Monet

I'm not necessarily feeling blog-like today but did want to mention that the Monet exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden is very pretty. See the garden they put together as Monet's garden was when he was alive. I saw it last week and it was beautiful. Hollyhocks and delphiniums (delphinia?) galore. It was my idea of a perfect garden. Lots of pretty flowers with good height and not too manicured. They were changing the garden over for the summer season this past Monday so I think I'll be going out another time to see it. There is also a building that has drawings, notes, etc. from Monet as well as three of his oil paintings. 

There are lots of water lilies to see but I am not such a fan of these. They are fairly high maintenance if you want them to look nice and neat. The pond needs to be "weeded" This involved high waisted rubber overalls being worn by NYBG staff and I can say it had no appeal for me.

I am in summer mode which means lots of beach time and lots of needlepoint time. And trying to keep my garden fresh with lots of watering but the heat has been rough on everything.

I'd like a mini version of this in a front hall.

Water lilies

Lemon yellow hollyhocks and delphinium in the background.