Giverny

Giverny is located on the River Seine in Upper Normandy, France between the towns of Vernon and Gasny.  After Claude Monet, a famous French painter and founder of Impressionism, acquired wealth from the increased sales of his paintings, he purchased land and developed a large area into a floral garden.  This locale is best known as the location where Monet had created paintings mostly based on water lilies resting on a pond near a Japanese-style bridge.

I had a great day.  I went to the National Guard Recruiter in Woodbury, NJ and spoke with a staff sergeant about options, donated blood at the American Red Cross of Camden and Burlington Counties in Camden, NJ where I discovered the refuted term 'Golden Triangle,' and most importantly, met up with a much prettier, more soulful Bruce Leroy at the Philadelphia Museum of Art aka The Rocky Museum.

I don't want to shoot myself in the foot, but the singing birds returned after Cupid's lethal accuracy, and I'm so excited about what's to come!  (Full disclosure:  I'm seeking a better mantra than "Don't screw this up")