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Luxembourg Gardens

I wanted to get a look at the Luxembourg Gardens while there were still leaves on the trees and mums in their planters so when I was in the 6th, I went there to take photos.

The Luxembourg Palace houses the French Senate.
The mums are still in abundance.
The Medici Fountain looks stunning as always.
The Pantheon in the distance.
I love these mums. I think I may have overdone my filtering a bit.
I was surprised to see that these little sailboats were still available to rent. It was a windy day, so the boats were zooming all over the pond.
It was raining off and on all day as you can see by this shot-but the sun had come out.

Another Sunny Day

You never know when there is going to be rain in Paris. I’ve learned that if there are showers, there are often clouds, blue skies and brilliant light so I try and get out then.

The Seine always looks good in sunlight.
The Tuleries Garden is nice. There were piles of leaves everywhere. I’m glad I’m not in charge of cleaning up this garden.
The Tuleries Garden also has a nice carousel.
Christmas is coming as you can see looking down to Place Vendome.
The famous Crillon Hotel in the sun.

Autumn Light

As the days get shorter and shorter, the light seems especially brilliant, especially after a rain. I also get to see sunsets as I’m out and about as they now occur so early. In the summer here in Paris, the sunsets are really late and I’m almost always home then being such a party animal.

We took a walk near our place shortly after a rain and everything was glistening.
The sun on the Seine.
Even the sidewalks look good.
Leaves on steps, everywhere really.
The Grenelle bridge looks especially great in the light.

Gold

It was raining off and on-such a wet November-but I still walked through the Luxembourg Gardens.

The trees have just about dropped all of their leaves as you can see by this path.

A pile of leaves which is very rare to see in these gardens. Everything is kept in top shape. I bet these leaves were gone by the next day.

A replica of the Statue of Liberty, one of five in Paris.

The mums are still there.

This beautiful tree still had quite a few leaves left. Flowers for the winter have been planted in the bed in front of it.

A Sunny Day

Paris had a rare sunny day-it has been dark gray with lots of rain for days-and I went out for a bit to enjoy it.

They have the Christmas fair set up in the Tuleries Garden.

There are many rides and many Christmas decorations.

Another view of the ferris wheel with the Louvre in the background.

Crunchy leaves on the ground.

Light through a lamp. I had to put my sunglasses on!

Shops already have their Christmas windows ready too.