Paris ~ blooms...

New week...more pics from Paris - are you bored yet? ;) I am thinking this might be my last set...although I do have 600 photos to delve into, so more could very well pop up.

Okay - this bunch were mostly taken at our day at Jardin des Plantes...which was so good. It was the first day of week 2, and was blindingly sunny [almost too sunny for photos as you may see]....week one had poured with rain almost non-stop so it was so good to be out on dry land.

With exception of number 3 [which were my birthday flowers in the kitchen of the apartment], all Jardin des Plantes.

Come a WALK with me daily :)

Happy Monday,

xox

Paris ~ on the street...

I love the contrasts that Paris has to offer....the history, the contemporary street art, collective culture, nationalism...but most of all I just walk around the city thinking ' Damn, Baron Haussman, you did one hell of a job here'....le sigh.

From top:: Avenue of trees Jardin de Tuilleries / great shop display in the Marais / view of rooftops on Rue de Rivoli / BHV Home dept store / commemorate / part of the Louvre [I think..] / anonymous street / group rollerblading on Sunday at Bastille [seriously, THOUSANDS of them!!] / Sacré-Cœur / Cafe that the lovely Janette and I had lunch in * /numbered edition papering in Marais / The Seine in a downpour....

{{* more on our fab day together soon, but a quick note to say I was utterly amazed and thrilled that this Cafe was actually the one featured in Before Sunset which was a complete trip as I had always fancied finding it [how!??] and we just happened to walk by it....I was, incidentally so thrilled that I forgot to shoot the exterior or indeed note their name or location. doh. I am relying on you now Janette ;))}}

happy weekend all.

thank goodness it's here huh.

xox

Paris ~ oh the green, the green...

Yes, I know this is a bumper crop of greenery...but believe me when I say I was selective here...I guess I was starved of green [what with our non-existent Summer] and Paris was happy to oblige me? Hope you enjoy as much as I did - our days in the parks, the Jardin des Plantes especially, were amongst the best days of the trip....

From top :: geraniums in the courtyard of our apartment building / Jardin des Plantes / JdP traditional wooden wheelbarrow / the greenhouses, JdP / park [name escapes me right now..] / JdP / JdP / on the street / JdP ....grotto area in the alpine garden, so magical / near Notre Dame / by the Seine / JdP / courtyard view from my bedroom / geraniums in courtyard / on the street near Pompidou Centre / JdP.....

even more [would you believe!] tomorrow..

xox

Paris ~ shadow play...

Paris is a city which seems to have more sky [and light] than any other city I have ever seen....it would follow then that there would be more shadows to chase, right?

Here are some that were caught along the way....

From top :: in a restaurant / Jardin des Plantes / Jardin des Plantes [alpine garden] / Jardin des Plantes [alpine garden] / Sainte Chapelle / Jardin des Plantes [tunnel] / Jardin des Plantes [alpine garden] / Jardin des Plantes ...

More tommorrow...:)

xox

Paris ~ pattern, texture, ornament...

I've decided to group my photographs into categories/genres....

today - pattern, texture and ornament :: thinking about bas relief carvings, punched forms, ornate plaster work, vaulted ceilings viewed as a whole, repetition, decoration....

From the top :: doorway 5th arr / jardin des plantes [left bank] / Saint-Sulpice / Mosquée de Paris / Saint-Sulpice / Sainte Chapelle / Bibiliotheque Nationale de France [deck] / Mosquée de Paris / doorway, Marais .

More images tomorrow...and some more words and thoughts on the wonderful trip toward the end of the week :)

xox

le retour | the return...

Hi everyone...that is me home. I had a wonderful two weeks in Paris and am feeling suitably rested and revived. Just stopping in quickly for today as the 'catching up' has to commence....slowly, slowly I will get there [get here]. It's going to be a busy week but I will be gradually editing and uploading my shots from Paris as I go....and cannot wait to share!

More from me soon, hope you are all well......it's Autumn here. It greeted me with a smile this morning.

xox