This time of the year sees the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum unleashing her long hanging drapes of orange nasturtiums – an annual tradition that marks the arrival of spring in happy floral fashion. I love the idea of that. My own spring traditions have been pushed back due to weather and health issues, but they’ll arrive, just a little later than usual. The Gardner Museum is right on track, and all the more beautiful because of it.
The wonder that Ms. Gardner conjured in her home, and the vast, sumptuous, gorgeous collection of artwork that she amassed, always inspires me to do better. Not merely artistically, but in everyday life – the way I arrange our home, the design of our garden, or the simple set-up of a sitting corner.
We paused where she may have paused, stood in the same sunlight she may have stood in, and basked in the beauty all around us.
Giving good face…
We exited the museum and made our way back to the condo, where we awaiting the arrival of Mom and Emi for pre-dinner snacks and cocktails…
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