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Monday, September 21, 2015

Monet's Garden at Giverny, France

Having seen Monet's waterlily paintings over the years, it is a nice experience to visit his home and see what he was painting. I have posted a comparison of paintings and reality before. This is a photo (by Maretta McLellan) of the pond. You can see the famous bridge - full of tourists -  in the middle background. The weather when we were there in July 2015 was warm and sunny, but there is plenty of shade in the gardens. There are loads of tourists and it is a commercial enterprise. After walking around the area for a couple of hours, I found a bench and had a long conversation with another tourist who was from Australia. There are many folks from Australia and England visiting France. While we talked about the garden, we talked more about where our own homes are and how different they are from Monet's place. I have no pond, nor did he.
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