Reading and Roaming
BEAUTY IN GLASS Each year, Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota highlights the work of a notable artist as inspiration for special art throughout the gardens. Other years have built on the interplay of art and nature in the works of Andy Warhol, Marc Chagall, and Monet. This year’s focus is on the stained glass art of Louis …
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Today we explored more of Dordogne with a visit to a castle, hanging gardens, and the medieval city of Sarlat. MILANDES IN CASTELNAUD In this area of France, it seems you are never far from a castle or chateau, to use the French word. In a small radius from our B&B, there are at least four …
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MONET’S GARDENS AND HOUSE Per the advice of our travel agent, we arrived early at the gardens and were so glad we did. It was another foggy morning and only about 45 degrees. Very few people initially, so we could take our time wandering the garden paths. Even when we got to the water lily garden, it …
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GARDENS ABUNDANT BLOOMS If I were asked to name the most common flowers in this part of Maine, it would be daylilies and black-eyed Susans. Native to North America, Black-eyed Susans or Rudbeckia hirta are now found in the lower 48 states. A close third would be the many varieties of cone flowers. We made another …
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