I had fresh flowers in my apartment all the time in Paris...don't do the same for myself here. In our neighborhood there were several florists that I just passed in my daily routines...so picking up whatever was in season was so easy. The tulips in the winter were my favorite treat!
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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One wonders how they make a living with so much competition!
Oh! which one should I choose, she must be asking !
Wow. What a brilliant display of flowers. How about one of each.
How beautiful!
Hi Virginia, we just went shopping for plants today :)
Duncan In Kuantan
This is just the most charming photo. The flowers alone would be pretty. Eva gives is heart.
I had fresh flowers in my apartment all the time in Paris...don't do the same for myself here. In our neighborhood there were several florists that I just passed in my daily routines...so picking up whatever was in season was so easy. The tulips in the winter were my favorite treat!
Loved the flower shops - nothing like that here, and so expensive
Beautiful flowers. I want the mixed red, gold and white ones. You will take care of that, right?
What the French call l'embarras de choix (and what we might call an embarrassment of riches). Good luck, Eva—they're all so beautiful!
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