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Image Gallery – A ma vie de coer entier

Lamp base on the Pont Neuf I took in Paris in spring. The first true view of the city I had in my life after debouching from the Metro.

This little understated snuff box crafted for Frederick the Great caught my eye in the V&A. It made my tupperware lunch box look a little tawdry but I snapped it anyway.

I saw and photographed these lovely flowers in the Place Monge markets one April in Paris.

I snapped this lucky shot in April in Paris with les Invalides in the background. A wonderful day!

A wonderfully lopsided street in Rennes. I snapped this photo in spring

Light through the glass ceiling of the Melbourne Library

Tulips in Versailles

I snapped this lucky shot in April in Paris with les Invalides in the background. A wonderful day!

Picturesque street in old Rennes

I shot this after a visit to the Opera. Opulence perfected!

Oxford through one of the apertures at the top of Magdalen Tower Oxford

My Heart belongs to Paris and Sacré Cœur was at its finest on this lovely day in Autumn when I snapped this picture.

Here I am in happier times in front of the Lapin Agile. I ask you, Dear Reader, do I look like a perfect Santa to you?

Taken while swinging at the bar in this strange pub in the heart of St Malo.

Montmartre seen through one of the immense clocks in the Musee d’Orsay. A photo I snapped in spring.

Vaux le Vicomte is stone’s throw from Paris. If I could chose where to live, this would be it.

This little window in St Malo was so intriguing. What lay behind?

Such a peculiar contrast. A vintage car show in the grounds of a 14th century castle. I snapped this just as the show was ending. Vincennes

The tiny Square Rapp is an Art Noveau gem and with a view like this when you step out the door each morning life must be good for the luck few living there.

This faun frozen in a musical reverie I snapped in the Jardin du Luxembourg

Old 1920s advertising on a building in Rennes, France

Sacré-Cœur in the distance on a lovely spring day.

There in the abandoned picnic ground I snapped this pretty flower.

The beautiful dome of Les Invalides. It is forbidden to bring stinky cheese into this place of great sanctity.

At the back of the Grand Trianon we stumbled upon this charming garden in April and took quantities of snaps in the sunlight.

View of the walls I took at low tide, spring 2012.

A sunlight day in spring cast a perfect light on these statues and was shot to good to miss.

It pays to get to Versailles early! A snap I took all alone in the morning.

Hector Guimard’s art nouveau masterpieces.

Nikko in spring and the cherry blossoms we just at the height of their transient beauty.

Blue skies, and a wonderful view from our hotel in St Malo. Snapped by me in 2012

J’adore the door! The asymmetry and colour of the doors and shutters was charming I thought.

Windmill in Brittany – A lucky snap from a coach companion resulted in this fantastic photo.

This clever effect painted on the wall gave the impression of cool shade in this photo I took on a spring day in Paris.

Such a charming conception to use these arches as supports. I snapped this on a perfectly clear spring day in Paris

Who needs to be eating fresh baguettes in the main square of the insanely picturesque Rennes when you could instead be experience “Parmageddon” at the Bull Creek Tavern?

This is the wonderful view greeting the traveller after leaving the tunnel at the start of the Canal Saint Martin. I snapped this in spring the first time I experienced this delightful and surprising glimpse of lesser known aspect of Paris.

Early morning at Abbesses, we chose not to climb the stairs up.

This delightful Cafe Gourmand I enjoyed in a garden in Versailles. Kale just simply does not have a chance.

Early Morning in Dinan, a charming street waits in readiness to be transformed in to a bustling restaurant strip in spring.

I love these awning along the side of the Musee D’Orsay. A magic spring morning and a perfect say for photos!

Waiting for the tide to turn I caught this yacht silently gliding past the fortress by Vaubon. https://amaviedecoeurentier.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/vaubon-fortress/

Autumn, and the last hurrah before the tubs are wheeled away for winter.

My wonderful friend led me up this little known way to Montmartre where I took this shot. With its reputation of art and Bohemianism, Montmartre remains a wonderful place to visit, especially in the springtime.

Bath Cathedral ceiling in summertime. The light helped to highlight the detail in this shot I took on a recent visit there.

On a crisp morning in spring we turned back and say this wonderful view which I snapped with joy.

Cascading blossom reveal a glimpse of the cathedral on a cloudy day in spring.

The Art Nouveau grill with a most interesting lattice trompe-l’œil in the tiny Sqaure Rapp.

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