City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Shadow and Highlight"

Jardin des Plantes

Today I join city daily photo bloggers around 

the world for Theme Day:

"Shadow and Highlight"

Please take a look at the theme interpretation

of other photographers here.

Jardin des Plantes

75005, Paris

Jardin des Plantes - un perroquet vert?

Jardin des Plantes

One would think that this green parrot (?) had escaped

from an enclosure, a pen.  However, we sighted 

an entire flock of them, numbering 12 or more.

They enjoyed the November berries immensely.

Is Paris temperate enough to support

what I imagine to be a tropical species?


UPDATE:
"If you have ever spotted apple-green birds the size of a turtledove with bright red bills during one of your strolls around Paris, you are neither colorblind nor sleepwalking. You merely sighted one of the many rose-ringed parakeets (Psittacula krameri) that have made Paris and its vast suburbs their home."
You can read more here. 

Jardin des Plantes

75005, Paris

Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée

Paleontology Museum

I have seen the photographs and peered through the impressive 

windows, but sadly I have never been inside to see the skeletons

It is on my list to accomplish this year

Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée

Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Jardin des Plantes

75005, Paris

Métro Gare d'Austerlitz

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution

Although we went to see the Robert Doisneau exhibit of photographs

taken at the museum, this parade of animals was magnificent.

I wondered how I could have been to Paris so many times 

and yet failed to visit this museum

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution

Jardin des Plantes

75005, Paris

Jardin des Plantes - la Bruette

Jardin des Plantes

the wheelbarrow

Well-used and caked with mud,

this wheelbarrow has had a place in

Jardin des Plantes for many years.

Jardin des Plantes

75005, Paris

Jardin des Plantes - des flâneurs

Jardin des Plantes

In a misty rain 

you will always see people in Paris parks.

This young maman was walking her baby

briskly between the showers of the afternoon.

Jardin des Plantes

75005, Paris

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution

The four levels of the galery hall and the glass ceiling 

were "painted" in the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge of the French flag.

Grande Galerie de l'Évolution

Jardin des Plantes

75005, Paris

Le petit garçon et son billet

the little boy and his ticket

Strapped in to ride on an imaginary creature 

in the fanciful carrousel

Dodo Manège

Jardin des Plantes has something for any age,

including photographers

Jardin des Plantes

75005, Paris

Dodo Manège - la petite fille en rouge

Dodo Manège

The carrousels of Paris will amaze you.  

This is a unique little carrousel tucked away in Jardin des Plantes,

well-known by the children of Paris. 

Joining "Paris in July"

Take a virtual trip and have a look 'here'

Dodo Manège

Carrousel, Jardin des Plantes

(near Gare d'Austerlitz entrance)

75005, Paris

Le Carrousel - Dodo Manège

Dodo Manège

Hidden in Jardin des Plantes this fanciful, unusual carousel is a delight for all ages.


As you can see from the photo, these are not your ordinary carousel animals,
but, there are enough creatures to satisfy all tastes.

Dodo Manège
Jardin des Plantes
75005, Paris

Dodo Manège - Carrousel XXXIII

"Dodo Manège"

Carousel in Jardin des Plantes

Wrapped in tarp this carousel hides its animal-rides 

created to reflect extinct and endangered species.  

Jardin des Plantes is filled with treasures 

and this carrousel is but one.  

On weekend afternoons in good weather 

you will find many families enjoying this charming carrousel.

To see the carrousel "revealed" look here.

Dodo Manège

Carrousel, Jardin des Plantes

(near Gare d'Austerlitz entrance)

75005, Paris

Jardin des Plantes

Jardin des Plantes

Walking alone in the garden, an alley of trees appeared, 

presenting a carpet dappled by the sun 

with a pattern of lace.

The sun was elusive,

 and one must be quick to capture its appearance.

Jardin des Plantes

75005, Paris

Métro Gare d'Austerlitz

Les couleurs de Paris - le jaune

The garden shed

What a simple description of this little fairytale of a building...

a yellow turret with red trim sitting the midst of a tidy garden

This is my contribution to a five-color series of photos,

and with this I curtsy to yellow as bright as a sunflower. 

 

le Jardin des Plantes

75005, Paris

Métro Gare d'Austerlitz



Des couleurs de Paris - le vert

le Jardin des Plantes

This stegosaurus (le stégosaure) hides behind the lush green ferns just in front of
"Galeries d'Anatomie comparée et de Paléontologie."  The gallerie was opened in 1898, offering a vast landscape of bones.  On the 1st floor, is a fabulous collection of fossils, both vertebrate and invertebrate: dinosaurs, mastadons and giant birds, arranged in order of their appearance on Earth.

I have accepted the challenge of Rob and Mandy (and Grace) 

to show 5 colors featured in photos. 

This is my bow to green, le vert. 

More to come

le Jardin des Plantes
2, Rue Buffon
75005, Paris
Métro Gare d'Austerlitz

Dodo Manège - Carrousel XXII

Dodo Manège

This is a unique little carrousel tucked away in Jardin des Plantes,

well-known by the children of Paris. 

You can see an overview photo I posted here 

Dodo Manège

Jardin des Plantes (southeast entrance)

75005, Paris

Métro Gare D'Austerlitz

Dodo Manège -- Un carrousel

Dodo Manège, so read the hand-painted wood sign in front of this picturesque carousel, a merry-go-round of extinct and endangered species. Closed in the winter with the green tarp sealed tightly, it is a must-see for my warm-weather trips to Paris. It is found near the southeast entrance to Jardin de Plantes (Metro: Gare D'Austerlitz) and can be located by the sounds of the carousel music and children's laughter.

You will not see many tourists but parents, grandparents, children -- local families out for an afternoon. To ride the green T. Rex or perhaps the Dodo, each child clutches un billet until it is handed over to the ticket collector. Indulged most likely by grandparents, some children ride time and again, some changing animals each time the manège stops and others guarding the "first-come" rights to the same favorite animal.