Tuesday 6 October 2015

Clare Valley


 Good food, good wine, a summery day and good company. What  more could you want? Apparently you can ask your sisters friend to book you a table at Skillogellees Winery, Clare Valley for a table on the verandah when the wisteria is in bloom (This grand show is only available to a lucky few for 2 weeks of the year) Apparently we booked the last table on the verandah for that day. Not only does it look stunning it smells superb. I felt very decadent sitting and relaxing with these two and enjoying the gentle pulse of the day. After lunch we did a spot of wine tasting in the tasting area and then I snuck across the road to photograph the lovely wild flowers on the hillside.








A few more wineries and then lastly to Sevenhills winery and Jesuit monastery, a very picturesque spot complete with ruins


A very formidable church, I probably should have wandered inside to have a look at the architecture and stain glass windows but I was chomping at the bit to walk to the ruins.



 Someone has left a old bicycle strategically placed against the wall of this little cottage




Directly opposite  the main ruins of Weikert Cottage -apparently under restoration 




I love how nature manages to take hold in the oddest places and gradually loosens the permanency of man - eventually everything returns to rubble given enough time.
No matter the grandeur of a structure , our presence here is only fleeting. I wonder what will you leave behind. I promise to leave a stack of quilts and crafted projects, and a pile of unfinished works! My crafty lady friends will have a field day riffling through the entrails of my accumulated crafted wealth.




 A picture in a picture. I had to force these two to join me (by Phone) telling them it was too good a photo opportunity to refuse.


An usual sight for South Australia wild lavender growing on mass across many a sloping hillsides , it is short and widespread.

Well that is my very pleasant weekend away, I have a few bottles of wine to help me remember it.

2 comments:

  1. You write: "love how nature manages to take hold in the oddest places and gradually loosens the permanency of man - eventually everything returns to rubble given enough time."

    What a coincidence. This morning with my litterature class we analyzed a poen about exactely the same thing. You really should have a look at it. It is gorgeous 'The Convergence of the Twain " by Thomas Hardy. About the sunken Titanic and how the sea takes hold of it.

    Your winery pictures are divine. And the same goes for your spot under the Wisteria.,Lucky you.

    So, you were my relaxation of the day, now back to preparing this evening's class.

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