Jardin du Luxembourg - bateau à voile

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPElMWcX0_kCqrEchHkQRq-Er05SL9Inom2jK1UkB0zGWCCkBm8QeolaK5UQ75zcgimXWJBrL_PLNsZkkxaS21jvCVSVETOSUgucG8E-4g695buHGedSpVxt0AGGw3MOtUUrJ0r9v-j1s/s1600/2012+april+1++5667DSC_5751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" pca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPElMWcX0_kCqrEchHkQRq-Er05SL9Inom2jK1UkB0zGWCCkBm8QeolaK5UQ75zcgimXWJBrL_PLNsZkkxaS21jvCVSVETOSUgucG8E-4g695buHGedSpVxt0AGGw3MOtUUrJ0r9v-j1s/s640/2012+april+1++5667DSC_5751.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;">Please disregard my earlier comments on "Paris colors" as apparently <em>rose foncé</em>, or bright pink as I would call it <strong><u>is</u></strong> quite popular in the city as seen here on this little boat in the center of the hexagon basin of Jardin du Luxembourg.</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;">May your sails be full as you head into the weekend </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">with a nice reflection on the previous week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></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>Hexagon basin</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Jardin du Luxembourg</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75006, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>(For more reflections come to <a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/2012/06/day-at-beach-weekend-reflections-142.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #bf9000;"><strong>James' Weekend Reflections</strong></span></a>!)</em></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Jardin du Luxembourg - bateau à voile

Please disregard my earlier comments on "Paris colors" as apparently rose foncé , or bright pink as I would call it is quite popu...

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Jardin du Luxembourg -- un répit petit

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9g8U2HTgV3ImP2AdsaNHrNkg9lRX8JtIUBRK8dw57FOoi3bCBu2wTv7d_mL2Rqzbi68uKepkdMciFswOvbvoDSLMqW4bpiUZgu_NWlis4iUEagQMCfMMrCO2WK4o-Fxam4h8g_kxCz4A/s1600/DSC_0190cropped2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496543898239679586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9g8U2HTgV3ImP2AdsaNHrNkg9lRX8JtIUBRK8dw57FOoi3bCBu2wTv7d_mL2Rqzbi68uKepkdMciFswOvbvoDSLMqW4bpiUZgu_NWlis4iUEagQMCfMMrCO2WK4o-Fxam4h8g_kxCz4A/s640/DSC_0190cropped2.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div>You could spend at least a week in le Jardin du Luxembourg and not grow weary of the scene. It can be a quiet place to read, even on the busiest weekends. It affords little corners for reflecting and musing -- True to the expectations of une étrangère I hear the tender words of lovers on one side of the gravel path and the playful squeals of children on the other. In certain areas, there are people on the grass but not on this lawn! </div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Arrive early to find a coveted green chair, and once "installed" in a prime location there is no rush to leave. In warm weather the hexagon-shaped basin will be full of activity as young children maneuver sailboats across its surface and the resident ducks seem to enjoy the action. From my observation, there are as well some full-grown fish (perhaps bass?) </div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>You may be surprised at day's end that your book has not even been opened -- too much else to enjoy. </div><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSQIyj6yIEzKmcR_Lyjmqkw8S-4rqhEFwoEGXx96BLMkHPIA_xSsRsaGTuodOuYIjJ0Vtu7EEvsY6bsYr6ZQo_f7wJgYdCz1HFOyVIvF7or8fzok0YfR9ivJJ0Aj3mI2DvxYn5PQZCgs/s1600/DSC_0194saturated.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496542530155717586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSQIyj6yIEzKmcR_Lyjmqkw8S-4rqhEFwoEGXx96BLMkHPIA_xSsRsaGTuodOuYIjJ0Vtu7EEvsY6bsYr6ZQo_f7wJgYdCz1HFOyVIvF7or8fzok0YfR9ivJJ0Aj3mI2DvxYn5PQZCgs/s320/DSC_0194saturated.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>

Jardin du Luxembourg -- un répit petit

You could spend at least a week in le Jardin du Luxembourg and not grow weary of the scene. It can be a quiet place to read, even on the bus...

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