Howdy folks, I'm back in business after 12 hours sleep and a day of farniente at home! It was a great trip to the Pacific Northwest and as you probably already know, I met three Daily City photobloggers! First I had coffee with Becky of
Walla Walla Valley Daily Photo. We managed to forget taking a photo, we'll try to do better next time! Then in Seattle, I met
Kim and
Chuck, had a wonderful time at the Public Market and was given this
beautiful spring bouquet by Kim -thanks again.
MB of Stanwood didn't make it unfortunately, so next time, okay MB? The photos hanging on the wall behind Kim are Chuck's magnificent photos of Italy, on exhibition at the
Local Color Café. Chuck, by the way, is caught shooting a series of photos, one of which you can see
here. For those who are interested, some of the 700+ photos I took have started to trickle onto
my other blog yesterday and my cowgirl boots (Kim and Chuck know about them already!) are
also online!
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Le retour ! Après une nuit de plus de 12 heures et une journée affalée à la maison, me voilà prête à affronter le quotidien ! Le voyage aux USA s'est merveilleusement bien passé et comme vous le savez sans doute déjà, j'ai eu l'occasion de rencontrer des City Daily blogueurs. D'abord Becky, de
Walla Walla Valley Daily Photo, on a juste oublié de prendre des photos, ce sera pour la prochaine fois ! Puis, à Seattle, j'ai rencontré
Kim et
Chuck.
MB de Stanwood a eu un empêchement, ce sera pour mon prochain voyage dans le Nord-Ouest Pacifique.
Kim m'a offert ce magnifique bouquet printanier, merci encore Kim. Les photos au mur derrière elle sont les superbes tirages d'Italie de Chuck, actuellement exposés au
Local Color Café où nous nous sommes rencontrés. Lorsque j'ai pris la photo de Chuck, il était en pleine action, ce qui a donné
ceci ! Pour ceux que cela intéresse, certaines des 700 photos prises aux States ont commencé à paraître sur
mon autre blog. Quant à mes bottes de cowgirl, enfin acquises après 3 ans de mûre réflexion, elles sont
par ici !
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Before I flew out to Seattle, I was very surprised and honoured to receive the Sunshine Award from
Inverness Daily Photo! Thank you very, very much, it was greatly appreciated! I have to go back to Scotland, I miss the Highlands!
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Avant de partir à Seattle, j'ai eu la surprise et l'honneur de recevoir ce joli award de la part de
Inverness Daily Photo. Merci beaucoup ! Il faut que je retourne en Ecosse, les Highlands me manquent !
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I am sort of cheating again. This isn't a proper doorway, it's a gate. A gate that leads into a private road...
Sunday was dreary, but Saturday was okay. At last some fresh green! I gather that there's a problem with Blogger again. I tried to finish my tour of your blogs yesterday evening but there weren't any photos to see...
Palm Sunday yesterday was a pretty horrible, rainy day. We had intended to go to the flower show near the cathedral but ended up in a museum, not because of the weather but because of the crowds and traffic jam. On our way there from the restaurant, I couldn't resist this scene!
No, we aren't in Scotland all of a sudden, merely in a small street in Versailles where you can buy Farrow and Ball paints and paper...
If you've always wanted a cannon, you can get it here! This, incidentally, is where this photo had been taken.
I'm cheating: this photo of the Petit Trianon, queen Marie-Antoinette's favourite residence in the palace grounds, was taken about this time last year and isn't quite as clear as I would have liked it to be. Still, it's my contribution to James' Weekend Reflections! For all inside and outside posts of the Petit Trianon castle, click on the label below. 
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I haven't had time to go out and shoot new material since my return from Seattle but I did go check the daffodils on Monday. This long, long row greets you when you arrive from Paris on D 910 road. For last year's view, click here! 
Today's doorway is the entrance of the National School of Horticulture, founded in 1874 and located right next to the King's vegetable garden (for all posts on said garden, click on the 'potager' label below).
Howdy folks, I'm back in business after 12 hours sleep and a day of farniente at home! It was a great trip to the Pacific Northwest and as you probably already know, I met three Daily City photobloggers! First I had coffee with Becky of Walla Walla Valley Daily Photo. We managed to forget taking a photo, we'll try to do better next time! Then in Seattle, I met Kim and Chuck, had a wonderful time at the Public Market and was given this beautiful spring bouquet by Kim -thanks again. MB of Stanwood didn't make it unfortunately, so next time, okay MB? The photos hanging on the wall behind Kim are Chuck's magnificent photos of Italy, on exhibition at the Local Color Café. Chuck, by the way, is caught shooting a series of photos, one of which you can see here. For those who are interested, some of the 700+ photos I took have started to trickle onto my other blog yesterday and my cowgirl boots (Kim and Chuck know about them already!) are also online!
Before I flew out to Seattle, I was very surprised and honoured to receive the Sunshine Award from Inverness Daily Photo! Thank you very, very much, it was greatly appreciated! I have to go back to Scotland, I miss the Highlands!
Photo taken in March 2008/Photo prise en mars 2008.
Yes, blue again yet with winter ivy, on the king's boulevard. Sorry for not having left any comments on your blogs yesterday, I came home very late after a car accident. The car is a bit of a wreck, I'm fine!
Most French cities are twinned with other towns. Not so Versailles, which merely entertains mostly cultural relationships with two royal or imperial cities: Nara in Japan and Pushkin, formerly Tsarskoye Selo, "the tsar's village", nicknamed the "Russian Versailles" near Saint Petersburg. 
Here are some details of yesterday's murals on Mazière street. Were you looking for a new wig?! Court shoes maybe?
You have just time travelled! You are in Mazière Street...
Notre-Dame covered market is reflected in a café-tea salon that boasts a lovely painted tree on its window. To enjoy reflections from all over the world, visit Newtown Area Photo!
The Great Commons building, right next to the palace on the Avenue of the American Independence, was built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart to house the king's staff and administration as well as army officers. It was later used as a military hospital in the 19th and 20th centuries and is currently undergoing restoration.
Green!! Not blue, but with a light to guide you home, avenue de Saint-Cloud.
Looks like this year again, moccasins will be quite the craze... 
Double passage here! 'Il passagio', ristorante italiano in Saint Pierre passage linking Clémenceau street to the Avenue de Saint-Cloud. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants
