Allée d'arbres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdAnh6N2xIjsjWxRWKGI_3gY9hW0E66Ct3w1mbEvmbUz7yZPiTtPpWlUO7eFy5iyA9CUvV9RBclmc1n00_DiCNrcYwilcIrroNrN28cSDIst1Kskzjg5jnst9nqu3ixiqkW-9kVUR2To/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+396+DSC_7910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAdAnh6N2xIjsjWxRWKGI_3gY9hW0E66Ct3w1mbEvmbUz7yZPiTtPpWlUO7eFy5iyA9CUvV9RBclmc1n00_DiCNrcYwilcIrroNrN28cSDIst1Kskzjg5jnst9nqu3ixiqkW-9kVUR2To/s640/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+396+DSC_7910.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A long row of trees</div><div style="text-align: center;">and dancing shadows</div><div style="text-align: center;">in Cimetière du Père Lachaise</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: center;"><i>(Joyeux anniversaire, Lisette!)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Cimetière du Père Lachaise</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>75020, Paris</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Allée d'arbres

A long row of trees and dancing shadows in Cimetière du Père Lachaise (Joyeux anniversaire, Lisette!) Cimetière du Père Lachaise 75020, Pari...

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Cimetière du Père Lachaise XIX

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwXNNYZsSmoG9W-WzEaYIMBjZvxb7MHIOjrwtoQoiuYQer_U62_AwwfRflH9d5J6PcL_35U2K9oZtqMyS287jHCEIvmVEs3b6viYmYjdBgm8wVTEgFtf7-PQJAQBimdur5dmy8jkDsR4/s1600/2010+June+20+DSC_0852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQwXNNYZsSmoG9W-WzEaYIMBjZvxb7MHIOjrwtoQoiuYQer_U62_AwwfRflH9d5J6PcL_35U2K9oZtqMyS287jHCEIvmVEs3b6viYmYjdBgm8wVTEgFtf7-PQJAQBimdur5dmy8jkDsR4/s1600/2010+June+20+DSC_0852.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cimetière du Père Lachaise</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The sculpted paths in this old cemetery </div><div style="text-align: center;">often feel like a rambling garden.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In the summer, trees provide shade from the sun </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the hilltop position lends itself to cool breezes.</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière du Père Lachaise</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75020, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Cimetière du Père Lachaise XIX

Cimetière du Père Lachaise The sculpted paths in this old cemetery  often feel like a rambling garden.   In the summer, trees provide shade ...

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Cimetière du Père Lachaise

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41HuNtlk3BtauYXo2YGg82ddhFcx5DYye7KoriQi9oFX91bPHRBZuyLJwFHp5ZXBtUJYk9OWpe9rzdeLZKWY_LFYTzCEPaLxohx2DqsioojEEPSxzAa37XVEb-HmJe7O34ImE-HS394Y/s1600/2010+June+20+DSC_0875.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41HuNtlk3BtauYXo2YGg82ddhFcx5DYye7KoriQi9oFX91bPHRBZuyLJwFHp5ZXBtUJYk9OWpe9rzdeLZKWY_LFYTzCEPaLxohx2DqsioojEEPSxzAa37XVEb-HmJe7O34ImE-HS394Y/s1600/2010+June+20+DSC_0875.jpg" width="520" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Père Lachaise Cemetery</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Quiet walks, a few cats,</div><div style="text-align: center;">voices from the past,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and a cool spring breeze...</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;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Cimetière du Père Lachaise</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span>16, rue de Repos</span></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></i></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span>75020, Paris</span></span></i></span></div>

Cimetière du Père Lachaise

Père Lachaise Cemetery Quiet walks, a few cats, voices from the past, and a cool spring breeze... Cimetière du Père Lachaise 16, rue de Repo...

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Père Lachaise en hiver

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEeR9GT_RIg222fE25EkRPXVASsPx76xC8H6D2KQSxpEfQsWUJlW4JTvgMuxFImkHpih1WItP_UTPF0rDNJVW_NRi7_8FCSKVxU8XatGxOCYQMC7sD09cTlXBalQVdyz__lj1at2_Gww/s1600/2009+Dec+4+00382.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEeR9GT_RIg222fE25EkRPXVASsPx76xC8H6D2KQSxpEfQsWUJlW4JTvgMuxFImkHpih1WItP_UTPF0rDNJVW_NRi7_8FCSKVxU8XatGxOCYQMC7sD09cTlXBalQVdyz__lj1at2_Gww/s1600/2009+Dec+4+00382.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Père Lachaise</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In summer these bare branches are filled </div><div style="text-align: center;">with leaves making a canopy of shade from the heat and sun.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">In winter, the "tree bones" litter the narrow stone paths </div><div style="text-align: center;">with a mosaic of shadows.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are a winter visitor, put Père Lachaise on your list.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">You can wander through the 110 acres </div><div style="text-align: center;">and almost have the place to yourself, </div><div style="text-align: center;">or you can get a map <a href="http://www.pariscemeteries.com/pdf/Plan-sepultures-Pere-Lachaise.pdf" target="_blank">(here)</a> and locate a specific grave.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The long shadows of winter will give you memorable photos.</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">le Cimetière du Père Lachaise</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">16, rue de Repos</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75020, Paris</span></span></i></div>

Père Lachaise en hiver

Père Lachaise In summer these bare branches are filled  with leaves making a canopy of shade from the heat and sun.   In winter, the "t...

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Décomposition et désespoir

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10735989743/" title="2012 Jan HB - IMG_6747 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Jan HB - IMG_6747" height="800" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5484/10735989743_a2cbdc7e27_c.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Decay and despair</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Overturned tombstones, doors ajar, unkempt grounds...</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This desolate cemetery pairs well with the expression on this caryatid</span><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(not Père Lachaise)</span></span></i><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

Décomposition et désespoir

Decay and despair Overturned tombstones, doors ajar, unkempt grounds... This desolate cemetery pairs well with the expression on this caryat...

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Père Lachaise - crossing

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8603213681/" title="2009 dec 4 00380 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 dec 4 00380" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8400/8603213681_d50085532f_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Crossing</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Crossing the stone paths of Cimetière du Père Lachaise</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">perhaps a symbol for passing from this life to the next</span></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;">Cimetière du Père Lachaise</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75020, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Joining the City Daily Photo Blogs</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">for April's Theme Day</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"crossing"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Père Lachaise - crossing

Crossing Crossing the stone paths of Cimetière du Père Lachaise perhaps a symbol for passing from this life to the next Cimetière du Père La...

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Père Lachaise - la chouette et son ombre

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8536094078/" title="2009 dec 00364 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 dec 00364" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8088/8536094078_e8c5162e9b_c.jpg" width="532" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A majestic tomb</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rising above most of the tombs in this area of the famed Père Lachaise, three mighty owls stand watch perched between stone garlands.  The crown supports a shield that surely identifies the family.  How could I have failed to note the name and the story.  Alas, a momentary lapse, but I will return for another look.  </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;">The skies may never be this blue again</span></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;">Cimetière du Père Lachaise</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75020, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Père Lachaise - la chouette et son ombre

A majestic tomb Rising above most of the tombs in this area of the famed Père Lachaise, three mighty owls stand watch perched between stone ...

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Père Lachaise XII - les ombres

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8491355632/" title="2009 Dec 3 IMG_0124 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2009 Dec 3 IMG_0124" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8512/8491355632_bd92ae6756_c.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Père Lachaise</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have an affinity for photographing cemeteries and Cimetière du Père Lachaise is a favorite.  No matter the season, the weather, or the time of day, one finds interesting lines, reflections, shapes, and ghosts.    </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;">Although one would think that a cemetery does not change from day to day,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> it is different on each visit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> (No, I have not seen ghosts)</span></i></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;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Cimetière du Père-Lachaise</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Boulevard de Ménilmontant</span></span></i></div><div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">75020, Paris </span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Métro Père Lachaise, or<br />Métro Phillippe Auguste</span></span></i><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Père Lachaise XII - les ombres

Père Lachaise I have an affinity for photographing cemeteries and Cimetière du Père Lachaise is a favorite.  No matter the season, the weath...

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Se souvenant de George Whitman

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxoa9QoDVrhgVhjaMlFE_m1G7cLDYb79Qkhu8GlmX0cvPXqbuh4H5erSsUHrDnkjI_CxORHPLPoP1Ss_f4aucLsijk3v5mhL38RuCKPC4OxjLTW6MjGTmM-wzxHFiyTl4FM1bAGDkbjs/s1600/2011+nov+5+DSC_0064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="618" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxoa9QoDVrhgVhjaMlFE_m1G7cLDYb79Qkhu8GlmX0cvPXqbuh4H5erSsUHrDnkjI_CxORHPLPoP1Ss_f4aucLsijk3v5mhL38RuCKPC4OxjLTW6MjGTmM-wzxHFiyTl4FM1bAGDkbjs/s640/2011+nov+5+DSC_0064.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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">From the website of <a href="http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/"><strong>Shakespeare and Company</strong></a>...</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;">"On Wednesday 14th December, 2011, George Whitman died peacefully at home in the apartment above his bookshop in Paris.  George suffered a stroke two months ago, but showed incredible strength and determination up to the end, continuing to read every day in the company of his daughter, Sylvia, his friends and his cat and dog.  He died two days after his 98th birthday.</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;">Nicknamed the Don Quixote of the Latin Quarter, George will be remembered for his free spirit, his eccentricity and his generosity.  He will be buried at Père Lachaise cemetery in the good company of other men and women of letters..."</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;"><em>Rest peacefully, gentle angel</em></span></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>Shakespeare and Company</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>37, rue Bûcherie</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75005 Paris</em></span></div>

Se souvenant de George Whitman

From the website of Shakespeare and Company ... "On Wednesday 14th December, 2011, George Whitman died peacefully at home in the apartm...

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Père Lachaise - Thomas Couture

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvf7UF68q8BPkpNM5Ww2tYGvxJjtwovPltTEmF-QHvbe6GtpCNfon6mOLO2-FXjpNv_OZbsgIeMJMrp6cNO7xkqJcynuKVHqIW6-VDyzXkc9hItlm0Xn14t0UhrdVosYLt3fyrYjpGJg/s1600/2009+dec+hhb+IMG_0120d.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642766536400619986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLvf7UF68q8BPkpNM5Ww2tYGvxJjtwovPltTEmF-QHvbe6GtpCNfon6mOLO2-FXjpNv_OZbsgIeMJMrp6cNO7xkqJcynuKVHqIW6-VDyzXkc9hItlm0Xn14t0UhrdVosYLt3fyrYjpGJg/s640/2009+dec+hhb+IMG_0120d.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Couture"><strong>Thomas Couture</strong> </a>was a classical 19th Century history painter and portraitist, most famous for his "<a href="http://hoocher.com/Thomas_Couture/Thomas_Couture.htm"><strong>Romans in the Decadence of the Empire</strong></a>" found today in Musée D'Orsay at a grand 472 x 772 cm (15 feet by 25 feet).<br /><br /><br /><br />He was critical of the moral decadence of France under the July monarchy (the ruling class) and alluding to French society the "Romans" of his masterpiece translated to "French in the Decadence." He later left Paris and started his own school, and among his students were Edouard Manet, Henri Fantin-Latour, and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />

Père Lachaise - Thomas Couture

Thomas Couture was a classical 19th Century history painter and portraitist, most famous for his " Romans in the Decadence of the Empi...

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Père Lachaise X

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMXIbYotn5lVA4n1pQmIWsm7y6TKXHvk3t8_MHLeZev7ZW7lK4QolHF3UvrI8-pek_UY0S1TbCpA97EW6m6OiohWH_FgFmfJP1wD6fTbY-Qe3BkLP1XJ65V3DJC52TZMVXmu-6fohwl0/s1600/2008+july+paris+DSC_0100.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610120806033475682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMXIbYotn5lVA4n1pQmIWsm7y6TKXHvk3t8_MHLeZev7ZW7lK4QolHF3UvrI8-pek_UY0S1TbCpA97EW6m6OiohWH_FgFmfJP1wD6fTbY-Qe3BkLP1XJ65V3DJC52TZMVXmu-6fohwl0/s640/2008+july+paris+DSC_0100.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Granite, limestone, marble, painstakingly chisled...</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">Shades of green, either paint or patina....</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">Canopy of trees fully leafed for the season...</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">All in quiet homage to those who have gone...</span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"></div>

Père Lachaise X

Granite, limestone, marble, painstakingly chisled... Shades of green, either paint or patina.... Canopy of trees fully leafed for the season...

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Père Lachaise IX - Forlorn

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISQtW5zno4Nfd8S_0cyKLYUGv-tETfZFQAMv96gmnuAXaz8jxVxwxwj0LDX9QvQAt2OsAe3JcGRI9Q5rzHmGaTtIp8x7dekS4aGq2CnBjY1-YgjgwbgvVRMYEvR3Bk_a-x-RNfcIA984/s1600/2008+july+paris+DSC_0110.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594111288419337266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhISQtW5zno4Nfd8S_0cyKLYUGv-tETfZFQAMv96gmnuAXaz8jxVxwxwj0LDX9QvQAt2OsAe3JcGRI9Q5rzHmGaTtIp8x7dekS4aGq2CnBjY1-YgjgwbgvVRMYEvR3Bk_a-x-RNfcIA984/s640/2008+july+paris+DSC_0110.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;; ;" /></a><br /><br /><br />Quite often I think of cemeteries in terms of black and white, but she was just too lovely with her alabaster-like skin offset by the dark green foliage to take out the color.

Père Lachaise IX - Forlorn

Quite often I think of cemeteries in terms of black and white, but she was just too lovely with her alabaster-like skin offset by the dark g...

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Père Lachaise VIII - Shadows

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4IYzKcpTaOBIOpxHDQrfeMRObrZH5yKRqrkqoZnT270uZ5mw_rv7f1xA_Y1sFFuzZsRXa-D9dHbvg8cRKzbzzJC7-9V0-qQAJnyrro0wShj_Gygf4nQp86UsEgfSbE6B38xvlEQDc3bE/s1600/2009+dec+paris+holly+IMG_0124.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577018199230759442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4IYzKcpTaOBIOpxHDQrfeMRObrZH5yKRqrkqoZnT270uZ5mw_rv7f1xA_Y1sFFuzZsRXa-D9dHbvg8cRKzbzzJC7-9V0-qQAJnyrro0wShj_Gygf4nQp86UsEgfSbE6B38xvlEQDc3bE/s640/2009+dec+paris+holly+IMG_0124.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;">The long shadows of winter are perfect for casting shadows on the tomb walls. The twisted bare tree branches reach up in contrast to the crystal blue sky over Père Lachaise.</span></div><div> </div><div> </div>

Père Lachaise VIII - Shadows

The long shadows of winter are perfect for casting shadows on the tomb walls. The twisted bare tree branches reach up in contrast to the cr...

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Père Lachaise - room with a view

<span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDV4MPMPh5zdOKWq7B7xCeLEHKiyq3aTR7sDegVTKEFC_EFvYu4eQ4c-1hPODbi_wmMVRr83qolnOdWQeKkvZagaL46lDWeNJV0XJoEwBGW6jTyz-IxtfDikq25WIrjrDMPVuE2EFnPA/s1600/2009+dec+paris+00386.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559666177436742146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDV4MPMPh5zdOKWq7B7xCeLEHKiyq3aTR7sDegVTKEFC_EFvYu4eQ4c-1hPODbi_wmMVRr83qolnOdWQeKkvZagaL46lDWeNJV0XJoEwBGW6jTyz-IxtfDikq25WIrjrDMPVuE2EFnPA/s640/2009+dec+paris+00386.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Known as the "grandest address in Paris" this cemetery of over 100 acres is the final resting place of both the famous and the infamous. It is a great place to wander with a purpose, perhaps to find the tomb of Chopin and Delacroix, or to <em>flâner</em> the cobblestone paths admiring the beauty of times past. Maps are available at the front entrance <em>gratuit</em> if you want a purposeful search.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Cimetière du Père-Lachaise<br /></span></div></span><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Boulevard de Ménilmontant</span></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Métro Père Lachaise, or<br />Métro Phillippe Auguste<br /></span>

Père Lachaise - room with a view

Known as the "grandest address in Paris" this cemetery of over 100 acres is the final resting place of both the famous and the inf...

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Père Lachaise VI

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLVwnI0JyKvecK43AA8eR8htgVriS69J9QYkslFDxHXvK0A2_3cneqX-JwFJc8LTQU8DMq-dVOh4NjB5W-fTMYarfQVgatlWdX1OmrgLM5cicFTb36q_iWv6_LiBD5ys3qS4MODAQWJ8/s1600/2009+dec+paris+IMG_0110+cropped+b-w.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545720741933911458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLVwnI0JyKvecK43AA8eR8htgVriS69J9QYkslFDxHXvK0A2_3cneqX-JwFJc8LTQU8DMq-dVOh4NjB5W-fTMYarfQVgatlWdX1OmrgLM5cicFTb36q_iWv6_LiBD5ys3qS4MODAQWJ8/s640/2009+dec+paris+IMG_0110+cropped+b-w.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><font size="4" face="arial">What a heavy load to bear...</font></div><br /><div align="center"><font size="4" face="Arial"></font> </div><br /><div align="center"> </div>

Père Lachaise VI

What a heavy load to bear...

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Lonesome cherub

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1agL8SIyWk_RVvB-e8dIrnu1EZA1Od1U-GvMoDY_LS8qAEh3n_p4fZjRiV4BJWT2c0z_aawfbgiHp2_t6vJ5TWgd5ifo9frciIh1Q2LAxldwjvqZVzYslTyPstV40jE6MHF11zIbAkM/s1600/2010+0620+Paris+DSC_0837blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530263842672283794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1agL8SIyWk_RVvB-e8dIrnu1EZA1Od1U-GvMoDY_LS8qAEh3n_p4fZjRiV4BJWT2c0z_aawfbgiHp2_t6vJ5TWgd5ifo9frciIh1Q2LAxldwjvqZVzYslTyPstV40jE6MHF11zIbAkM/s640/2010+0620+Paris+DSC_0837blog.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">How many hundreds of little cherubs are to be found in the cimeteries of Paris?</span></div>

Lonesome cherub

How many hundreds of little cherubs are to be found in the cimeteries of Paris?

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Pere Lachaise -- Un beau visage

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz23OzJJHNJO1192etkZtou-29zCX4rPvBmddJIjdeATghEh1C9B2K9wetukT_4vXiQrZBvPB7nhp8SgmpvnJO7y0ri6yfYIDxWzzVPvhTANc7mDzJdsvSr7vXnc_FLrVk-K_x-ilGLFc/s1600/2010+0620+Paris+DSC_0879sharpen.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521053738740674210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz23OzJJHNJO1192etkZtou-29zCX4rPvBmddJIjdeATghEh1C9B2K9wetukT_4vXiQrZBvPB7nhp8SgmpvnJO7y0ri6yfYIDxWzzVPvhTANc7mDzJdsvSr7vXnc_FLrVk-K_x-ilGLFc/s640/2010+0620+Paris+DSC_0879sharpen.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><br /><div>The ironwork on this vault is one of a thousand faces in Pere Lachaise. Beautiful cemetaries are a joy to photograph for the architecture, the art and craftsmanship, the history. No one is going anywhere and every now and then you find un beau visage like this.</div><div></div><div></div>

Pere Lachaise -- Un beau visage

The ironwork on this vault is one of a thousand faces in Pere Lachaise. Beautiful cemetaries are a joy to photograph for the architecture, t...

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