Again, no Lily of the valley today, Labor day was very quiet this year: a few demonstrations by the unions, almost no Muguet in the streets and since it took place on a Sunday, it was not even a holiday! I still wanted like to offer you something flowery this year, so here it is! I took this photo at rue Cadet, close to where I live. I don't know why, but I really love it. Have a goooood week everyone.
I didn't check into PDP during the Royal Wedding. I was celebrating and didn't touch down until today. You look so cute in your British apron. However, it doesn't look like you have ever worn it while cooking. :-)
ReplyDeleteBritish/French trivia: Did you know that Eleanor of Aquitaine was the only woman to have been both a Queen of France and of England?
Maybe you can post a photo of the Lilly of the valley tomorrow. I love that flower.
@ Lois - Eleanor is my heroine! Great story - possibly one of the first feminists!
ReplyDelete@Eric - I walked to gare du nord this morning (hasn't the weather been beautiful?) and passed a few stalls set up by the Red Cross selling bouquets. Outside the station there were a few stalls selling various bouquets.
Loved the ones in 'a la mere de famille' (and they are edible!!)
Oh, how she carries her bouquet.
ReplyDeleteYou can never go wrong with a dozen roses! Or so I've been told. ;-)
ReplyDeleteAlso a shout out to Jeff! Hope you've been enjoying your Roman holiday. Today was the big beatification day for Pope John Paul II--I imagine Rome was bustling with pilgrims.
ReplyDeleteNothing quite like throwing a huge bouquet over your shoulder for the trip home... love the splash of color concentration!
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Genie
Tons and tons of sellers in the 16th yesterday!
ReplyDeleteThis year here in Australia Anzac Day fell on the same Monday as Easter Monday, the perfect solution !! have Tuesday off too, to make up for it. Haha we take our holidays very seriously.
ReplyDeleteThat's a BUNCH of flowers! Love how you highlighted the colours and the ribbon, Eric! It reminds me of the Christmas tree with red ribbon picture you posted (also on rue Cadet I believe). I love it too!
ReplyDeleteI wish Someone Buy this flower buky For me .
ReplyDeleteI love roses and the title of your post is just fine. I think the way she carries her bouquet (over her shoulder, maybe not the most elegant way) is perfectly safe for the flowers. Handled with care...
ReplyDeletePS : The woman in the photo could be the French singer Juliette, couldn't she?
Oh, I love this one, Eric! As Genie says, the splash of colour concentration is beautifully effective.
ReplyDeleteAnd I love it aussi! Of course Parisian roses are just too beautiful, but the color composition of the red, white and pale green against the white coat makes it almost like a canvas. Just love it!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful roses. I just love roses, but we spend money on flowers so very rarely that I have to wait for my garden to bloom to have fresh flowers in the house. Just a few more weeks and I'll have peonies and lilacs around! Yay!
ReplyDeleteI love the way the color of the roses and the paper just pop out of the picture, Eric! Nicely done!
A beautifully crafted and focused photo. I look at this lady's backside and all I can think is that it is such a beautiful and well-scaled canvas for the abundant rose bouquet. Abundances in all their beauty and glory. Now that's a transcendental composition!
ReplyDeleteVery nice picture, cheers, peter
ReplyDeleteA beautiful bouquet thrown over the shoulder like a sack of potatoes. HA Not the best way to carry flowers.
ReplyDeleteWhere are the Lily of the Valley?
Kris
Anonymous "PS : The woman in the photo could be the French singer Juliette, couldn't she?" Very true. But no, I'm sure it was not her.
ReplyDelete@Beau Gosse "It reminds me of the Christmas tree with red ribbon picture you posted (also on rue Cadet I believe)." Wow, what a memory? You are right!
Eli "Loved the ones in 'a la mere de famille' (and they are edible!!)" Yes, I photographed them, but they did not come out well.
@Lois "British/French trivia: Did you know that Eleanor of Aquitaine was the only woman to have been both a Queen of France and of England?" Er... No I have no idea, but I'm sure a lot of French people know that. I'm just not very good at French history!
@Eric : thank you for your answer :)
ReplyDeleteEric, this is a stunning image. Bravo, and thanks for the inspiration from this photographer.
ReplyDeleteAmicalement,
Marie
sorry the pics didn't come out well Eric - the glass gets in the way! But I do adore that shop - so charmingly old-fashioned!
ReplyDeleteEleanor (in French Alienor which is how my French friends say my real name!)was the mother of Richard the Lionheart and bad King John so links to Robin Hood and Magna Carta!
That is the perfect ending to any day - roses! I would like some!
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