Reading in the gardens, a national pastime and I love it!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
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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.
Paris je t'aime
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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- Au Nom de la Rose
- Un bon livre au Palais Royal
- Tendant les fleurs
- Paris Rouge - Une chaise pour le bébé
- La lumière dans la fenêtre
- Après-midi dans le quartier du Marais
- Paris Rouge - Holly
- Morning Walk
- L'Écoute, of course!
- Allons-y!!!
- Sous-verre
- Madame et son chien
- Wishful Thinking
- Ma Première Visite à Paris - mars, 2007
- Paris Rouge - la Comédie Française
- Un coca light et un café
- Double Take
- French Strangers #80, 81 - Girl Talk
- Paris Rouge - le vèlo
- Another Contender
- Après le déjeuner
- Samedi Signes - Bonne Année Saint-Denis
- Bienvenue à l'Oisive Thè, Salon de Thè
- Matin aux Tuileries
- Les Jambes!
- Le chapeau violet
- Quel Cinéma ?
- Sunday Church Series - Des amis fidèles
- Les dernièrs géraniums
- Paris Rouge - Réflexions
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14 comments:
I love it too, especially in such places!
A perfect way to spend a morning!
I've just been looking at your portfolio and your book Virginia..I absolutely adore your photographs...what a talented lady you are!
Thanks for popping by lovely to hear from you.
Catherine
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Parisians are blessed with amazing parks and gardens... and the trademark green chairs. Love how both the "readers" in this shot are facing the sun.
Ah, to read in a Parisian garden with the warm sun on your face! C'est formidable, V de B!
Interesting light, I would like to see the color shot
Ah...to have the luxury to sit, take a breathe and read! Too often visits to Paris are world wind - running from site to site, to capture everything possible in the time you're there. Longing for some Parisian sunshine on my face. Votre amie...
What a wonderful passtime, reading the paper in the park en getting a bit of sun.Beautiful photo.
Definitely a 'Doisneau' moment Virginia.
Oh Virginie,
You have such a great collection of PARIS PHOTOS!!! Another fine shot of a magical place...thank you so much for visiting dearest!!! Anita
Matin aux Tuileries... Dreamy. To think I have the exact same chairs (true, in a different color,) looking at me right now, on my Seattle deck ;-) Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)
Wonderful pastime indeed! But to be able to read there.. even more so. :)
I love the European mindset about taking life a bit more slowly!
I love to watch people reading in the gardens. I will have to learn a lesson from the Parisians and try to read some newspaper in the Jardin du Luxembourg during my next trip to Paris.
I had to move my blog because of problems with google, you can find it now here: http://vrenisviennadailyphoto.blogspot.com/
I love the b& w nostalgic pictures
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