The Villa in the Vines - A Photo Montage
I thought that I would let photos do most of the "talking" regarding our final days at The Villa in the Vines where we stayed in Palmela, Portugal.

On a morning walk in the vineyard (Photo by Sona Schmidt-Harris)

A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread-and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness-
O, Wilderness were Paradise enow! - Omar Khayyam (Photo by Sona Schmidt-Harris)

The vineyard in early morning light

Vineyard arranging itself artistically (Photo by Sona Schmidt-Harris)

A fit of scarlet amongst the green (Photo by Sona Schmidt-Harris)


The grapes from this vineyard help make Muscatel de Setubal (Photo by Sona Schmidt-Harris)

Kissed by autumn light (Photo by Sona Schmidt-Harris)

Sehnor, the groundskeeper, pauses for a photo.

Scarlet in the sun.

One final toast to the Villa on the Vines (Photo by Sona Schmidt-Harris)