Tuesday, 21 June 2011

CARCASSONNE COLOURS 2

John took this beautiful photos while on holiday in southern France. I think it is stunning!


It reminded me of this very famous painting - below - by Claude Monet. (For years it hung in a Habitat frame on the wall above my ironing board.)

Monet's Poppies, Near Argenteuil

Monet showed this picture at the first Impressionist exhibition, held in 1874. This is his wife, Camille, and son, Jean in a field of poppies. I notice 2 others at the top of the slope but don't know who they are. Argenteuil is, today, a suburb on the north-west side of Paris.

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Today is the Summer Solstice; it has rained all day long and as I write this at 9 pm it is ... still raining!


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