{"id":2183,"date":"2012-08-18T09:41:03","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T16:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?p=2183"},"modified":"2012-10-16T01:09:40","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T08:09:40","slug":"monets-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?p=2183","title":{"rendered":"Monet&#8217;s Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our first stop outside of Paris was to Claude Monet&#8217;s house and garden located in the town of Giverny, west of Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Monet bought the house in 1883 and designed the gardens himself. \u00c2\u00a0There are two parts to the gardens, the Clos Normand and the water garden. \u00c2\u00a0 The Clos Normand are the flowerbeds that surround the house with amazing brightly colored flowers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2191\" style=\"width: 304px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?attachment_id=2191\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2191\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2191\" class=\" wp-image-2191  \" title=\"IMG_5317\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5317-409x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5317-409x614.jpg 409w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5317.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monet&#8217;s house<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2188\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?attachment_id=2188\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2188\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2188\" class=\" wp-image-2188  \" title=\"IMG_5370\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5370-614x409.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5370-614x409.jpg 614w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5370.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House and the Clos Normand<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; display: inline-block;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?attachment_id=2184\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2184\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2184\" title=\"IMG_5335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5335-409x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5335-409x614.jpg 409w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5335.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?attachment_id=2185\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2185\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2185\" title=\"IMG_5337\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5337-409x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5337-409x614.jpg 409w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5337.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?attachment_id=2189\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2189\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2189\" title=\"IMG_5378\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5378-409x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5378-409x614.jpg 409w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5378.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?attachment_id=2190\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2190\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_5382\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5382-409x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The second part of the garden was the water garden. \u00c2\u00a0Monet bought a piece of land next to his property to create this pond and water garden. \u00c2\u00a0He obviously spent many hours working on the garden and painting it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2186\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?attachment_id=2186\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2186\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2186\" class=\" wp-image-2186   \" title=\"IMG_5347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5347-614x409.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5347-614x409.jpg 614w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5347.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water garden<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2187\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/?attachment_id=2187\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2187\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2187\" class=\" wp-image-2187  \" title=\"IMG_5359\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5359-614x409.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5359-614x409.jpg 614w, https:\/\/thejohnsonsjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/IMG_5359.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just like a painting<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When we returned into the gift shop and see all the Monet&#8217;s paintings, it really felt like we were living in a painting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first stop outside of Paris was to Claude Monet&#8217;s house and garden located in the town of Giverny, west of Paris. 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