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 Église Saint-Germain-des-Prés

As I write this post, I have been home from Paris for a week. We made the wise decision to cut our trip short by 5 days due to the uncertainty of travel and rapidly unfolding virus news. It was a hard decision, but by Thursday, Mary and I were so very thankful we made that decision. Now Paris is under a lockdown, and I think it will happen here soon as well. I've been self isolating since my return and now it looks like it will be much longer than two weeks.

I think this photograph illustrates how it feels right now, alone. Actually I'm not totally alone, I have my chat noir Meeps and very thoughtful daughters and apartment neighbors. I am counting my blessings that I'm safe, healthy and hopefully virus free. I pray the same for all of you.

In the coming days, I will be happy to share my photos with each of you. Thank you for visiting my blog. Stay well mes amis,

Note: The new banner photo was taken from our lovely apartment in the 15eme. We highly recommend and I would be happy to share the contact information!

Sunday Church Series - The Restoration

As is the case is in this old city with old churches, there is continual restoration going on in one place or another. Abbey Saint-Germain-des-Prés, one of the oldest in Paris, camouflaged the scaffolding beautifully with this lovely trompe l'ceil screen.