Portes des Mausolées V

If yesterday's doors were in my Top Ten, this might be Numéro 1. I love the soft color and the dried palm frond tucked in the grill. 

Portes des mausolées IV

These could be in my Cemetery Doors Top Ten.

Père-LaChaise

La Croix

Afternoon light at Cimetière du Père-Lachaise.

Père Lachaise

16 Rue du Repos

75020 Paris

Le souvenir

Sweet bouquet left in a mausoleum door at Cimetière de Pére Lachaise.

Les chats de Paris I

A mini series always develops each trip. This past trip, Paris chats appeared all over town. I"ll share them in the coming weeks. Today's chat, was the only one we saw as we strolled through Père Lachaise late one afternoon. I think he had just had a little chocolate chaud!

La Croix

Thanks to my travel amie, Mary Gilbert, I've learned to love the beauty of Paris cemeteries. Mausoleums are particularly beautiful. This one captured at Père Llachaise. This cemetery, located in the 20th arrondissement, is the largest so plan to spend a long time there exploring this lovely resting place.

Deux croix

Cimetière du Père-Lachaise

Les fleurs éternelles

Every cemetery I've visited in Paris has these lovely porcelain flower remembrances. Some are wreaths, some crosses, always beautiful. As they are exposed to the elements, their patina gets even richer. Often, as here, tiny moss begins to grow amongst the petals.

Cimetière Père Lachaise

16 rue du Répos 

75020 Paris

la Coix

Cimetière Père-Lachaise, the largest cemetery in the city of Paris. As my cemetery expert, Owen Phillips likes to say, "Père Llachaise is the moss capital of the world!" 

La feuille

Cimetière Père Lachaise

Les croix, les arbres

Reflections, Père Lachaise

Today I join James' Weekend Reflections right HERE. You will enjoy the creative reflections my fellow bloggers share each week.

Un souvenir

Rather than flowers that will wilt too quickly, we often see these fronds that seem to be palms tucked into the doors of the mausoleums as here, at Père Lachaise.

Le croix

Cimetière du Père-Lachaise

Les fleurs et les chaînes

Continuing our walk around Cimetière Père Lachaise, the beautiful porcelain flowers with the delicate moss.

Le Docteur

Cimetière Père-Lachaise

Does the name Auguste Moog seem familiar? Of course it does.  Docteur Moog wrote the wildly successful Les eliminations urinaires dans le néphrites subaigües,  in 1903.  I was a little disappointed as I had hoped he'd written on the subject of mustaches.

La Flamme

Cimetière Père Lachaise

Faire attention !

The cobblestoned pathways at Cimetière Pére Lachaise terrified me.  I was certain that despite my very sensible walking shoes, I was going to turn my ankle and get to see first hand how the French health care system really works.  I spotted these two very fashionable ladies dressed in their beautiful high heeled boots and just gazed in amazement and appreciation. How do they do it??

Le plus grand cimetière

Paris' largest resting place, Cimetière du Père Lachaise, bien sûr.  If you are going to be in Paris for a while, this is the one you should see. If a short visit, there are many other smaller ones that you can visit.

City Daily Photo Theme Day - The Beauty of Decay

The grave of scientists Joseph Croce-Spinelli and his lover Théodore Sivel are buried together at Père Lachaise.  The two died in a balloon accident in 1875.  The sculpture of the two men, lying side by side holding hands is a much talked about gravesite, but I was too enamored with the colors cascading down the side to capture them.  The beauty of decay can be found everywhere at this beautiful cemetery.

Today, City Daily Photobloggers around the world are posting their interpretation of The Beauty of Decay right HERE. Go have a look, tell them I sent you!

Looking Heavenward

I'm not sure if she's an angel, but I think this is one of the loveliest statues I've seen at Père Lachaise or any other cemetery.