No whining here

On one of the infrequent sunny days, our schedule took us to paint at the beautiful winery of Theron. Although I'm no connoisseur, the wine we were served with our delicious lunch (make-your-own Salad Nicoise--yum!) seemed wonderful to me! We also learned a lot from William's informative tour of the winery itself (at least we LOOK as if we are listening!). And I LOVED the imaginative banner in the tasting room!

The views were equally wonderful, and resulted in some of the trip's best works for quite a few of us. Even Frank was inspired by the old chateau behind the modern winery! We also benefited greatly from a demo by Elizabeth on painting fields.





In the newly-planted lavender field here, I managed to snap a photo of the ubiquitous hummingbird moth, which hovers just like a hummingbird in order to insert its long tongue into the lavender flowers. Amazing creatures. And while I'm showing insects, here are a few more interesting French critters...look closely to find the bee in the hollyhock and the beetle just above the blossom!