Marché aux Fleurs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTq2FrGXmoQTo71if1hWgvZUBLZp5zT5xbC7raERHb0HkHGB0_q8r6A9QJOiHMCOl2NJqcvtoE494jWCCGyRYwo76x41fBWw032I7pWcvOEOXgS3wCaqVAcv71wfi9URyds_PDkI-tVg/s1600/2013+May+19+108DSC_4356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTq2FrGXmoQTo71if1hWgvZUBLZp5zT5xbC7raERHb0HkHGB0_q8r6A9QJOiHMCOl2NJqcvtoE494jWCCGyRYwo76x41fBWw032I7pWcvOEOXgS3wCaqVAcv71wfi9URyds_PDkI-tVg/s640/2013+May+19+108DSC_4356.jpg" width="522" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Flower Market</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The flower market on Ile de la Cité </div><div style="text-align: center;">has attracted both avid gardeners</div><div style="text-align: center;">and curious passersby since 1830.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Located near Notre Dame in </div><div style="text-align: center;">Place Louis Lépine, </div><div style="text-align: center;">it is worth strolling through.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marché aux Fleurs</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Louis Lépine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">  </span></i></div>

Marché aux Fleurs

Flower Market The flower market on Ile de la Cité  has attracted both avid gardeners and curious passersby since 1830. Located near Notre Da...

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Marché aux Fleurs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaBoX1S2COABk_1WYk7kq0jBTxqrCpgK7_lAlxuuLm36AJED08M_9x2qSUdpb7SIQRs5JTZVPhPGL0GaDMviJeMxLTVTQpGqcHClh1HJfL3_fVnS1oEMsDQvpsTDyxm9s9FQkQHnA_EQ/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_108DSC_4463.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnaBoX1S2COABk_1WYk7kq0jBTxqrCpgK7_lAlxuuLm36AJED08M_9x2qSUdpb7SIQRs5JTZVPhPGL0GaDMviJeMxLTVTQpGqcHClh1HJfL3_fVnS1oEMsDQvpsTDyxm9s9FQkQHnA_EQ/s1600/2012+Mar+28+Paris_108DSC_4463.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Marché aux Fleurs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Flowers or herbs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">gardening tools and baskets,</div><div style="text-align: center;">trees and ornamentals.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On Sundays it becomes a flower <u>and</u> </div><div style="text-align: center;">a bird market (<i>le Marché aux Oiseaux</i>)</div><div style="text-align: center;">You may also find rabbits and designer chickens!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Louis-Lépine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Marché aux Fleurs

Marché aux Fleurs Flowers or herbs, gardening tools and baskets, trees and ornamentals. On Sundays it becomes a flower and   a bird market (...

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Marché aux Fleurs et aux Oiseaux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Gksdgcqq6WCP98ufemBbaDRp3JBBH25I4ZAWyBxulRTJHMs3YDus7OnNOXb5I6z4Z_4EkuvT6QO5I-JT3JtSm_hCz4VpZ2szz_7a6CYwoE3CZzoV7fp1qWgBmDP8ueC3BHnvWGOTGR8/s1600/2009+Dec+6+00767.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Gksdgcqq6WCP98ufemBbaDRp3JBBH25I4ZAWyBxulRTJHMs3YDus7OnNOXb5I6z4Z_4EkuvT6QO5I-JT3JtSm_hCz4VpZ2szz_7a6CYwoE3CZzoV7fp1qWgBmDP8ueC3BHnvWGOTGR8/s1600/2009+Dec+6+00767.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Flower Market</div><div style="text-align: center;">(and sometimes a bird market)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Flower Market is open daily </div><div style="text-align: center;">but they only bring out the birds on Sunday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see from this rainy day photo, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the birds had all flown away (kidding).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">People come from all over Paris and surrounding areas to buy</div><div style="text-align: center;">all imaginable types of birds from canaries and finches </div><div style="text-align: center;">to roosters and chickens.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marché aux Fleurs</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Louis-Lépine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(Merci beaucoup, BC, for the reminder)  </span></i></div>

Marché aux Fleurs et aux Oiseaux

The Flower Market (and sometimes a bird market) The Flower Market is open daily  but they only bring out the birds on Sunday. As you can see...

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Marché aux Oiseaux - Place Louis Lépine

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3pMHIsUbL_8iTc1kqM8oeupb181ktAI-CgDTiJJSyqX_UndT3h1g6JTCM8J99Fb_liQt8B_50iLIB6C0uNlVmWWBrRy-WAKr5VzI5pz1w5Bt8EWZXV_OpaK1ym7fTWu5PQBANi5Ch24/s1600/2009+dec+2+DSC_0873.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3pMHIsUbL_8iTc1kqM8oeupb181ktAI-CgDTiJJSyqX_UndT3h1g6JTCM8J99Fb_liQt8B_50iLIB6C0uNlVmWWBrRy-WAKr5VzI5pz1w5Bt8EWZXV_OpaK1ym7fTWu5PQBANi5Ch24/s640/2009+dec+2+DSC_0873.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Marché aux Fleurs</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(Marché aux Oiseaux)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">On Sundays the Marché aux Fleurs<span style="font-size: small;"> becomes the Marché aux Oiseaux (Bird Market) </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">with a chatty selection of <span style="font-size: small;">birds<span style="font-size: small;">, from the ordinary to the rare.   You may find hens, chickens, roosters, rabbits, fish, Guinea pigs.  </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you are looking for color<span style="font-size: small;">,</span> the birds<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>will oblige your re<span style="font-size: small;">quest.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">  </span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Marché aux Fleurs</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place Louis L<span style="font-size: small;">é</span>pine</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Île de la Cité</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span></div>

Marché aux Oiseaux - Place Louis Lépine

Marché aux Fleurs (Marché aux Oiseaux) On Sundays the Marché aux Fleurs becomes the Marché aux Oiseaux (Bird Market)  with a chatty selecti...

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Les herbes et les fleurs de printemps

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FC7xey2JFryGCuYgDBdX63RCCH4CTFY8HiCLOSYb0H_FHEEacKqx5sVMEf1WB4l2n8-0k-VA1pYMwCIpd4EA3SjximcEs5Jk80uQ-e7fq0KZcdgvaxMRXkdajGgjUwTcZlXzdhbbRRE/s1600/2012+mar+27+photo+(15).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498px" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FC7xey2JFryGCuYgDBdX63RCCH4CTFY8HiCLOSYb0H_FHEEacKqx5sVMEf1WB4l2n8-0k-VA1pYMwCIpd4EA3SjximcEs5Jk80uQ-e7fq0KZcdgvaxMRXkdajGgjUwTcZlXzdhbbRRE/s640/2012+mar+27+photo+(15).jpg" width="640px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">An abundance of healthy herbs and plants available in every market...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Herbs and flowers on my Paris terrace to go with the lantern...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now, just to find a cafe table and chairs...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Marche aux Fleurs</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span></div>

Les herbes et les fleurs de printemps

An abundance of healthy herbs and plants available in every market... Herbs and flowers on my Paris terrace to go with the lantern... Now, j...

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Les lanternes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihA2-nARQ02ai8Zaa0v3c_wq01cInOYmQgpYkCJX26FewCbcmjnB5ydlN-hboXYhSBbay9nVweeCXC5XtjAJwNKuQaQcCBuPvEx5h76eLXpSpn238afjUXeDJycFApYd6vN8jfG4MYxPE/s1600/2012+mar+27+photo+(22).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" mea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihA2-nARQ02ai8Zaa0v3c_wq01cInOYmQgpYkCJX26FewCbcmjnB5ydlN-hboXYhSBbay9nVweeCXC5XtjAJwNKuQaQcCBuPvEx5h76eLXpSpn238afjUXeDJycFApYd6vN8jfG4MYxPE/s640/2012+mar+27+photo+(22).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In the Marché aux Fleurs I found this collection of lanterns </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">suspended from the greenhouse roof.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I dreamed that I had the two in front for large candles on my Paris terrace.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Un aperitif?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Marché aux Fleurs</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Place Louis Lepine</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Île de la Cité</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75004, Paris</em></span>

Les lanternes

In the Marché aux Fleurs I found this collection of lanterns suspended from the greenhouse roof.  I dreamed that I had the two in front for ...

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