Les Floralies - Rue Cler

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhck3zHhyphenhyphenL3Ji4K8_9nerQz0-5KpcIJ06vgO_JYMMM7NF-WSFSYES3xus8ZkRjzWyZ-4jgKTirRIGojL_3rg03BoUxHIQ7Vltimz5OWwo18q1_z3V-DdLSe7v7Jsxn_jUzX65JT1jJ5XkI/s1600/2008+July+13+DSC_0151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhck3zHhyphenhyphenL3Ji4K8_9nerQz0-5KpcIJ06vgO_JYMMM7NF-WSFSYES3xus8ZkRjzWyZ-4jgKTirRIGojL_3rg03BoUxHIQ7Vltimz5OWwo18q1_z3V-DdLSe7v7Jsxn_jUzX65JT1jJ5XkI/s1600/2008+July+13+DSC_0151.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Les Floralies</div><div style="text-align: center;">Rue Cler</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On this pedestrian street, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the local residents have a wide selection </div><div style="text-align: center;">of fresh produce, flowers, linens, chocolates, and a daily market.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The terrace cafes are a great place to watch pedestrians </div><div style="text-align: center;">and the street's activities. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon quatre juillet</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></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;">Rue Cler</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;">75007, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Les Floralies - Rue Cler

Les Floralies Rue Cler On this pedestrian street,  the local residents have a wide selection  of fresh produce, flowers, linens, chocolates,...

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Trois statues parmi les fleurs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZb_y6bEzPfax-d5rFt0p1YHNVJgqHvujdhyphenhyphenjiadgCx5gQ18bX7xR2DtFWGbEwmRmPLsuh5kOxN61o0lpBKfg7CZHg4e-Qv_kI65IcXj29tUAWHJCJRKJ5vcm1IC-g9Eh3rhrN6TkNYyM/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_264DSC_4512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZb_y6bEzPfax-d5rFt0p1YHNVJgqHvujdhyphenhyphenjiadgCx5gQ18bX7xR2DtFWGbEwmRmPLsuh5kOxN61o0lpBKfg7CZHg4e-Qv_kI65IcXj29tUAWHJCJRKJ5vcm1IC-g9Eh3rhrN6TkNYyM/s1600/2013+May+19+0519_264DSC_4512.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Three statues among the flowers</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Without regard to the season or the weather,</div><div style="text-align: center;">one can always find fresh flowers, herbs, and plants in Paris.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you ready for spring?</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;">Mahasiah</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;">234, boulevard Raspail</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;">75014, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Trois statues parmi les fleurs

Three statues among the flowers Without regard to the season or the weather, one can always find fresh flowers, herbs, and plants in Paris. ...

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Frédéric Garrigues - artisan fleuriste

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSOa2HDcRQZqxmd08NJkRB3n0XsIQgltW20D1dT85jwnbJuJ0NxqU7luDWGU1K_E5e-MRkXM4IIzdnGOvkT-mh5BCDUGdp467w9nq4RUCpdT3ZPsYjjMTXiV-ifJsyYlG-geVv8yJN-0/s1600/2013+May+0522+Wed_244DSC_5854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="532" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijSOa2HDcRQZqxmd08NJkRB3n0XsIQgltW20D1dT85jwnbJuJ0NxqU7luDWGU1K_E5e-MRkXM4IIzdnGOvkT-mh5BCDUGdp467w9nq4RUCpdT3ZPsYjjMTXiV-ifJsyYlG-geVv8yJN-0/s1600/2013+May+0522+Wed_244DSC_5854.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Frédéric Garrigues</div><div style="text-align: center;">artisan florist</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The objects in this Marais window caught my eye, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but when I looked on the <a href="http://www.fredericgarrigues.com/" target="_blank">website</a> at his </div><div style="text-align: center;">creative use of flowers and "objets éphémères" </div><div style="text-align: center;">I wished that I had walked inside.</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;">l'Atelier Frédéric Garrigues</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;">2, rue Saint-Gilles</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;">75003, Paris</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;">Métro Chemin Vert</span></span></i></div>

Frédéric Garrigues - artisan fleuriste

Frédéric Garrigues artisan florist The objects in this Marais window caught my eye,  but when I looked on the website at his  creative use ...

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Vertige - Agathe Braconnier

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10414509206/" title="2013 0522 Wed_305DSC_5915 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 0522 Wed_305DSC_5915" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2866/10414509206_1679717569_c.jpg" width="530" /></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;"><b><a href="http://www.vertigemarais.com/#atelier" target="_blank">Vertige</a></b></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;">Just a stone's throw from Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis in the Marais </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">is this sidewalk arrangement of plants and flowers.  </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;">The florist designer of this shop specializes in form and design </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as simple arrangements allow the flowers to tell the story. </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;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Vertige, Agathe Braconnier</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;">11, rue de Sevigné</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;">75004, Paris</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></i></span></div>

Vertige - Agathe Braconnier

Vertige Just a stone's throw from Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis in the Marais  is this sidewalk arrangement of plants and flowers.   The...

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Magic Flowers

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJzZ9ADMxq_NC0yS1f9ozU9ZnNbDXRL_OV14S-vBQML2_Ux6dzCCcKqRn8uY_p_udoHCrgPte0rq_r6fBWljzXFAbWdupkCZjBxENkcpnhrqSf3FVpHpG8XLNxhNRHGfcsboOePdeGBA/s1600/2012+Oct+7+Sun+am_3DSC_8841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJzZ9ADMxq_NC0yS1f9ozU9ZnNbDXRL_OV14S-vBQML2_Ux6dzCCcKqRn8uY_p_udoHCrgPte0rq_r6fBWljzXFAbWdupkCZjBxENkcpnhrqSf3FVpHpG8XLNxhNRHGfcsboOePdeGBA/s640/2012+Oct+7+Sun+am_3DSC_8841.jpg" width="640" /></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;">Magic Flowers!</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 am often surprised to see English names on Paris businesses, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">particularly when it would be more enticing written in French.  </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;">Nevertheless, this gentleman is poised to make a purchase of flowers, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">perhaps with plans for a bit of magic </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;">Magic Flowers</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">23, avenue du Général Leclerc</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;">Métro Alesia </span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Magic Flowers

Magic Flowers! I am often surprised to see English names on Paris businesses,  particularly when it would be more enticing written in French...

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Des fleurs du printemps?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkKDVi3qUeHJjJE0piwY7QjhbBwXRRMgUO9at3FrkMgPIHDFznZJw-JPskM4tFHgK0yBNZH-ENMyLSh0Upw3tndc1s6-e2xpmURS49sh-oTE6KWaO1fzoskQpRyXjBNocpOoWi_uJLEg/s1600/2012+jan+16++2nd_0745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkKDVi3qUeHJjJE0piwY7QjhbBwXRRMgUO9at3FrkMgPIHDFznZJw-JPskM4tFHgK0yBNZH-ENMyLSh0Upw3tndc1s6-e2xpmURS49sh-oTE6KWaO1fzoskQpRyXjBNocpOoWi_uJLEg/s640/2012+jan+16++2nd_0745.jpg" uda="true" 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;">The bright selection of flowers in this upscale fleuriste (Marie pour 360 Degrés) could not even be contained in the large windows of the shop.  The colors spilled out across the street onto the columns of the Louvre.  </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;">Although spring is still almost three weeks away, these blooms give us a taste of warmer days filled with sunshine.</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;">bon weekend</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>For more reflections go to James' <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2012/03/beautiful-venice-weekend-reflections.html" target="_blank">Weekend Reflections</a></em></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>Marie pour 360 Degrés</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>6, rue de l'Amiral de Coligny</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times;">Métro Louvre-Rivoli</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75001 Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>

Des fleurs du printemps?

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Comme ça - le fleuriste

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGoPYhiHwpo1ubUmV5bVGVZJwa1MNlzSvsDO5EfkwCMRxxteL9wAfMR4miHgu12ZHTaeAMCS6nQ2pdUIg3GOshuscXSx0gZZa0wMYxvYUhd8V8dc6DG_ob_JI5Xtb_eikqT0PEDlnni4/s1600/2011+april+3+DSC_0288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGoPYhiHwpo1ubUmV5bVGVZJwa1MNlzSvsDO5EfkwCMRxxteL9wAfMR4miHgu12ZHTaeAMCS6nQ2pdUIg3GOshuscXSx0gZZa0wMYxvYUhd8V8dc6DG_ob_JI5Xtb_eikqT0PEDlnni4/s640/2011+april+3+DSC_0288.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There may be as many florists in Paris as pâtisseries and boulangeries!</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">bon weekend</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Comme ça</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">19, rue Saint Antoine</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75004 Paris</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Comme ça - le fleuriste

There may be as many florists in Paris as pâtisseries and boulangeries! bon weekend Comme ça 19, rue Saint Antoine 75004 Paris 

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Quelques Fleurs de Paris

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJ1GDlTrprIRc6rooFkDnDOLKIJ8LyyTT7HoMDmEgZjkMBPZOugcVBvwTGbsMUufXtZpivq8AFqFTfqeUt9RRw80KA2wFJ0Zmgs2pXdkQhxJCAJPh1LtYB1qgEfhOJDKrueaSI1e9cXI/s1600/2011+april+1+DSC_0066.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616797716206867922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJ1GDlTrprIRc6rooFkDnDOLKIJ8LyyTT7HoMDmEgZjkMBPZOugcVBvwTGbsMUufXtZpivq8AFqFTfqeUt9RRw80KA2wFJ0Zmgs2pXdkQhxJCAJPh1LtYB1qgEfhOJDKrueaSI1e9cXI/s640/2011+april+1+DSC_0066.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I do not know what caught my attention first, the orange calla lillies or the stunning paving tiles arranged in cascading semi-circles</span></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div>

Quelques Fleurs de Paris

I do not know what caught my attention first, the orange calla lillies or the stunning paving tiles arranged in cascading semi-circles

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Bois Violette -- Reflection

<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0pjoa6kAyu_P7gdqxl92Q-4ev3Y27WyeoIc9E5WY_aYUHbrkdwR66wv8R1xoi900pfs10Zvr0K-u_YnhOmjtreOE-mfdovX4vl031XkhfkTlqhsJTYPusZxnvcZXbR7v4XspJYUhpOk/s1600/2010+0618+Paris+DSC_0608cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525466768119783570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ0pjoa6kAyu_P7gdqxl92Q-4ev3Y27WyeoIc9E5WY_aYUHbrkdwR66wv8R1xoi900pfs10Zvr0K-u_YnhOmjtreOE-mfdovX4vl031XkhfkTlqhsJTYPusZxnvcZXbR7v4XspJYUhpOk/s640/2010+0618+Paris+DSC_0608cropped.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />I am a color girl -- rouge, jaune, orange, vert, rose foncé, turquoise, violet<br /><br />So, when I saw this façade of violet with vivid flowers, it called to me. The name of this belle boutique de fleurs has a name reminiscent of a famous perfume fragrance: <a href="http://www.sergelutens.com/vente/"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Serge Lutens'</strong></span> </a>Bois de Violette.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtBT282hNhcOuVUuR6xvuBlbvhL-PclnKI6aOlSasig8nYS6ElewO2OMNJTaRvhrQtZkBVwVIe_nEy7KabJPvkTAjiSHZg0hEgUd00601w37qfMjCvGRcX39E3uab8paeTIcHVuvjK1k/s1600/2010+0618+Paris+DSC_0609cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525489698301614354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtBT282hNhcOuVUuR6xvuBlbvhL-PclnKI6aOlSasig8nYS6ElewO2OMNJTaRvhrQtZkBVwVIe_nEy7KabJPvkTAjiSHZg0hEgUd00601w37qfMjCvGRcX39E3uab8paeTIcHVuvjK1k/s200/2010+0618+Paris+DSC_0609cropped.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />We'll visit great perfume houses of Paris another day.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><em>Bois Violette</em></div><em>7, rue Pont aux Choux</em> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(See all the weekend reflections at James' </span><a href="http://newtowndailyphoto.blogspot.com/2010/10/chrysler-building-weekend-reflections.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">Newtown Area Photo</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">)</span></div>

Bois Violette -- Reflection

I am a color girl -- rouge, jaune, orange, vert, rose foncé, turquoise, violet So, when I saw this façade of violet with vivid flowers, it c...

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