i think i did more harm than good in there.  that might have to be my second class at newspace!
so, without further ado, here you go: 

a wide angle shot of the vineyard.  there were 6 guys working in this area, each one in a different row.  perhaps you can find them all?  

patiently waiting for their turn to be pruned...

my second favorite photo of the day

freshly cut

i don't think this is a particularly good photo, but i guess it's a good "action shot" to show you what the guys do out there.  

my favorite shot of the day

fresh cuts.  now the other team will come through and pull out the old canes.  they'll eventually get mulched so they can break down. 

driving back down dopp road, i came across these little guys and thought their horns, while gnarly, are quite fascinating.