pots de chiminées - Chimney pots

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FYCR0xxdHHlrjYf5_b390yN5UyVVD5ZNsncm2Kk71q3YK4H_yhegzk4Q7ekHthKJL85HVbM6UkngPFyMxh6QMPLuGOy-Pm46kGVoxV8wtpoZfHhB740HmuIXaTxUbZxLEIKYlFyEkVA/s1600/2011+Nov+day+5+DSC_0004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8FYCR0xxdHHlrjYf5_b390yN5UyVVD5ZNsncm2Kk71q3YK4H_yhegzk4Q7ekHthKJL85HVbM6UkngPFyMxh6QMPLuGOy-Pm46kGVoxV8wtpoZfHhB740HmuIXaTxUbZxLEIKYlFyEkVA/s1600/2011+Nov+day+5+DSC_0004.jpg" width="655" /></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;">Chimney pots</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;">Chimney pots in abundance on this rooftop near Sacré Coeur </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">make a charming scene with turquoise-framed windows </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">jutting from the mansard roof.  </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;">Just imagine:  The view from these windows is Sacré Coeur, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the lawn, and a delightful carrousel.</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: 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 Lamarck</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;">75018, 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;"><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;"><br /></div>

pots de chiminées - Chimney pots

Chimney pots Chimney pots in abundance on this rooftop near Sacré Coeur  make a charming scene with turquoise-framed windows  jutting from t...

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Les toits de Paris

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9923414826/" title="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_35DSC_8629 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_35DSC_8629" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3665/9923414826_556001566c_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;">From the rooftop of Printemps</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">...the view is spectacular</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;">Do you see the boxes on the roof of Palais Garnier?</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;">bee hives!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Can you get me a ticket to that roof?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I would be ever so grateful...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I love the bees!</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-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The rooftops of 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;">from Printemps terrace</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;">Boulevard Haussmann</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;">75009, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les toits de Paris

From the rooftop of Printemps ...the view is spectacular Do you see the boxes on the roof of Palais Garnier? bee hives! Can you get me a tic...

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Les toits de Chartres

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ-K1FT34_w1hbVQ-2cRM7v4K8904NT__j_CCq48UImQKm3XbD_EGrKzRWWq-tASZnz4PI-8Ps63SlAIue5Xuj-FU1o4lrStJCmlqGmeWuojk4ZMj6q5c8PdB5X1CWEH7BPELeL_yArM/s1600/2011+April+Day+4+DSC_0153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiJ-K1FT34_w1hbVQ-2cRM7v4K8904NT__j_CCq48UImQKm3XbD_EGrKzRWWq-tASZnz4PI-8Ps63SlAIue5Xuj-FU1o4lrStJCmlqGmeWuojk4ZMj6q5c8PdB5X1CWEH7BPELeL_yArM/s640/2011+April+Day+4+DSC_0153.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On the ascent to the top of the Bell Tower</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;">A variety of architecture, rooftops, and layout of the city</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">can be seen from our ascent at the half-way point to the top of the Bell Tower.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The steps were worn smooth and a tight spiral shared by those going up and those going down.  We only encountered a few in either direction.  It is a bit dizzying.</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;">If I had shown this photo in black and white you would have missed the fields of rape seed (canola) in the far horizon.  As we made the quick trip on the train, the bright yellow provided blocks of color as we zipped along.</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;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Chartres, France</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">96 km southwest of Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">an easy day-trip by train</span></i></div>

Les toits de Chartres

from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres On the ascent to the top of the Bell Tower A variety of architecture, rooftops, and layout of the...

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Le Printemps, Palais Garnier, et les toits de Paris

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9132284412/" title="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_66DSC_8660 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 6 Saturday_66DSC_8660" height="800" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2883/9132284412_a32467f2a3_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Taken from the rooftop of Printemps, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">one can see the two towers of Printemps, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the magnificence of Palais Garnier, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and many familiar outlines of Paris buildings.  </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;">Oh, you will always see many cranes obliterating the skyline.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><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;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Printemps</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">64, boulevard Haussmann</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div>

Le Printemps, Palais Garnier, et les toits de Paris

Taken from the rooftop of Printemps,  one can see the two towers of Printemps,  the magnificence of Palais Garnier,  and many familiar outli...

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Combien de cheminées?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhD7WhdeppOtFqHQOb43rzpMQLczPKzTb32SonoZIstefMzXYrARptceDin8K3jvflgb3QLXlGZSoVUK1UahbD_mhPAhI-tUsj87ywl6uc15e5z0Md3cMoLQ60tdesHHwgM6udsWgqlM/s1600/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_40DSC_8634.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhD7WhdeppOtFqHQOb43rzpMQLczPKzTb32SonoZIstefMzXYrARptceDin8K3jvflgb3QLXlGZSoVUK1UahbD_mhPAhI-tUsj87ywl6uc15e5z0Md3cMoLQ60tdesHHwgM6udsWgqlM/s640/2012+Oct+6+Saturday_40DSC_8634.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;">How many chimneys?</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;">...too many to count!</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;">Seen from the rooftop of Printemps</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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Printemps</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">64, boulevard Haussmann</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75009, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">My blog "disappeared" for two days and my email was "gone" as well - </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Don't forget to back up your blog!  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Combien de cheminées?

How many chimneys? ...too many to count! Seen from the rooftop of Printemps Printemps 64, boulevard Haussmann 75009, Paris My blog "dis...

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La lessive

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhnYrl6xGG0An9Zw_SI20o1j74R3WST0njjGey70fhI1EzQGmHvAkOWigmwoP9RoUjs4qWe7c9kK2a0-hoO7HavdP1nmV4wwy8rPUdjfdqu0XRYuoxnR7uBWIRIEkRRKIHDgsNd3JRPk/s1600/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" kda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhnYrl6xGG0An9Zw_SI20o1j74R3WST0njjGey70fhI1EzQGmHvAkOWigmwoP9RoUjs4qWe7c9kK2a0-hoO7HavdP1nmV4wwy8rPUdjfdqu0XRYuoxnR7uBWIRIEkRRKIHDgsNd3JRPk/s640/2011+april+day+6+DSC_0159.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;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Is Monday "laundry day"?</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;">Seen aux deuxième étage in a narrow street near Canal St. Martin, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">this haphazard display of laundry was probably not arranged by the woman of the house.</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 do love the rooftop chimneys of Paris.</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;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75010, Paris</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Métro Jacques Bonsergent</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

La lessive

Is Monday "laundry day"? Seen aux deuxième étage in a narrow street near Canal St. Martin, this haphazard display of laundry was p...

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