Friday Photo
Saturday, June 6th, 2009 at 11:29 am by Wally
Today’s Friday Photo is again brought to you on a Saturday thanks to the miracle of wordpress scheduled posts being broken.
But it does have the advantage that I can take my time in choosing something I want to show, whilst sipping on a nice coffee, with the heater roaring away.
Our current Adelaide winter is finally here, cold, and wet. The most rain we have had for several years. Today will be raining – and it is forecast to be much the same for the next week. Right now, the rain has stopped and the sun streaming in the window is rather nice.
All of this puts me in mind of this:
(click to go full size)
Which looks terrible in a tiny little shrink-pic, but bigger…
The winemakers of the McLaren Vale region, south of Adelaide, produce some of the outstanding wines of Australia. Region is small, and fairly easily overlooked. Spending some time there gives a different perspective. The photo shows the (rather small, and incongrously named) Mount Lofty Ranges in the background, and the tops of the posts and vines, lit by the setting sun during Autumn. I like the subtle range of colours.
That really is a lovely photo, Wally. We have some friends from Melbourne staying there in McLaren Vale this weekend (they’re in town for the Cabaret Festival), but, as you said, ain’t likely to see a sunset but clouds.