As I told you in yesterday’s post, Claude Monet purchased the property across the road from his farmhouse in Giverny in 1893, expanded the meadow pond already on the property, and filled it with different varieties of water lilies, including white water lilies local to France along with imported cultivars from South America and Egypt. Together, [...]
For some time now, I’ve been lucky enough to paint in the gardens of Claude Monet in Giverny, France. I’m returning there later this month and will tell you all about my trip as it takes place. But let me tell you this morning a little bit about the beautiful gardens that Monet planted and maintained [...]
If you’re like me and most other people, you hate Mondays too. But do you know why that’s the case? It involves more than just having to face another week of work. Some of the problem involves sleep. Do you “catch up” on lost zzzzzzzs by sleeping in on the weekend? Ironically, sleeping in even an [...]
