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[Nov. 15th, 2010|02:59 pm] |
I aplogize for being MIA for a while. It's no excuse, but busy should be my middle name as of right now. I been in Martha's Vineyard for the past few months since I been helping my mother and father get things ready for Thanksgiving. The hotel closed last week so we been doing a lot of cleaning and what not. For once I was not stuck cleaning the bathrooms. I think this is an accomplishment? Anyway, I helped Winter clean up all the rooms that we used all summer and it was a lot of work, wich resulted in a huge pillow fight at one point, to which my mother came in and saw us covered head to toe in feathers. To say she was not pleased was definietly the story of the hour and we had to clean up all the feathers, but we were allowed to do what we wanted with the pillow, so we snuck downstairs where Spring was talking on the phone in the bathroom and dumped a whole bunch of feathers that we had just cleaned up on her. Her look of horror was priceless. She chased us down the hall to where we had a water gun fight. I swear we act like kids sometimes. But I love them and we all have fun. We did pick up the feathers though.
Now is the task of getting the wine ready. I been working in the wine feilds with my grandfather,father and sister by picking the grapes we need and sorting them for wine. Some grapes are not good to use so we have to throw some of them away, but that is alright since more than half are pretty good to use and me and Winter have been spending hours on end getting them ready. I picked the green grapes and Winter handled the red ones and we carried loads of baskets to the trucks waiting and then headed to the factory to get the wine set up. We ususally use the wine for Thanksgiving and the parties we have at the Martha's Vineyard clubhouse. And since some of the parties are going to be here, we are making extra. Plus my mother's parents from France are actually coming this year, so we are treating everything like royalty. I have not seen them since I was little so this will be interesting. Our cranberry season ends tomorrow so I will be helping out with closing that down. I don't mind being busy though. It takes my mind off missing my friends when I can not be in New York. Hopefully they all are doing okay. Maybe it is a good thing that I will be busy until Thanksgiving. But that does not mean I can not get away for a bit. And see a certian someone.. He knows who he is.
But I guess that will do it for me. Back to the grape vines and cranberry bog. I promise I won't fall in this time. Here's hoping for snow. I miss that white stuff. I will see you all soon. Miss you guys!
~A |
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[Jul. 13th, 2010|11:32 pm] |
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| | "On the Coast of somewhere Beautiful" Kenny Chesney | ] |
If you have not seen me around, I assure you that it is not by choice. After the party in Wales that happened a few months ago, I flew back to New England so I could help my mother and father with the opening of the hotel as well as work in the wine fields and cranberry bog. I am not sure which I lived more: Taking care of the grapes for wine, or diving in the bog to keep the cranberries from going all haywire. So after one of the parties we were all at, I flew back to Matha's Vineyard and spent more than enough time outside with the grape vines and the cranberry bog. A lot of the grapes were bad so me, my dad and my sister, Winter and her husband spent a few hours getting all them trashed as well as having a hell of a time with the bug netting to keep the bugs and crap out so that was intense, but it was nice to talk to my sister as we were working. The icing on the cake was the fact that Mum made my younger sister work in the bathrooms when she clearly wanted me to and wanted to take my place working in the fields and what not. But Mum said that since Spring has no experience like I do, she could not. And we have both types of grapes. The red grapes for our signiture red wine that is usually a hit amoung the locals and a favorite of mine. That is if you know the right combo. Then we have our green grapes for our chardonay, white zinvendel, pino griciot just to name a few. I love my wine and I know enough to spin you a yarn, but red is always the best, and by far the most romantic. It goes down easier and has a smoother and fruity taste unlike tasting all dry and what not like the white wine does. I spent a lot of time in the factory down the street helping my dad with the making of the wine. Winter helped too and Dad said it was nice to have his oldest girls helping out.
After that I helped my grandfather and uncle in the bog, seperating most of the cranberries so they were not smushed and what not. It was long hours under the sun and keeping the bugs away was not the best part of my time out there, but the funny thing was that I fell in the bog itself a few times and I was so wet that I was just as red as my hair, which my cousins laughed at thinking that I did not know what I was doing. But I showed them when I shoved my youngest cousin in and we had a cranberry war. I can give you two guesses who won that battle. Once the the berries were set, I watched my uncle make the juice. It was an interesting thing to watch next to watching my grandmother can some for her famous jam. She is making enough to have all winter and hopefully I will bring some to New York with me. Other than working there all summer not much is going on.
I am here in Hawaii and I am loving every minute. I flew in on Sunday and I travled with Harmony, Rayne and Jae. We all met at Martha's Vineyard and flew together. I don't know Jae very well, but from what I have seen of her, she is really nice. Rayne is too, and it is obvious why Harmony likes having them both around. We are all around the same age, me being a bit older, but it's nice to have some girl talk. They have been off doing their own thing but we always meet back to have some fun. The house that Mike invited us to is amazing. I love the view and the beach. I been surfing all day pretty much as well as horseback riding. I plan on scuba diving tomorrow and maybe learn more of the Hawaiian culture. Seeing a live action Luau was amazing. The dancers really know how to show their ability well, and I love the lei I have. It will go with all the other things I have collected over the years. Not to mention the food. It's AMAZING. I have eaten so much I have forgotten what is what. This is what I have needed. A vacation with all my friends, plus the opertunity to meet new people. Hopefully more fun will be had in the next few days. Maybe grab the girls and go shopping. I am in the need of new clothes and I am fairly sure the girls want to have some girl time. I can't wait for more fun. And now that I have said that, I am off to the beach to surf. Catch y'all later!
~A |
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| Spring Cleaning is never done |
[Mar. 30th, 2010|12:58 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Matha's Vineyard | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  tired | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | "Come Together" The Beatles | ] |
How did I not see this one coming? To think I had both of my sisters figured out by now. Actually, I don't think i will ever figure either one of them out, but that is family. Spring Cleaning has taken a lot longer than I wanted it to, but Mum is not letting any of us get out of it either. Much to my dismay, I am stuck with bathroom duty. But that won't be for long since I am hiding in the attic so no one can find me... yet. My sister, Spring never comes in here since I told her that the boogy man hides in here so the odds of her finding me are next to none.But that is okay because I am always stuck with the bathroom duty. Yes, I do a great job at it, but not anymore. This time Spring is doing something other than washing windows, or Winter will have both of our heads. I am sure I can find a way to coax Spring into doing something productive. But getting the hotel ready is a longer process than I could imagine and I am not even sure when I am coming back to New York. I was lucky enough to have a break to go to Milan for the fashion show and since I got back from that it's been non stop cleaning.
The opening for the hotel itself is the weekend after Easter, but Mum wants everything clean by then so everything is being washed and scrubbed a million times before it shines like a new penny.Plus family is coming for our anual Easter Dinner/dance so I have to make myself look as nice as I can without making my family members faint with my punk rock style. I have no problems with that since most of my family is flying in from Hawaii and I have not seen them in forever so this will be interesting. And now that I have a break from cleaning I think I will be sneezing and smelling dust for the next few months. I'm so tired from cleaning that all I want to do is crawl in my bed and stay there for a few weeks, but I can't seeing that this is really important to my mother, so I am doing this to make her happy since the hotel is her brainchild, which she built up from sctratch when she was my age until now so I don't want to dissappoint her. But I am making Spring do bathrooms or there will be war.
Other than that, time at home as been nice in a less insane mind frame, if I can ay that at all. Winter and I have always been really close. She is two years older so she and I have more in common than me and Spring. Winter is an artist and has a high scale art gallery in southern California so we don't see her often. Plus she just got married a year ago so she is spending all her time with Sage, so the odds of either one of them visiting is next to none most days. Plus she is in school getting her masters, so she is busier than me. But it's been nice having our room again. We been sharing a room since I can remember and I never want that to change when I come to the Vineyard. As for Spring, well she and I have a personality clash, even though I do love her. While she and I could pass for twins since she and I were blessed with our mother's flame-red hair, that's where the same things end. She is more wreckless than I am and i am not sure how long she is going to let her secrets last cause Winter found out last night and I have known for a while. But she is a good kid when she wants to be. While we don't have much in common, she and I share the artist and music gene. She is getting her masters in art culture and music so there is no doubt she will be amazing someday. I just hope she realizes that before life passes her by. Telling my parents that she is falling in with the wrong crowd and having an eating disorder is not something I want to tell yet.I am hoping she will, but we will see.
My birthday was spent in Boston. Not the best place to be on St.Patrick's day, but I partied it up with my best friends Rain and Storm and we went club hoppin and had a real good time dancing the night away, but before that I had my annual birthday dinner with my family and my great-grandmother who drove all the way from Mount Pelier Vermont just to be with me on my brithday. She's still here too, helping Mum keep us in line and what not. I went on a huge shopping spree and then I met up with my friends and we partied. And now I am still here cleaning. The cleaning should be done this weekend, so I may be able to get back to New York this weekend so we will see. I hope you all are having a great week and I will see you soon. Stay out of trouble Chance!
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[Feb. 6th, 2010|08:40 pm] |
Good ol New York. Seriously, I have not been here in a few years and lo and behold I show up in honor of Harmony's birthday. granted I don't know her as well as Chance since he and I are about a year apart and his parents and mine are really good friends. When your family owns a huge winery like mine do, you tend to know pretty much everyone, and Chance's whole family are really nice people. I can see that in Harmony too when she last visited the Vineyard, but then again evreryone shows up one way or another, and the locals usually play blind sight to all the rich and famous people that live or vacation on the vineyard. But I have to say that there is no better place on earth than Martha's Vineyard. The winters tend to be a bit harder than some, but once summer rolls around, it feels like paradise. But then again anyone with common sense would have the smarts to leave the vineyard once winter comes. I tend to stay away during the winter, but then again when I attended Julliard it never really matterd. But the last time was in NYC I had just graduated college and I ran in with the wrong crowd and found out some things about myself that my parents don't even know, and they never will either. Unless by some miricle I come out and say it. I doubt it will ever happen, but we will see.
But the party was awesome at any rate. I didn't know that many people, but most of them from my perspective seemed really nice and i hope to get to know most of them other than just a passing aquaintance. Since I landed a job as the bar tender at the Tavern on the Green, i think a few people will be seeing more of me around. And I hear there is a masqurade ball coming up and I think I may go to that. Reminds me of Phantom of the Opera, which I had the oppertunity to see last week on Broadway. Hopefully I will meet more of you there. After that, I have to go back to the Vineyard to help my parents get everything set for the late winter and early spring visitors. We usually do a lot of spring cleaning and that means getting everything in the hotel looking as sharp as they can be. My older sister Winter and younger sister Spring will be there since they are both still in college getting their masters so it will be nice to be together even if it is just for the weekend. I think Winter will try to convince me to play music again. I have not played any music since my last relationship, and that is still a hard pill to swallow. But if I know my sisters like I do, then I know they will stick me with the hard work. Which I don't mind, but it would be nice to do something else for a change. We'll see what I get stuck with. Then after that is taken care of, I come back here to New York. I am thinking of going back to school, but I am still deciding that one, so I am not even sure if I want to do it. I know I want to continue with my music and my art, but it's hard getting the courage to do so. I think with a bit of motivation I will be able to do what I really love doing. Let's hope I can do it. But that's enough for one night. I am off to yet another party one of my college friends are hosting. I hope to see you all very soon!
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[Jan. 29th, 2010|10:55 pm] |
General
Full Name: Autumn Storm Winchester
Date of Birth: March 17, 1986
Gender: Female
Age: 22 will be 23 on March 17.
Place of Birth: Maui, Hawaii
Current Residence: Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Sexuality: Lesbian
Parents name: Summer and Christopher Winchester
Claim to High Society: Heir to Martha's Vineyard AVA |
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