Approaching The Garden Party

The Patio · after the grounds road

The Garden Party

The fountain is already lit. The estate has opened.

You return from the artists’ road to a real gathering: music across the water, linen under the cypresses, and an empty chair held for the visitor who has just come down from Da Vinci’s runway.

At the fountain

Water carries the music

A low fountain keeps time with the first glasses being poured.

The long table

The estate has opened

Candles, linen, fruit, and a chair left open for the visitor coming down from the grounds.

Blue hour

Stay before the house

Matisse waits at the pavilion. Chagall is lit beyond the bar door. No one is asking you to hurry.

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