A beautiful Sunday

Another gorgeous day. I got everyone up at 7:15 so we could go back to York beach at Low Tide and take a walk. Low tide was 9:15 a.m., and we had a 45 minute drive, and we got there just before 10 and IT WAS A PERFECT DAY! I came home after we ran a few errands and sat on the deck under clear cloudless blue skies and chatted with Mom-it was like almost 60 degrees out. I did take some photos but never got around to putting them on the computer so I will put them up soon. The best parts-being outside and the snow melting like crazy- though living in the northwoods (or not in this state but definately compared to a lot of the U.S.A.) we are still pretty dirty white.

Anyhow a few more trip photos just to give some visuals. Today we are at Versailles. A couple of Marie Antoinette photos for you. First, its one view of a wall in her bedroom. She had portraits of her mother, husband and brother on the top of the walls. I think this is her brother (because I can't enlarge the photo enough to see really well). Photo 2 is a chair that was actually hers (if I remember correctly). Then we have the Hall of Mirrors (WOW), a famous portrait of Marie Antoinette and her children, and finally her bed.

More to come another day!

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Today we visit Le Louvre-closed Tuesdays remember. Its a gorgeous day here in NH but wasn't so sunny in Paris that day.

Photos include-
1. I don't know the artist (but I could look it up in Rick Steves) but this huge painting is on the wall opposite of the rather tiny Mona Lisa.

2. In one part of the Louvre are many French artifacts including this very cool fireplace mosaic and the mirror above. I love the reflection of Katie in the mirror over it.

3. The Louvre is in one of the Palaces along the Seine- the main one before Versailles but I'm not very helpful since I can't tell you the name off the top of my head...but its next to the Tulleries. Its gigantic! Looking out the window you can see these statues which were along the roofline.
4. Us in line to go into the museum.

5. Once you go inside to main lobby you can look up into the famous glass pyramid. That's what I have shown here.

C'est Le Weekend

Outside the Pompidou Center.

Gallery in the Louvre.

Wish it had water, but a dry fountain outside the Pompidou.
Below- a newstand near Le Citi.

In the Louvre viewing the world's most famous painting. I think this is an interesting shot.

Yahoo-it Friday evening. I have the whole weekend ahead of me. I can sleep in for 2 mornings. Its suppose to be sunny all Friday. I did a bit of cleaning in my studio today- still too full and too messy but its a start...of a very long process. I got paid today. I bought a crepe pan and this weekend I am going to make banana and nutella crepes like I had in Paris. Oh, it is glorious! I love Friday nights. And I love posting my photos for you online. Vive le Paris!

More photos, no art

London street-by the British Museum

Love these curved Georgian homes.

A piece of the Berlin Wall at the Imperial War Museum.

Windsor-can you see what a nice day it was.

Can you see the castle reflected in the glass of this shopping area in Windsor?

Having a blast posting these photos and doing some cropping this week at night.
Came home today ready to do some art- because although I haven't totally shunned the studio, I have not been that productive lately. Really trying to finish last years scrap book- oh they get so big and I'm no good at weeding out that many photos...but today when I went to work found out I was about of double sided tape. Tomorrow I shall have to get some, but made it difficult to do much today. A shame. Want to do some art rather than just looking at it on blogs...but then again...work has been good and I've been busy. Stopped at Michael's Craft's today and bought some of the new KC paper punches-they were on sale-got the trees and the fleur de lys which I like both, and I tried them out. Yesterday was out late as Katie had the dentist and we went to the Texas Roadhouse for dinner-yum, yum and fattening...been cropping photos and mounted my English rubber stamps (unmounted Crafty Individuals and paper Arsty I bought at Blade in London)...tonight I'm tired, being Thursday and the clock changing, so this weekend I will focus on playing in my studio. Better than mucking around in the mud outside.

C'est Mecredi

Signs in French! C'est bon. C'est vrai.

C'est Mecredi.

Rain

Rain

Go away

Come again

Another day!

Feels like Paris

A gray day, but a bit warmer...snow is melting...very little signs of yesterdays white left. That is good. Photos-top is a streets sign on the river side of the Louvre, then there's the street artist near Le Louvre, the Metro stop on Isle de Citi (maybe that's even close for spelling) and then an artist painting inside Le Louvre. The weather today felt like the weather in Paris, and I'm still floating on my travel cloud...thinking about the next trip...always happens- you go away and then come home and want to go again.

Its March

Traffic circles the Arc du Triumphe.

Evening ceremony for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc du Triumphe.

Near Notre Dame, Pont (bridge) over the Seine.

A pool

at Versailles way down by Grand Trianon.

If you go way down to the far end of the park around the

Eiffel Tower, there is an statue exhibit. This is viewing the Eiffel Tower through that exhibit.
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Yes, it is March. You can eaisly tell. The ficklest month of year. Yesterday we had sun and wonderfully warm skies and today- it snowed. All day until just 30 minutes ago or so. Ah yes, it is March.

Finished reading a great book-The Sharper the Knife, the Less You Cry by Kathleen Flinn. Now back to In A Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson which I brought with me on the trip- as I was pretty close to finishing the Sharper Knife book, (that's what happens when you don't open a book for a whole week and then start reading...you buzz right through a good book and then want to get to the next one too). Anyhow, not much else new here besides the weather. I worked on photos last evening so here's some more from my travels. Today, we are in France.

Its a beautiful day in the neighborhood

London storefront

No explanation needed!

Primroses-its spring!!!

Looking down on the London eye at night!

Love these lightposts in Wndsor. They have a crown on the top! I need to crop the photo, but haven't done that yet.

Like almost 60 degrees, as was yesterday. Dave and I took Harley to the beach to walk, had lunch at a great Mexican restaurant in Kittery, went to Nashua afterwards to do our errands and had some greasy barbecue at Famous Dave's in Manchester. We were all over the place. It was a great day-relaxing but productive. I had a blast. And I loved getting outside and the weather!

Today is also gorgeous, but I've been home cleaning a bit, scrappy to finish up last years vacation photos and just plain relaxing. We changed the clocks so tonight will stay light late but the morning will be tough.

Above, a few more vacation photos for you to see.

Besides Paris

We went to LONDON!
Don't know who those people are in the photo either!

I can't believe last Friday we were still away- or that I'm still in travel longing mode. This always happens, you come home for a few days and you long to go away again-not that I want to go right now-but I wish I had another trip planned...but no, I need to pay for this one first. So I live in my memories and playing with my scrapbooking...

One week ago, of course not on New Hampshire time, we were in the Eiffel Tower- all 3 floors starting with the Summit.

One day ago I was driving home with a hot cheese stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut after celebrating and spending an outrageous amount of money at my favorite craft store in Massachusetts. But it was my birthday and the sun was out although it was a bit chilly for March.

One hour ago I finished my take with me travel book-I had a few blank pages so I finished them up now that I'm home in the studio which is a MESS. (I really should do a mass amount of weeding but I love my supplies.)

One minute ago I was writing this blog.

Au revoir for now!

More Paris photos

From the Place du Concord (if I mess up the spelling horribly-excuse me)


Along the Seine

In the Jardin du Tulleries

Art on a fix-it side walk bulge-don't know what you call them