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Paris Party!

There's a Paris Party going on tonight...

I'm posting over at Quiddity 2
You're invited to come and follow the link to see many, many tributes to the 
City of Light!

I have been offline for a few weeks with horrendous internet problems--part of the trade off for living in  a rural paradise, I guess.  But I think I'm back now, and in the meantime I have had another article published in the always beautiful "Belle Inspiration" magazine.  If you would like to read my article on the Fairy tale village of Gerberoy you can click here.

Au revoir,
dawne

Happy Mother's Day

A  M o t h e r' s  L o v e

a tender scene observed at the Musée D'Orsay

I  t h i n k  t h e r e  m u s t  b e  

s n o w

a t  M a r i e  A n t o i n e t t e 's  

h a m e a u

SuperMoon!

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Did you all see the SuperMoon last night?

They all came out in Paris...

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...but only One Cow was awake on 

Everafter Farm

in the sentier

As I start to think more about our upcoming trip to Paris, my longing sends me to the bookshelf to see if I can get a little closer to the City of Light through reading.  I just finished Penelope Rowland's "Paris Was Ours" and it is  truly a wonderful collection of essays written by 32 writers who, for a short time at least, had the opportunity to live in Paris.   
Now I'm I'm getting cozy and  re-reading 
Cara Black's 

"Murder in the Sentier", 

and I'm reminded that the rue Montorgueil is in the Sentier. This is an area in the 2nd Arrondisement, home to the garment district, as well as to some shady ladies on the rue Saint-Denis, or so I've been told. We once rented an apartment right off the rue Montorgueil, and although I never saw the shady ladies,
I do know that it's the garment district, as my friend and I brought back to the states an entire shopping bag filled with lace that we found discarded in the trash outside one of the ateliers.[ Maybe we were the shady ladies!]

 We walked by this interesting place every day for two weeks, and for some reason we never ate here.  But it remains one of my favorite buildings in Paris.

My favorite type of "shabby chic".
What about you?  Have you ever eaten here?  And have you ever read Cara Black?
I think her mysteries are "interactive" as you can read them with your Paris city map open beside you and follow her protagonist, Aimée Leduc through all those familiar 
quartier rues.

More Belle...

The darling Mimi Bleu, publisher of 

Belle Inspiration Magazine, 

just sent me a link to my photo essay on Marie Antoinette's hameau in the recent issue.  If you'd like to see it, click here or here.

We'll be going to this very place on 

Bastille Day, as part of our upcoming 

Photography Workshop in Paris and Normandy, where we'll be teaching our "painterly technique". 

For more info, email me at iluvfrance@wildblue.net

Happy Easter!

R e s u r r e c t i o n  D a y  i n  P a r i s

Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand.

  

They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders.  In a loud voice they were saying:

  

   “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,
   to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength
   and honor and glory and praise!” 

 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:

   “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!”

                                                                              Revelation 5:11-13

Beautiful Belle Inspiration!

a p p r o a c h  t o  t h e  h a m e a u

from the story "L'Hameau de la Reine Marie Antoinette"

I am thrilled to have my photo story on Marie Antoinette's hameau featured in this month's issue of 

Belle Inspiration Magazine!

from Belle Inspiration's Facebook page

And what a beautiful issue it is, filled with all things romantic, feminine, fun, and French!

I've found lots of new Etsy shops I need to visit, and also several new blogs I need to check out.  And at under $20 for not just one, but TWO subscriptions, it makes the perfect gift for yourself and a friend!

Thank you Mimi Bleu, for doing such a wonderful, creative job with your magazine!

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There is still room in our 

Photography Workshop 

in Paris and Normandy

July 6-11

scroll down  to see more samples of our photographic technique

and please contact me for more details

Dawne Polis

iluvfrance@wildblue.net

Photography Workshop~~PARIS~~July 11-16

b o y  w i t h  r e d   b a l l

s i m p l e  b & w, o r...

  t e x t u r e d...or...

t h e  "p a i n t e r l y"  p h o t o g r a p h






a n d  e v e n  i P h o n o g r a p h y

at versailles




Dean and I are leading a
 Photography Workshop in Paris and Normandy
 July 11-16


We would love to have you join us as we photograph the Eiffel Tower, the Seine, and the streets of Paris,
spend Bastille Day at Versaille,
travel to Monet's gardens at Giverny,
and sleep in a French Château!


All photographers are welcome, 
from beginner to expert.


For more details, please email Dawne at
iluvfrance@wildblue.net 




We Hope to see you HERE!!!

textures by French Kiss Textures and Boccacino

Belle Italia

A  V e n e t i a n  R o m a n c e

It seems like everyone is going to Italy.  Shirley, from Simply-Chateau just returned from Venice, and Corey is there now. 

Although we're "French at Heart", we dearly love Italy, too.  Especially Tuscany. And Venice. 

V e n e t i a n  S u n s e t

We've only been to Venice three times, always during Carnevale, the festival which precedes Lent. Now, February brings back memories of those trips...

t h e  l a g o o n

s a n t a  m a r i a  d e l l a  s a l u t e

I took this shot in 2005, before the scaffolding went up.  Must find out if it's down yet.

 Here's a postcard I made using the above image

Gabby from Design Mom also posted pix yesterday from their trip to Florence.  Wonderful photos!
Ciao!

amoureux à Paris

young lovers

m u s é e  c a r n a v a l e t

this musée, in the Marais, was once the home of Madame de Sévigné, a friend of Louis XIV. I'm fond of this woman because of the elegance and sheer beauty of her former home, but mostly because of the tender loving letters that she wrote to her married daughter.

older lovers

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Moulin Rouge--two times

m o u l i n  r o u g e  b l e u

j a c q u e  a t  t h e  m o u l i n  r o u g e

Seen in the Marais

r e n d e z - v o u s  d e s  a m i s

w i n d o w  i n  t h e  m a r a i s

Marie Antoinette's Hameau

l e   m o u l i n 

c h o u x  e t  p o i r e a u x

m a r l b o r o u g h  t o w e r

Paris Collage

Merry-Go-Rounds

a u x  t u i l e r i e s

à  m o n t m a r t r e

In Paris, between December 17 and January 2, there was no charge to ride the carrousels.

Oh, dear. 

Next year, peut-être, I will go riding

 many times.

A pretty cottage we saw in France...

e n  g e r b e r o y 

Bonne Année!!

Wishing a wondrous New Year to my followers here and on Facebook. God Bless us, everyone.