Beautiful Flowers

I've save this post to almost the last....will share some of my favourite photos of flowers. Which do you like?

Flower shop in Marais.  I love the various colours of pink.

A typical French shop with flowers

Poppies from Monet's Garden plus bee!

Tiles and pansies behind Hotel Baudy - in the village of Givernay

Floxglove behind Notre Damn

Flower market at Versailles, love the blue tones.

Sweet Peas!

Peonies...interesting on how they are placed

All things delicious to eat!

Food, food, glorious food.  I couldn't decide what to post regarding food, vegetables and spices, so here is a selection of what was so beautifully displayed at the local food markets.  Enjoy - Linda

Dried fruits in the Greek shoppe

Beautiful heirloom tomatoes

At the butcher - fowl with legs to identify specific type, sometime the head is left on too

Beautiful tomatoes of any kind

Spice Market - Curry Powder

Fresh Eggs

One of my favourite photos - artichokes

Asparagus - white & green

How do you like your honey?

The local vegetable market selection

Pere Lechaise

Lindsay and I took the #69 bus from Marais to the east side of Paris to the famous cemetery Pere Lechaise and entered from the back-side and walked downhill to the entrance.  It is the resting place from many famous people; including Jim Morrison and just regular folk.  We spent 2 hours wandering the "avenues" of the cemetery and following groups of tourists to see who they had "found".  I loved the statues, memorials and grounds.  Here is a reflection of our visit.

I love the graceful detail.

Beautiful detail on a crypt door

It's almost like a photo of this lady and her dog.

So many different designs of a family crypt.

Edith Piaf - French singer

For the love of Cheese!

Today, I thought I'd share with you -- pictures of cheese.  The French love their cheese and every Frenchman knows that to enjoy it in between your main course and dessert, you collect a fine selection to include goat, sheep and cow-milk cheese; including a range of flavours from mild to strong.  As you present the cheese board, don't forget the Normandy butter; either salted or not....cut a small amount of cheese (including the rind)...you trim to your liking, take a baguette slice, butter and cheese...that's the way to enjoy cheese as the French do.


At our cooking class, we had the opportunity to sample and taste.  Several of the last photos come from that cheese shoppe, where the selection was amazing.  


Now if I could only remember which ones I really liked!  I guess it will require a trip to St. Lawrence Market to sample good quality French cheeses to select the ones that remind me of our cheese tasting!   Enjoy!

Marche des enfants rouge

A classic cheese shoppe - next to Pere Lachaise

Cheese Truck at the Vernon Market (Monet's garden bike tour stop)

Heart-shaped brie & butter

Cheese preparation - day of cooking class

Normandy butter

Fresh eggs from the cheese shoppe