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

Montmartre - printemps

A pink "explosion" providing

quite a view from

these windows and balconies

Montmartre

75018, Paris

Jardin Marie Trintignant

Jardin Marie Trintignant

This small patch of green and pink

along Quai des Célestins will 

make you turn your head

Loving spring....

Jardin Marie Trintignant

Rue de l'Ave Maria

75004, Paris

Allée d'arbres

A long row of trees

and dancing shadows

in Cimetière du Père Lachaise

(Joyeux anniversaire, Lisette!)

Cimetière du Père Lachaise

75020, Paris

Square Jean XXIII - dans un cadre

Square Jean XXIII

The elm trees above and the line of shrubbery below

make this lovely square into a vignette.  

Do you know this quiet, 

shady spot on the east side of Notre Dame?

Square Jean XXIII

l'Île de la Cité

75004, Paris

Paulownias en fleurs - Avenue de Laumière

Paulownia trees

In an explosion of color, 

the view of Avenue de Laumière is obstructed 

by the mass of Paulownia trees 

lining the street from Métro Laumière

 to the end at Parc des Buttes Chaumont.  

If you are in Paris this spring, 

take a trip to the park walking along this street for a few blocks.  

It makes for a grand promenade

14, avenue de Laumière

75019, Paris

Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain - le reflet

Fondation Cartier

a contemporary art museum

Fondation Cartier inhabits a striking clear glass building designed by Pritzker Prize architect Jean Nouvel surrounded by a modern woodland garden landscaped by Lothar Baumgarten.  Would you believe that the landscaper's name translates to "tree garden?"

Seen from across Boulevard Raspail, it is difficult to discern the trees from the building with a multitude of green reflections.

Fondation Cartier is one of Europe's most important institutions for contemporary arts.  It hosts a constant stream of temporary exhibitions focusing on particular contemporary artists, schools, or themes.  It is also an important patron to contemporary artists, commissioning important works and offering artist-in-residence programs.

bon weekend

Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain

261, boulevard Raspail

75014, Paris

 Joining James' Weekend Reflections

View all the contributions here