At the Petit Palais

This became my new favorite free Paris
museum when I visited it for the first time
last September.  I went back recently,
had a lovely al fresco lunch there, and haven't
changed my opinion.

[Linking back to Skywatch Friday and Weekend Reflections.]

Thursday Challenge—"place"

Here's my new favorite: Monet's
beautiful home and garden, in Giverny. Can't
believe it took me so long to to visit this
well-preserved and well-run place.

[To see more of the Thursday Photo
Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

ABC Wednesday—D is for "dormer"

Hope the owners of this pretty window
(also in Giverny) don't mind that I left the
cute little lizard but "removed" the
satellite dish.  (Their house, but my blog.)

[To see more ABC posts from around the world, go here.]

The Little Engine That Could

. . . once upon a time, anyway.
Monet's house and gardens are the main
attractions at Giverny, of course—but 
there's also a sweet little museum that's 
devoted to old machinery.

I didn't have the foggiest notion what most
of them were for, but bringing them back from
the brink was clearly a labor of love for
the two guys who ran the place.

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday.] 

Workin' on the railroad

On any given weekend, some NYC subway
line is under repair or maintenance.
That's a good thing, of course, unless it's your
station they're working in—and you
actually need to get somewhere.

[To see more Monday Mellow Yellows, go here.]

Today's Flowers

This is one (and surely not the last) of the
many, many pictures I took in Monsieur Monet's
gorgeous gardens in Giverny.  They're a riot of color,
form, and fragrance—the place to go for the
best kind of sensory overload ever!

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Shapes and Shadows

Vases on display at Baldwin-Guggisberg, one of the
beautiful shops along the Viaduc des Arts,
in Paris's 12th arrondissement—not exactly
central, but well worth the detour (for the shops
and the Promenade Plantée above them). 

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Dragonstar's meme.  Find more Sunday Shadows here.]