I love this picture. The rain is so refreshing. Plus we just had a small dosing tonight, and while the humidity is high, it brought the temps down, and my cushions got caught and are wet and soggy. This is quite a coincidence!
Now this is a perfect photo!!! I love that Perth remembered that familiar smell of the warm pavement after a rain...I also love the smell of approaching rain. Now if we could just dry those chairs off and be sitting there with friends enjoying the smell of a café au lait.....le sigh......
I love what you captured here. The after effects if the rain glistening on the pavement. These little table and chairs look oh so inviting. The place to be. X
I thought of you today, Virginia. John and I had lunch at a Pasadena cafe, and the chairs reminded me of the woven chairs one finds at so many of the Paris cafes you've photographed.
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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Oh Paris, is beautiful even when it is raining.
I love the song and your fabulous red chairs in the photograph.
Happy Thursday
Carolyn
I love this picture. The rain is so refreshing. Plus we just had a small dosing tonight, and while the humidity is high, it brought the temps down, and my cushions got caught and are wet and soggy. This is quite a coincidence!
I love Rouge! :)
It's so traditional there, this place looks perfect for a coffee and some chat ( in French ) with friends!
Léia
The rain, the café chairs, the rich colors of rouge et vert... le sigh. Wonderful perspective and angle, mon amie.
I can just imagine the 'after rain on a warm pavement' smell Virginia, mind you I do love that smell anywhere.Francoise Hardy is divine!!
Le sighing right along with Genie. As soon as it stops raining, let's meet for a little chit chat! (how I wish it was raining here!)
Now this is a perfect photo!!! I love that Perth remembered that familiar smell of the warm pavement after a rain...I also love the smell of approaching rain. Now if we could just dry those chairs off and be sitting there with friends enjoying the smell of a café au lait.....le sigh......
Smart to have chairs made of material that will dry quickly ... and of course I adore this .. how could I not its got chairs and rain and rouge!
Vivre Paris rouge.
Costas
I love your photo
I adore Françoise !! all of her songs
Great Blurb book : congrats
Thank you
Some people wouldn't take photos in the rain - you prove that it can work spectacularly well. I like the sound of your new book.
Those chairs look wonderfully comfy and inviting! I'll be back for a kir when it stops raining. :~}
Ah yes, even with the rain, Virginia, this is my kind of place.
A good place to relax in the final day ;)
I love what you captured here. The after effects if the rain glistening on the pavement. These little table and chairs look oh so inviting. The place to be. X
I love this photo even with the rain!
I thought of you today, Virginia. John and I had lunch at a Pasadena cafe, and the chairs reminded me of the woven chairs one finds at so many of the Paris cafes you've photographed.
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