On the first day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me…

pileated woodpecker in vineyard

A woodpecker in a vineyard.

On the second day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me…

terriers barking

Two terriers barking.

On the third day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me…

three mule deer

Three muuuuule deeeeer.

On the fourth day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me…

four turkey vultures

Four turkey vultures.

On the fifth day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me…

wine tasting

Five Rhone style wines.

On the sixth day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me…

grape pickers

Six pickers picking.

On the seventh day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me…

wine in barrels

Seven wines an-oaking. (Not all barrels are filled.)

On the eighth day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me…

drinking friend montage

Eight friends a-drinking. (Okay, technically, the baby and the young boy aren’t drinking but they were such cute pictures…)

On the ninth day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me…

snake montage

Nine snakes a slith’rin’. (Including the dreaded green snake that terriers are sworn to kill.)

On the tenth day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me…

zigadenus or Star Lily

Ten Zigadenus. (Actually I have a whole field of them. This is a detail.)

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me…

Checker Lily

Eleven Checker Lilies. (There are at least eleven Checker Lily plants at Two Terrier Vineyards, but the close-up was a better picture.)

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me…

native Northern California bees

Twelve bees a-buzzing. (Plus a few extras.)

Aaaaaaannnnnnnd…

pileated woodpecker in vineyard

A woodpecker in a vineyard.