Les vitrines de jouets - CDP Theme Day

Looking out of a store window at the winter

landscape, the tin toys resemble paper silhouettes 

against a palette of neutrals.

The theme for the City Daily Photo Bloggers

on this first day of March:  A photo that is in color

but appears almost as a black and white shot.

Click here to see the selections of other City Daily photographers

Avanti la Musica (unique toys and music boxes)

73, quai de la Tournelle

75005, Paris

CDP Theme Day - Loving Life

Cour Damoye

This group created an impromptu party

and enjoyed a makeshift table

with lively conversation.

Today I join photobloggers from around the world

in theme day.  Click here to see their interpretations. 

The theme for February is 

"LOVING LIFE"

Cour Damoye

75011, Paris

 

City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Abandoned"

Jardin des Tuileries

"Abandoned"

If you are not familiar with this popular and historied Paris garden 

the photo above might appear as just a "park photo."

This shot was made on the day after the November 13, 2015 

terrorist attacks. 

On this beautiful, crisp November Saturday, the

garden was closed, an eerie sight.  On a typical weekend,

you would not see any empty green chairs, and the paths would be 

filled with families, children, couples, and people enjoying life.

Jardin des Tuileries, abandoned.... and silent

Jardin des Tuileries

75001, Paris

Today I join other City Daily Photobloggers

around the world on Theme Day - here.

Bibliothèque Nationale - City Daily Photo Theme Day - "Library"

Bibliothèque Nationale

Richelieu Library

This magnificent architecture is home to the reading

room at the Richelieu Library in Paris, a part of BnF 

(Bibliothèque Nationale de France).

This oval room is quiet as it should be for reading...

No photos allowed!

(shhhhhhh)

Today I join other city photo bloggers around the world in 

Theme Day: Library

Check out the other entries here

Bibliothèque Nationale - Richelieu Library

5, rue Vivienne

75002, Paris

CDP Theme Day - "look down"

Avenue des Champs Elysées

seen from l'Arc de Triomphe

The first day of each month is Theme Day

for City Daily Photobloggers and today's theme is

Looking Down

Check here to see the photo interpretations

from around the world

Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile

Place Charles de Gaulle

75008, Paris

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

City Daily Photo Theme Day - The Beauty of Simplicity

The Beauty of Simplicity

Only a few days after the November 13 bombings in Paris

we found this simple phrase with a scattering of wet leaves.

I could not have staged a more poignant shot.

Today I join City Daily photobloggers around the world

in Theme Day. Click here to see their take on

"The Beauty of Simplicity"

Rainy Paris street

75005, Paris

Theme Day - Coffee House

Un café pour vous?

Not only can you have un café but 

also un chocolat chaud (hot chocolate).

Today I am joining my photographer friends from around the 

world in City Daily Photo Theme Day. Check them out here.

Coffee on a terrace

75002, Paris

City Daily Photo Theme Day - Ephemeral

Jardin du Luxembourg

The autumn bloom of chrysanthemums are ephemeral 

but our memories are imprinted with the many shades of gold and orange.

On the first day of each month, the City Daily Photobloggers

from around the world interpret the "theme" and November's

theme is "EPHEMERAL."  Take a look here.

Jardin du Luxembourg

75006, Paris

 

City Daily Photo Theme Day - Shelter

Jardin des Tuileries

The shared umbrella was scant shelter 

in this October deluge.

The trees provided a bit of shelter

but the downpour drenched us all that day!

The theme for this first day of October is SHELTER.

Click here to see the interpretation of City Daily Photo bloggers 

from around the world.

 

 

 

Jardin des Tuileries

75001, Paris

 

Un chat et deux bicyclettes - Theme Day

A cat and two bicycles

He is just waiting for his master to return home. 

Not a bad viewpoint from which to watch the world.

My City Daily Photo friends are showing their take on

this month's theme "bicycles" here.

City Daily Photo Theme Day

75014, Paris

Élégante!

Stylish!

This stylish young woman was impressive enough 

that the bicyclist almost lost his balance...

Today is the first day of the month and I join

all the City Daily Photo Bloggers in Theme Day

See the other interpretations of "stylish" here.

Parc de Monceau

rue de Courcelles

75008, Paris

City Daily Photo - Theme Day - La Revolution

City Daily Photo

Theme Day

On the first day of each month the photographers who participate daily with photos of their city (or adopted city) post a photo along a selected theme.  This month is "revolution," and I chose to consider the revolutions in wheels.

This woman is riding a Velib, 

which is the public bicycle system in Paris.

On three trips to Paris I have used the Velibs,

dodging the buses and cars to take a different view of the city.

I do not take photos while I ride which is a great comfort to my family.

Take a look at all of the interpretations of the CDP photographers here.

Paris Velib

Place Louis Lepine

75004, Paris

Les yeux verts - City Daily Photo Theme Day

"the green eyes"

To look at someone with green eyes might imply envy 

but to see these eyes today

 I feel thankful for the times I have been in Paris 

with a promise of many more visits to come.

Anyway, my eyes are blue.

Today I join the City Daily Photo bloggers around the world 

in Theme Day, "My Camera-Shy Self Portrait."  

See the creative interpretations of the April theme here.

Jardin du Palais Royal

75001, Paris

April 1

poisson d'avril