I think it's a balloon, although it sure does look like a bulb!
I have that Ballooning Over Paris print (I'm sure you've seen it somewhere) and I've hung minature old fashioned hot air balloons in front of it for effect. I was even able to find a replica of the first hot air balloon that flew over Paris from Dept 56. This was ages ago!
Oh this makes me want to jump up and down and clap my hands with glee like a four year old girl. But since i'm sort of on the 'matrure' side, lol, i'll just squeal with delight on the inside! Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Easy to be young at heart when i see there are things like this in our world! I'm having a ball catching up on your blog. :)!
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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Très jolie, cette montgolfière, V. That is one classy merry-go-round! I love all the details and colors. Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)
What a beautiful carrousel, Virginia! I would love to take a ride on it.
I was figuring out what it was a balloon or a lightbulb but just a carroussel. :)))
I think it's a balloon, although it sure does look like a bulb!
I have that Ballooning Over Paris print (I'm sure you've seen it somewhere) and I've hung minature old fashioned hot air balloons in front of it for effect. I was even able to find a replica of the first hot air balloon that flew over Paris from Dept 56. This was ages ago!
There is a place somewhere just outside of Paris where you can see (and if you're lucky actually ride) hot air balloons.
This is as close as I ever want to get to a hot air balloon,but love to ride this carrousel
Love the way the light makes the colors so vibrant in this photo.
Hi Virgina - have just posted my Capture the Colour with your nomination. Good luck F xx
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Parisian carousels seem to be so fresh and blemishfree. Ours are kind of worn. Very fine photo, again, Virginia.
Oh this makes me want to jump up and down and clap my hands with glee like a four year old girl. But since i'm sort of on the 'matrure' side, lol, i'll just squeal with delight on the inside! Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Easy to be young at heart when i see there are things like this in our world! I'm having a ball catching up on your blog. :)!
What an amazing carrousel!
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