It was so cool to stop in Giverny to see the home where Claude Monet lived for 43 years - this is looking out one of his many windows.

The richness I achieved comes from nature,
the source of my inspiration - Claude Monet

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I hope you enjoy seeing a glimpse into the home of Claude Monet. As you step inside, you can imagine this artist making many trips between his studio and the garden. On the walls are reproductions of his work that evoke the atmosphere during Monet's time. Many of the originals that were kept in this room are now seen at Musée Marmottan-Monet in Paris.

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“If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it,
it's your world for a moment.”
― Georgia O'Keefe

For Looking Close on Friday & to wish you a great weekend!

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...at least not where I live.

It's a Greater White-fronted Goose, which appeared at a local pond, where it was mingling with the Canada Geese one day late last month. According to migration maps, however, this goose doesn't doesn't come as far east as my area of Northern Illinois. And it's the first time that I've ever seen one. So perhaps this one got off course.

Greater White-fronted Geese breed in northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland and Russia, and winter farther south in North America, Europe and Asia, according to Wikipedia. This bird's name comes from the patch of white feathers bordering the base of its bill. You can zoom in for a closer look.

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Photo prise lors d'une marche avec la photographe Sarah-Vie il y a quelques années!
Reflet ( 90% de la photo) pris à la Place des Arts au centre-ville de Montréal

Photo taken during a walk with photographer Sarah-Vie a few years ago!
Reflection (90% of the photo) taken at Place des Arts in downtown Montreal

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