lunch al fresco

This place is up the street from where
I took yesterday's shot.
It wasn't until I saw my photos up
on the computer that I realized I had been
here 14 years before—and first
tasted the wonderful wine-and-lemonade
concoction called blanc limé.
Wish I hadn't been sitting with my back
to that barrel this time!

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

Les imperméables jaunes

I came across this colorful display
outside a thrift shop as I
was wandering the streets of
old Bordeaux.

[Linking back to Monday Mellow Yellows.]

November rose

I can't name this rose, but I can tell you
that it smelled delicious—and
it was blooming on the 6th of November (!).

[Linking back to Shadow Shot Sunday.]

The Weekend in Black and White

This impressive escalator is in the
Madeleine metro station, 
in Paris.

[To see more b/w photos, visit Dragonstar's meme.]

Weekend Reflections

Autumn in Paris: These wouldn't be
here long—in my experience, concierges
and shopkeepers both are very
fastidious about keeping the sidewalks clean.

[To see more Weekend Reflections, visit James's meme.] 

Thursday Challenge—"clear"

This iceberg is actually clear, but it appears
to be blue because of its age.  Older
icebergs are more compact and absorb all the
colors of the spectrum except blue.
I still don't totally understand how this works;
I just know that it's beautiful.

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

ABC Wednesday—R is for "reindeer"

These young reindeer are "play fighting,"
just practicing for the real thing.
We were hiking in a place called Alkehornet,
a meadow at the base of a high cliff
(alke = cliff in Norwegian), where thousands 
of Arctic birds were nesting.  In the meadow was 
a herd of about 25 reindeer—that 
(uncharacteristically) came very close to us.
The whole experience was pretty
special, to say the least!

[To see more ABC posts, go here.]