Showing posts with label Paris vert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paris vert. Show all posts

Monday, April 11, 2016

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

Friday, July 31, 2015

Un cafe vert



A small cafe with beautiful awnings
and chairs.  As I remember there were plenty
of empty seats outside.


Would be a perfect place with a cool breeze to meet 
friends on a Friday afternoon to welcome the weekend!



bon weekend



Weekend setting - cafe scene
75004, Paris

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

la Porte Verte



the green door


In the process of 
getting a 
re-do



Montmartre
75018, Paris

Monday, May 18, 2015

Qu'est-ce que c'est?



Beautiful color and detail, 
but what is this?


If you know what, 
you will surely guess where.



Paris, bien sûr!


Thursday, April 9, 2015

le Lapin Agile



Le Lapin Agile
"the agile rabbit"


A famous Montmartre cabaret, this charming place 
was once called Cabaret des Assassins.


Covered in ivy from early spring
 it sits just opposite the Montmartre vineyards on its steep hill.
Although I have never been inside, 
my camera has probably clicked a thousand photos over the years.
Like much of Paris, each season changes the perspective.



Le Lapin Agile
22, rue des Saules
75018, Paris