Le Bon Marché - le carrousel

Square Boucicaut

le carrousel

Almost hidden in the shadow of Le Bon Marché, 

sits this vintage carousel.  

Alas, it was too early in the morning for little passengers, 

but by the afternoon it will be full.

Le Bon Marché

Square Boucicaut

24, rue de Sèvres

75007, Paris

Square Boucicaut - l'amour

Square Boucicaut

Love and passion in the park

May your week be as thrilling!

Square Boucicaut

entre Rue de Babylone et Rue de Sèvres

75007, Paris

Métro Sèvres-Babylone

Square Boucicaut - en l'été

Square Boucicaut

Early in the morning, this little pocket of a park was empty

except for the gardener.

 

Paris is often late to rise,

 and you can have her almost to yourself

if you are an early bird.

Square Boucicaut
entre Rue de Babylone et Rue de Sèvres
75007, Paris
Métro Sèvres-Babylone

Morning stroll

This scene almost escaped me before I could "aim and shoot" and it was not until later that I could definitely say "it's a girl!" -- Do you think that this is the baby's nanny or her grandmère? Although I have never strolled an infant through the streets of Paris, it does occur to me that it must be difficult to handle this Cadillac of a stroller. They weigh a ton and do not exactly turn on a dime. Can you imagine the three steps up to the door and then getting it to the next floor?

I'm off on an adventure with Nanette to find some castanets -- I will still be posting daily but with fewer comments until I return.

Lonely Carrousel -- Square Boucicaut

Waiting for the opening of Bon Marché we sat in Square Boucicaut, the garden honoring the memory of Aristide Boucicaut, le créateur du célèbre grand magasin du Bon Marché.

This day in June the garden is empty except for the gardener and the operator of this carrousel -- no riders, large or small.