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Monday, February 8, 2010
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If you're a Parisian gardener with a lot of pruning experience , I'm thinking you've got some job security. Everywhere you look in Paris, you will find these finely manicured shrubs. And the tree trimming army need not worry about a lay off either!
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- Virginia
- Birmingham, AL, United States
- 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.
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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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13 comments:
Gosh, they are so precise, I thought the ones in the first photo were cardboard cutouts for a sec! Beautiful shots, V!!
Since 1600 and something... these are the French gardens! Never thought of it with reference to job security, but I guess you are right! :-)
Brilliant title heading for today...and a very tender header photo - I remember being at your elbow when you took it!!! I need to go back....................
Re «Louis'» comment that the landscaping in Jardin des Tuileries was done by Le Nôtre père, Le Nôtre fils did first Vaux-le-Vicomte, then Versailles.
I am so longing to be there in person .. those trees make my heart ache
So neat. The first shot appeals me a lot.
Did you notice in the Tuileries photo, the tops of the trees have been cut to exactly the same size? It's illegal to trim the tops of trees in Wilton Manors.
Especially love your banner. WHERE is it located?
Has anyone ever seen the gardeners, tree trimmers at work? I've been in Paris on numerous occasions and have yet to see this work being done.
Oh, I also love those columns in the top photo.
Harriet,
THe banner photo was over a doorway very close to Galeries des Gobelins. Lovely isn't it! And about the pruners extraordinaire. I was thinking about it last night and no, I"ve never seen them at work. I am envisioning men with coal miner hats with lights on them nipping away at the shrubbery with fingernail scissors! :) They have to do it at night, you never see it in the day!
Starman,
I took that bottom photo on my first trip at TUileries. It has fascinated me ever since as to how they get that high and manage to keep them at exactly the same height!
These are great shots, Virginia. I especially love the square trees in the Palais Royal and also in the garden directly behind Notre Dame (where I actually have seen a tree trimmer at work).
I love the trimmed trees and shrubs. I don't know if I'd like them anywhere else but Paris.
Oooh, I love the trees! Great shots, both of them.
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