How about a funny window setting to finish the week? I'm not talking about a shop window display, but a real window, a one that I found at Quai de la Gironde, by the Canal de l'Ourq. I just thought it was funny. Facts and figures: the big stones around the window are called Meulières, they were used until 1880 to build houses in Paris and its area.
Ah, she's catching the first rays of sun and having an early morning stretch.
ReplyDeleteI love this photo!!
ReplyDeleteSo funny!
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Mannequins don't like tan lines either.
ReplyDeleteMeulieres -- wasn't he a famous playwrite? He used to rock the establishment every time tickets for his shows went on shale. But, he never got stoned. And, its taken for granite that he always want to be a Mason..... ;)
ReplyDeletePS - I love this fun photo and esp the colors, Eric!
ReplyDeleteI looked up meulieres on French Wiki to see why they stopped being used in 1880 and it said that the stones were used an upholsterer's tool and that in fact that was where Moliere's name came from because his pere was tapissier to the roi! Unfortunately, the Moliere entry said he would never say where his moniker came from. So, what to think? Any Moliere/Meulieres experts out there?
Carrie—LOL, and also wow! You are full of fascinating info today. (And why did the profs of French Lit. at the Sorbonne never tell me this, eh??)
ReplyDeleteEric—whatever the story behind this vignette, I just love your beautifully composed shot.
C'est moi dans la fenêtre!! :)
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I'm sure this is a single mans window. The mannequin is kind of a developed pin-up calendar.
ReplyDeleteVirginia you're looking good haha! Great shot!
ReplyDeleteFunny! I love the use of the bright spot of color with the black and white.
ReplyDeleteCarrie, don't take it for granite, letting you know that you made me laugh!
Love it :)
ReplyDeleteDamn well done, Carrie. Such a marbleous wit. I'm graveling at your feet.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great photo.. I really do miss living there...
ReplyDeleteThanks, Eric and Carrie!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, this picture makes me "sediment-al" for Paris. This picture rocks!
ReplyDeleteLOL back atcha everyone! Alexa -- I guess they just didn't have the benefit of Wikipedia. Just another downside of the good old days -- I don't know how we survived -- mail, pencils, dial phones, books, doors you had to reach out and pull to open. Its tiring just thinking about it.
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ReplyDeleteIt adds a bit of whimsy to the otherwise drab surroundings. I love it.
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