Rue des Thermopyles - de l'autre côté

<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8931489193/" title="2011 nov day 6 1106 DSC_0545 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2011 nov day 6 1106 DSC_0545" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2829/8931489193_23859db999_c.jpg" width="532" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></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;">Rue des Thermopyles</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;">After using a shot of this street for June CDP Theme Day's "decay," </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">it seemed appropriate to show you the charming side of this street.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is quiet with well-manered cats wearing collars, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">green plants and herbs, window boxes, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">bicycles parked for cat-pedestals, and no cars allowed.  </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;">This photo was taken in the fall </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and these vines should now be full of leaves and blooms.</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;">(for Danielle of <a href="http://venetiamicio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">VenetiaMicio</a>)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></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;">Rue des Thermopyles</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Rue des Thermopyles - de l'autre côté

Rue des Thermopyles After using a shot of this street for June CDP Theme Day's "decay,"  it seemed appropriate to show you the...

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Rue des Thermopyles - un rue qui se délabre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUb5A3FgYF-0AvUCNmMQ9X16mkZ8LlNAYmm_nE2NOCztCEeYCzzcg5tmPLlf1F7xM3P_S1A19z6LZc05jlRciGrkecT0vFIy2Tw19LxRnQEzFQ_ijZNpiXCZK1e6GG8iazX1y8glzC7c/s1600/2011+Nov+Day+3+DSC_0542+b-w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUb5A3FgYF-0AvUCNmMQ9X16mkZ8LlNAYmm_nE2NOCztCEeYCzzcg5tmPLlf1F7xM3P_S1A19z6LZc05jlRciGrkecT0vFIy2Tw19LxRnQEzFQ_ijZNpiXCZK1e6GG8iazX1y8glzC7c/s640/2011+Nov+Day+3+DSC_0542+b-w.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a decaying street</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;">This small street outside the normal haunts of tourists </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">has fallen into ruin but the quiet beauty captured me still</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></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;">Rue des Thermopyles</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75014, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The City Daily Photo members are featuring "the beauty of decay" </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">for theme day this month.  See the other entries<a href="http://cdpbthemeday.blogspot.com/2013/05/june-theme-day-beauty-of-decay_30.html" target="_blank"> here.</a></span></i></div>

Rue des Thermopyles - un rue qui se délabre

a decaying street This small street outside the normal haunts of tourists  has fallen into ruin but the quiet beauty captured me still Rue d...

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Rue des Thermopyles - Une porte rouge

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPLQ8X-tl1_TEyonMi0Jz5Rr_zegJ07BMQzmjF2igoVmLLAj4_a81yMZbr-Ju1jPvIq7XBa1TGoKvVHV_REsbxVxiSsn7W-6EmoFuOhpsFxDfNw6Wry24r7Fm9K9C4CZ0qhdRtFN8FV8/s1600/2011+nov+day+3+DSC_0561.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hea="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPLQ8X-tl1_TEyonMi0Jz5Rr_zegJ07BMQzmjF2igoVmLLAj4_a81yMZbr-Ju1jPvIq7XBa1TGoKvVHV_REsbxVxiSsn7W-6EmoFuOhpsFxDfNw6Wry24r7Fm9K9C4CZ0qhdRtFN8FV8/s640/2011+nov+day+3+DSC_0561.jpg" width="424" /></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;">Rue des Thermopyles</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: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This narrow, winding street is a bit shabby-chic </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">but it is charming and quiet with an occasional cat looking at me </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">from a vine-framed window </span></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Rue des Thermopyles</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75014, Paris</em></span><br />

Rue des Thermopyles - Une porte rouge

Rue des Thermopyles This narrow, winding street is a bit shabby-chic but it is charming and quiet with an occasional cat looking at me from ...

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Rue des Thermopyles - Une porte verte

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hHzc8R12-gplAEYuQj5Gu6v9YcojF7X3y6ZmhFteY0_LL3kobyvyCM-WCX0HKmlq8WOJWyDX7ia4KN1tIndpjAtoiO7TP7AMddUgKUfeuYCGNSf2ge15BnM5t0gQzIB1jMW25JPySQ8/s1600/2011+nov+6+DSC_0555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" dba="true" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9hHzc8R12-gplAEYuQj5Gu6v9YcojF7X3y6ZmhFteY0_LL3kobyvyCM-WCX0HKmlq8WOJWyDX7ia4KN1tIndpjAtoiO7TP7AMddUgKUfeuYCGNSf2ge15BnM5t0gQzIB1jMW25JPySQ8/s640/2011+nov+6+DSC_0555.jpg" width="452" /></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;">In photographing the door, I almost missed the three bird houses over the portal.</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;">I hope the inhabitants are safe from the kitty I saw a few paces away!</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: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>(I wondered if Veron was related to Lynyrd?)</em></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>Rue des Thermopyles</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75014, Paris</em></span>

Rue des Thermopyles - Une porte verte

In photographing the door, I almost missed the three bird houses over the portal. I hope the inhabitants are safe from the kitty I saw a few...

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