The Monastery of the Good Harvest: Pic heavy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

[CurtEastPoint]

1. donde? lovely!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Thank you, my dear CurtEastPoint!

This was in Tuscany, north of Rome...

And it was a beautiful, tranquil day!

[CurtEastPoint]

3. I have been to Italy about 5 times but never to Tuscany. I am missing something!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Oh, you must go back and see Tuscany!

If I were going to go back, that's where I would go.

The scenery, the climate, the people...the food!

It was so wonderful.

The day we spent at the monastery was our best day...

[tjwmason]

8. Definitely

Tuscany was the cradle of the renaissance.

Florence (my favourite city), Pisa, Siena, Lucca, and much else is all there.

[Locut0s]

15. SACRILEGE!...

How could you NOT go to Tuscany? Been to Italy twice and visited Tuscany each time, and each time it was the favourite part of the trip.

[In_The_Wind]

4. Lovely

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Thank you, my dear In_The_Wind!

[femmocrat]

7. Did you get to taste the wine?

It looks heavenly there. Thanks for the beautiful pictures!

Does that Roman numeral read 1095? It can't be THAT old, can it?

[tjwmason]

9. The inscription could be later

It appears to give a date of a gift (donatum) for which 1095 could be entirely plausible, even if the image referring to it was later.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. I did, my dear femmocrat!

But just that one glass.....there were opportunities for other vintages, but I knew it would not be smart for me to have any more.

It was heavenly! I think that day we felt more relaxed and comfortable than at any other place we visited.

The monastery was very old. I don't remember just how old, but that date would not surprise me.

Glad you enjoyed!

[tjwmason]

10. Beautiful pictures

From my favourite region of my favourite country (other than England).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Aw, thank you, my dear tjwmason!

So good to see you...

It is truly a beautiful region.

We had a ball!

[Frosty1]

13. I'm impressed

Your photography is amazing!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Thank you, my dear Frosty1!

It's hard to take a bad picture when wherever you look, there is something beautiful!

[Locut0s]

16. Nice Peggy...

How was the wine?

Don't you love it how everything in Europe seems to have a thousand years of history behind it? I mean here a little run down shack is likely just a little run down shack. But in Europe it's probably also where Charlemane rested before such and such a battle, and on and on...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Oh, the wine was good, my dear Locut0s...

Although I was being careful not to have too much. On an empty stomach, it zooms right into my blood stream, and then there's trouble!

The age of things always gets me! In Edinburgh, they talk about the old city and the new city.........and the new city is much older than our country. We are such a young nation!

And when you combine that with the history......well, my mind boggles!

Glad you enjoyed the pictures...

[marzipanni]

18. Gorgeous, and it must have smelled good there!

Do you remember if there were bees on the flowers? It looks like a bee paradise, but I don't see any.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. Thank you, my dear marzipanni!

It did smell good there! And yes, there were bees......lots of them! They were zooming all over.

I did stand back a little from them...

This was the best day of our Italian trip!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. very nice, Peggy! thanks for sharing them

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. YW, my dear Tuesday Afternoon! I had the best time taking them...

[struggle4progress]

22. I've been trying for years to find hedges that grow neatly like that

but I'm beginning to wonder if anybody actually sells them here in the US

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. My dear struggle4progress!

Heh.

They have to be clipped, silly!



Hope you enjoyed!

[struggle4progress]

24. They ARE beautiful!

But nobody around here sells clipped hedges

[OhioChick]

25. Beautiful pictures!

The flowers are gorgeous and I like the hedges!

(I hope you and your husband are feeling better)

Thanks for taking the time to share.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. Thank you, my dear OhioChick!

We are much better...

And I'm so glad you like the pictures. These are among my top favorites. The day was amazing and beautiful...

[warrior1]

27. lovely pictures

when are you do home?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. Thank you, my dear warrior1!

We've been home over a week now...

It was a great trip, but my bed sure feels good!

[LeftofObama]

29. Gorgeous!

Thanks for posting these!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

30. Thank you, my dear LeftofObama!

You know I love to share!

[Solly Mack]

31. K&R

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. Thank you, my dear Solly Mack!