On Tuesday morning at Monet’s garden
We found it covered in heavy dew.
I made two entries into my journal
DETAILS
On my second morning in the garden
I’m struck by the details.
Granted it is a mass of abundant bloom
But it is the detail
That draws me in.
The light streaming through the poppy leaf
Highlighting the drops of dew
Along it’s edge.
Allium
Resembling firecrackers
As they go to seed.
Bees
And bugs.
Details take time.
Time to slow down
Enough to notice.
To breathe them in
To ponder them
To absorb them.
In most of my life
I am not a detail person.
I see the “big picture”
And look forward.
But over the years of gardening
I’ve trained my eye to look
For the details.
And thankfully
My brain
Has trained my eye
To slow down.
To stop
To take it all in.
Being here at Giverny
In the quiet of the morning.
Allows the time
To see and feel the details
Of dew
Of new flowers opening.
The last of the protective shell
Of a poppy blossom.
Before it hits the ground.
This place is magical
I can see why Monet was such a productive artist
With this to inspire him.
The painter inspires the garden.
The garden inspires the painter.
HEAVY DEW
This morning the garden
Is bathed
In heavy dew.
It coats
And nurtures
Each leaf
And blossom.
A giver of life
Refreshing the blooms
For another day.
So what is my heavy dew
Refreshing me each day?
What do I allow myself
to be bathed in?
What oozes into my pours
To nurture me
For the new day?
Gail
“It’s on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.”
Claude Monet
Once again the really good pictures are Debra’s!
In My Garden 