Travel

Winter Festival in Quebec

Notra Dame

Like everyone was shocked and horrified seeing Notra Dame alight but am sure stonemasons and artists will come forwards to help restore this magnificant landmark of Paris.. Perhaps this disastor will have averted a bigger one. Destiny the building closed early this day. But it must say something how this building has touched the whole […]

L’Écoute – a sculpture by Henri Miller

Autumn and leaves are swirling past the window. This sculpture infront of l’Eglise St Eustache in Les Halles area of Paris. Les Halles, right in the center of Paris … fountains and beautiful landscaping, fringed by Irish pubs like Oscar Wilde or Quigeleys Point that stayed open all hours and cafes that you sat outside […]

little green road sweeper in Paris

In the dark Just a spark, Small and green, Barely seen, Wizzing here Wizzing there, Hoovering up the dirt and muck, like a little busy ant, but noisy like an elephant. Lights go on around the square… birds, flap their wings, somewhere, someone sings. Time to go People coming, Disappearing, hoovering, humming. m.joy […]

River Seine – Île de la Cité

This photograph of perhaps Pont Neuf was taken on way back from Hôtel-Dieu where visiting a friend very unwell at the time and was taking long way home to watch life on the river through central Paris. They got better. In the summer people come down here to sunbathe and people watch, leaning against these […]