The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting chillier.
We attempted to take our weekly picnic last Friday at the Jones Winery in Shelton.
When I researched the website, it was apparent that they do not allow outside food.
Wine is served by the glass with a reservation.
However, you can stop in and purchase just wine bottles without a reservation.
We packed up our little cooler, coordinated our driving with some other stops that needed to be made (which included a free boxed lunch from Yale-New Haven Health for pharmacy week), and pulled in just as it started to drizzle a little. (What? No, that was not in the forecast!)
Two bottles of a chianti-like wine. Can you please open one?
Believe it or not, the answer was no!
Note to self: Keep a bottle opener in the cooler from now on.
We drove to a nearby state park, named "Indian Well."
(Okay, I'm sure it was named a long time ago!)
It was drizzly, but we parked by the river and enjoyed a "car picnic."
We talked about how "car picnics" might be fun once December hits.
(Gotta do something to get out!)
We got out of the car to walk around after we finished our lunch.
It was beautiful!
(Except for the wet grass, which resulted in wet socks under my sneakers.)
Here are some photos:
I was fascinated by the glittering effect of the raindrops on the clover!
Finally, here's a cool thing I found.....
It's a four minute aerial tour of Glastonbury in the fall.
