Nature is the ultimate escape.
Without asking, nature escapes up towards the sunshine and air. Then one day, maybe when our mind is buzzing or when we need a lift, we pass by and quietly admire nature’s work:
This photo was taken in Paris’ Jardin des Plantes(a botanical hothouse with its gardens near the Natural History museum):
So simple and pure… I am glad that I was there and captured this.
Have a wonderful day!
In this week’s WP photo challenge, we look for patterns. I dug out an archived shot for the occasion. Here are some patterns on the front of Amiens cathedral:
Here, you can see the patterns with statues of holy men and angels. What an intricate and amazing piece of sculpture that can be found above the door.
One does not need to have a spiritual belief to come to a holy space such as this one. You can be moved by the art, sculptures, stained glass and the rest. It is all heavenly.
Enjoy!
Have a great week.
Happy TGIF & weekend to you, my friends !
Just a quick post-it to let you guys know that you are now 20 people entered for the prize drawing to be held next August.
Good luck to all who are now entered! ( Clap- clap- clap)
If you are new and have no idea what this is about, read about the prize drawing by clicking here . It is super easy to enter.
Sending peace to all
xo
Hi everyone,
I was this afternoon looking from above the 6th floor on top of the Centre Pompidou ( Museum of modern art) in Paris’ Les Halles quarter. This attracted my eye:
A multicolored group relaxing beneath this fading sidewalk painting of a woman.
Oui; art is in the streets…
Cheers!
Happy Sunday, my friends.
Wishing you a blessed and peaceful Sunday.
Please join me on Wednesday for the WP weekly photo challenge( it will be coming out late for me this week). In the meanwhile, if you are interested, you can go to check out what other people are posting with the theme “From above”.
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/weekly-photo-challenge-from-above/
Otherwise, I am very happy to share you May’s destination for D and I – Bourges. This city is located in central France and an easy trip from Paris.
(Wikipedia photo)
This is the Unesco World heritage site, Saint Etienne cathedral .
Bourges is a mere 2 hours from Paris by train.
This city is famous for the cathedral, the city’s most illustrious son, Jacques Coeur, who lived during the Renaissance era. Jacques Coeur who was a supplier to the royal court in silver and also helped to establish an international business network. This done by setting up business”counters” ( I imagine like a modern-day franchise) and by also using commercial fleets for trading.
There are also many of those old wooden houses (like in Rouen) that I now know to be called “half-timbered houses”, but also a very interesting marsh land area with gardens that is close to the center of town.
We will be in Bourges for two days .We leave on the 23 May.
One last note concerning the future prize drawing ( to be held next August). We have 17 people who commented since I put up the prize drawing post. That’s pretty good! We had 13 people in last year’s drawing, so that shows how the readership of this blog has expanded.
If you want to know more about the prize drawing, you can read the following post:
http://photodreamin.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/its-time-for-a-prize-drawin/
Happy Sunday to all and have a good week.
