This is a first on both of my blogs. Today I feature photographs from Paris and my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. I appreciate the similarities between the two places I love the most. Want to guess? Is it Euro Birmingham or Southern Paris???
Could the top partial archway be in Birminghame and the lower building wing be in Paris. They are both very beautiful both in brickwork and in their autumnal dress.
I'll take a guess and concur with Julie. Those bricks in the first photo are more uniform than I'd imagine for Paris, though stranger things could happen. :) I love your idea to show both, Virginia.
Well merci mes amis for all your comments. The top is my daughter Melissa's courtyard right here in Birmingham. The bottom is of course the fabulous Musée Carnavalet in le Marais in Paris. I was fascinated that the Virginia Creeper ( Boston Ivy) type vine grows in both places. In autumn it is just marvelous.
I am a former elementary school teacher, a full-time photographer, lover of all things French ( whose French is slowly improving), obsessive Paris traveler, enthusiastic church and community volunteer, and grandmother to 5 delightful grandchildren.
I fell in love with Paris in March 2007. It was as the French say, le coup de foudre : love at first sight. As a result of that trip, my photography took another direction. Since that time I have pursued a career of sorts in photography and dreamed of returning to the City of Light. November 2008 found me strolling the streets of Paris once again. My first visit I was so overwhelmed with the incredible beauty of the city, I photographed it as a "tourist". In 2008 I returned and I looked at the city with more of a photographer's eye. I wanted to capture the unique, the small details, and oh yes - the people! This blog was started as a photo diary of that trip, but I have been most fortunate to return to the city j'adore 15 times since. Each time I leave, I wipe a tear and start planning my list for the next trip. Paris may well be a moveable feast, but I think it's best savored in person! Someone told me that once you have been to Paris, you will leave a piece of your heart. I left mine right there, but I brought home some wonderful memories. It is my pleasure to share them with you.
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Could the top partial archway be in Birminghame and the lower building wing be in Paris. They are both very beautiful both in brickwork and in their autumnal dress.
I'll take a guess and concur with Julie. Those bricks in the first photo are more uniform than I'd imagine for Paris, though stranger things could happen. :) I love your idea to show both, Virginia.
Hello, Virginia-
Top Photo-Birmingham, AL
Bottom Photo- Paris, France
Am I right?
As I said on the other blog .. first is Birmingham, second is Pareeeee
Isn't that curious? I was thinking just the reverse. The top is Paris, the bottom is Birmingham. But there's not much on which to make a decision.
i'd guess top Birmingham, bottom Paris but you could be fooling us.
Jilly,
Moi??? Surely I wouldn't do that!
V
Love autumnal colors wherever they may be!
My opinion matches the majority. Either way, they are both spectacular photos! I can almost smell the drying leaves. Love that.
Well merci mes amis for all your comments. The top is my daughter Melissa's courtyard right here in Birmingham. The bottom is of course the fabulous Musée Carnavalet in le Marais in Paris. I was fascinated that the Virginia Creeper ( Boston Ivy) type vine grows in both places. In autumn it is just marvelous.
Glad to know I was right, along with many others. Yes, I've that virginia creeper growing up the back of my house. It's shadier there and so is happy.
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