Monday, January 9, 2012

Art in France: Street Life, 2011-12

I may be stretching it a bit with this post (the rest of the posts this week will be art from the Louvre, architecture and some of my sketches) but I think sometimes when you're visiting a new place, you're just so taken with the different sights that all you see is beauty.
By the way - one thing I forgot to mention in yesterday's post was that in the shot of the hot chocolate spoons, you'll notice the spoons on the left have a plastic vile inserted into the chocolate. They're filled with rum and Grand Marnier! 
 Souvenirs (photo courtesy of my daughter Jade)
 Flower market at Aix-en-Provence
 Ahhh...
 Cheese shop window
Paris litter ; ) (this one also taken by my daughter)

8 comments:

Dana Cooper said...

Oh what fun you had! Thanks for sharing the photos!!

Crystal Cook said...

Wow! Your daughter has quite an eye for composition. I really love all of those shots. Ahhh, looks like such a fun time. If your daughter is a reader (or you if you like teen books) tell her to read Anna and the French Kiss. It is SO cute. :) Your pics totally remind me of it.

martinealison said...

Hi!
J'arrive de Marrakech et je découvre avec ravissement l'ensemble des publications que j'avais manqué.
Ces toutes dernières m'amènent simplement dans une ville que j'affectionne particulièrement, Aix... Je m'y promène très souvent...
Merci pour ces belles photos et bon séjour à vous...
Gros bisous

mary maxam said...

What a trip, it does look like art and painting everywhere! Gorgeous!

Barbara Muir said...

Thank you to you and your daughter for the superb photos. I want to go too.

Awesome.

XO Barbara

Patricia MacDonald said...

Salut! Paris and France are so wonderful! Looking forward to seeing how your experiences become paintings.

Kathy Cousart said...

Loving seeing these! Favorite is the flower market!!! Thanks for sharing.

Nicki said...

I can't do much more than sigh. Mmmmm. To have this all the time... ah, qu'elle vie!