La Croix

The municipal cemetery in Saint Denis.

La Famille

 The municipal cemetery in Saint Denis, grave markers in Paris.  

Today, Mary, Peter and I will join fellow blogger Owen at Père Lachaise for an afternoon of photography. The weather promises to cooperate!

La croix

Cimetière de Saint Denis


My French Life has published my "Reading in Paris" photographs.  I hope you'll visit their great site.

Sunday Church Series - Basilica Saint Denis

Located about 5.8 miles north of Paris, the Basilica Saint Denis is noted for it's Gothic architecture and as the final resting place for most of France's kings, queens and their families from the 10-18th centuries.  As we entered the church that afternoon I stopped in awe as the sun streaming through the beautiful stained glass windows created the most amazing rainbow of colors on the walls.

Our friend Owen and his delightful wife Anne joined us that day.  He has a marvelous post with such wonderful images today at his Magic Lantern Show blog. Please drop over and see them.

Cimetière de Saint-Denis

Last month, Genie, Holly, Peter and I joined  Owen ( Magic Lantern Show) and his delightful wife Anne, for a day touring  Basilique Saint-Denis.  Owen is a lover of French cemeteries, so after we toured the church, he took us a few short blocks to the municipal cemetery.  It was late and we only had about 15 minutes to get our photos, but we took advantage of the opportunity until the guard shooed us away.  We adjourned to a local café for coffee, tea and chocolat chaud. The perfect ending to a lovely day.