I have no idea what she was thinking this Sunday afternoon in Luxembourg Gardens. I was thinking how much I love this place and wishing I didn't have to leave Paris!
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.
7 comments:
Oh I know that feeling! Do you often go in winter? I like it then but this year I am a spring bird.
I really like the mood in this shot- and those flowers are lovely!
She was thinking she'd like to draw a face on that pot because the flowers look like a head of hair. :~}
That's what I would wish for too. Yvonne
Nice image. I like the thoughtful aspect in the image.
Lovely! Happy to be back seeing your photos after not blogging for a while.
This picture has a reason you took it.
One memories you never what to forget.
And of course you did not want to leave it.
Perhaps the girl don't want to leave it neither or she miss's her loved one.
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