Brevity is not necessarily the Soul of Wit

21 Apr 201821 Apr 2018

"It transpired one day that several personages of indeterminate age but of varying ethnic backgrounds (though all of the Celtic race) meandered into the local hostelry where they congregated about…

TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge

30 Apr 201730 Apr 2017

The stone-cold winter I watch through the dark windows Suddenly....Springtime! Welcome to TJ's Household Haiku Challenge! The prompt words this week are "Spring" and "cold". You can use these in…

TJ’s Household Haiku – Drift

19 Nov 2016

Prompt word: Drift Leaves in autumn winds Drift across the flower beds A magic carpet Bonjour from Paris mon amis! I stopped by the lovely Jardin du Luxembourg for a…

French Friday – Vintage

9 Sep 2016

Here is a challenge today. I took this photo at a spot accessible from the Paris Metro. The question today is...Where did I take this? Hint - It was where…

The Straight and Narrow

31 Jul 2016

I took a street, so straight and narrow And my conscious led me on. My whole life, straight as an arrow, Free from strife, and regrets, none   Yet now and…

TJ’s Household Haiku – Bouquet

9 Jul 20169 Jul 2016

Promt word: Vibrant Gone are the flowers From the fields to the cities Beauty at a price Hi Ho Haikuists! It's Samedi again! Lawks a Lordy how the time doth…

Strange Contrasts

5 Jul 20165 Jul 2016

See how my war horse Sports the latest stirrups Observe my gauntlets In the latest style My blade - Toledo My hauberk - Paris How could any future age Be more fashionable than…

Bedazzled – Haiku

4 Jul 20164 Jul 2016

The sun, impatient Bursting upon the night sky Bedazzles the moon In response to Ronovan Writes prompt "sky and dazzle" I took this picture at sunrise through the Arc de Triomphe…

French Friday – Floods

4 Jun 20164 Jun 2016

The rain pours down on Paris as the statue in the Sculpture atrium gazes pensively upwards. TJ Parish Photography© Poor Paris! What has it done to anger the Gods recently?…

French Friday

5 Mar 20165 Mar 2016

The Montmartre of Van Gogh's time was a land of fields and windmills. In my ignorant youth I only thought of windmills as a "Dutch thing", but, as paintings of…

French Friday – Medici Fountain

19 Feb 201619 Feb 2016

The ubiquitious Parisian pleasure grounds, the Jardin du Luxembourg was in fact modeled on the Boboli Gardens in Florence to remind the formidable Marie de Medici of her native home…

French Friday

12 Feb 201612 Feb 2016

This is a view to Montmartre from the top of the Arc de Triomphe and it gives a good view of the "Boulevards" of Paris. Now the Champs-Élysées is the ubiquitous…

French Friday – Motifs

15 Jan 201615 Jan 2016

It seems that there is a trend in Australia at the moment (perhaps elsewhere too) to buy or wear items with random French words on the front. I can understand…

French Friday – Bonne année

1 Jan 20161 Jan 2016

I opened the door with a smile To welcome in the new year Only to find It had knocked and run away Bonne année mes Amis! Welcome to the first…

Gift of Memory

23 Dec 201523 Dec 2015

Waking early Christmas morning, Madame Quenelle set the table and put a cracker by the plate. A trip to the bakery for a baguette and then delicious odours of roasting…