Art
This watercolor captures a leisurely afternoon in a Mediterranean garden—the kind of escape wealthy Americans dreamed of during the early 1900s. Travel, leisure time, and the pleasures of natural beauty were becoming central to how ordinary prosperous people imagined the good life.
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You step into dappled shade beneath stone walls. A figure reclines in a chair, hat pulled low against the glare. Around them: terracotta pots, climbing vines, the hum of afternoon heat. This is not work. This is time that belongs entirely to you.
Reflect
What does your own ideal retreat look like, and how often do you actually get to spend time there?