Lily: A Study in Peach and Yellow - MetalPhoto Credit: Carrie King Location: The Artist's Garden

His gardeners were sent out in wooden boats at dawn to meticulously wipe morning mist from the lily pads

Location: Claude Monet's Home in Giverny

This ancient place echoes with forgotten memories

After painting and exhibiting “Impression

Yet in the end

"  having blazed a trail for a new and untraditional style of painting

Laid out across acres of grounds in front of Monet's home in Giverney

Looming large on the Midwestern prairie

grasses rise

In a place where light and shadow dance across time-weathered stone beneath dramatic

It takes more than a day to get under your skin

“It took me some time to understand my water lilies