I don't know if this is an actual gendarme or a member of some other police or military branch. For today, he's a gendarme. And he's helping us transition from photos of Saint-Sulpice to some more from the Luxembourg Garden. Those are the towers of Saint-Sulpice visible from the garden's central basin and fountain.
A lovely sunny day in the Jardin du Luxembourg. Digitized color slide, sometime in the 90s.
Thursday was another nice day and I got out and cut the grass outside the hedges (along the road). But, like painting the Golden Gate Bridge (or the Forth Bridge if you're British), I need to start again from the beginning as the north forty is growing at a clip. Oh well. Rain is expected over the weekend, so I may just wait.
Those gardens must be stunning to wander on a sunny day.
ReplyDeleteLes jardins du Luxembourg were known by the Parisians as the Luco.
ReplyDeleteI love the Jardin du Luxembourg... didn't spend enough time there when I lived in Paris. I appreciate it more now.
ReplyDeleteJust a great photo. Didn't know about the term "Luco". Thanks CHM.
ReplyDeleteBonjour Evelyn,
DeleteHere is the explanation (in French) why Parisians gave the Luxembourg gardens the nickname Luco.
https://www.pariszigzag.fr/secret/histoire-insolite-paris/pourquoi-surnomme-t-on-le-jardin-du-luxembourg-le-luco
mitch, and sometimes they're stunning on a cloudy, rainy day!
ReplyDeletechm, interesting!
judy, our priorities mature... sometimes. ;)
evelyn, thanks!