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Visions in White: Family

Concluding today’s trilogy of images wrapped in white, here is a sweetly earnest pair we met on our travels.  

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Visions in White: Swans

In a recent post, I mentioned that the lovely bride picking up the skirts of her gown reminded me of these swans. See what you think.

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Visions in White: Bridal Bridge

While I’ve recently published some images of French military members after this year’s  Bastille Day formalities, there was so much more to the day, including these happy young newlyweds crossing the city’s Pont des Arts following their ceremony. They were kind enough…

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Bastille Day: Military Bonhomie and Panache

  With this year’s Bastille Day just passed, here’s a collection of  some post-parade images. Some of the shots of troops relaxing were taken literally around the corner from our hotel, while others are the result of our stroll across…

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At Ease

Here, after Paris’ Bastille Day parade, these colleagues in arms relax while awaiting their ride.

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After the Parade

We’re back to early afternoon on Bastille Day. The parade is complete, and it’s time to relax.

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Timeless

We were in Paris for Bastille Day 2014 and, post-parade, there were  displays of military pride and – this being the City of Lights – style in abundance. To our good fortune, the blocks around our hotel appeared to be…

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Let’s to the Woodland Glade

Deep in the forest, and off the trail, what will you find? A graceful ring of verde: ferns, evergreens and trees whose branches are clad solely in moss. All of them are joined in circling and even guarding, it might…

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All that Glitters

… is not necessarily gold. While love is a many splendoured thing, we’re learning that romantics’ padlocks are not good for bridges. In June of this year, word came from the mayor of Paris’ sixth arrondissement that the thousands of…

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A Great Right Arm

I’m presenting  this photo twice, once in the header and again in the body of this post,  since the header format of this blog template is kinder to horizontal images, and I’d like you to see the full image. If…

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