Peonies of Giverny

 I love peonies.

When Donald and I went to Paris in 2019 we chose the month of May so we could celebrate our wedding anniversary.

I also had a secret wish that we would be able to see lots of peonies.

But.

Our timing was a little off.

Mother Nature decided the peonies would arrive a little later that year.

There were a few small bouquets available in the floral shops, but we were told to check back in a week or maybe two.

We saw one small plot of peonies in Monet's gardens in Giverny.

Maybe one of these days we'll be able to return when the peonies are in riotous full bloom.

Something to dream about and hope for.

Peonies in Paris.

New (old) Books

 

I love browsing in a bookstore.

I'm especially fond of browsing in used bookstores.

Since that's on our list of things we're not allowed to do right now, I've been browsing through bookstores (old and new) on-line.

I love searching out pop-up books.

I only have a few, but today I have two new (old) ones I found through abebooks.com.

Both these books feed my "fix" for pop-ups AND for a place I love  - - - 

Monet's home and gardens in Giverny

Both books are in excellent shape and appear to have all their pieces.  

The garden for the Bob Hersey book hasn't even been put together, so I'll get to play with that.

Small joys.  Sometimes that's all we need.

Monet's Home - a peek inside

Time to see the inside of Monet's home

trying to figure out a way to sneak in to live . . .


More Tomorrow !
Back to Paris . . . 

The Gardens of Giverny - Part 4

My final post of Giverny gardens.

I hope you've enjoyed our stroll. 

I wish our photos could truly capture the beauty and peacefulness - the color, textures and patterns.  

After the gardens, we stepped into the gift shop

And then walked through the very small village.

This guy was huge but sweet as pie

More Tomorrow!

We'll take a look inside 
Claude Monet's home