Avec plaisir!

That's how I spent Saturday, after a fabulous meal the night before in a tiny Basque restaurant with a cherished friend from England and her charming man. Early Saturday morning, I headed to my favorite place in Paris--- yes, the Luxembourg gardens! There's no end of things to draw there---I truly think I could not move from that place for a whole year and be very happy (provided my family and friends and dog and cat were there, too. I miss them.)
There's been a changing of the guard at Luxembourg gardens since I arrived on October 1. The delicate, coral blossomed geraniums featured in the garden's grand urns have just this week been replaced with yellow or russet crysanthemums. And how different is the mood of the place now! From spritely and feminine to decorous and stately, that's my sense of the change.
Please click on image to see the complete sketch.

At the octagonal pond in the center of the garden, children sail little boats. Yesterday it was a bit chilly and I was there early, so there were few people about.

I stopped for a quick lunch at a cafe on Boulevard Saint Germain.

Today is another gloriously sunny and warm day, so I'm off! A demain, les amis!

Comments

[margaret Hunt]

as usual gorgeous....and what a wonderful trip...have to say the rings just cracked me up...always a new scam i suppose!

[Katherine Tyrrell]

Catching up - and I'm very late - pardon! You did hear the appropriate french accent on the last word didn't you?

I think I recognise those chairs on the Boulevard St Germain and may have even sat in them!

All you sketches are looking great, I'd call one off day in all this time flipping amazing!

[Cin]

I am so enjoying your tour of Paris, these three are a joy :)

[Maggie]

Laura,

What a delightful selection of illustrations! I'm sorry I haven't been back but have been out of town on business and just getting back to catch up on everything. Your watercolors are fabulous especially the sculptures and monuments!!! I do hope your stay has been enjoyable and the weather good. I will try to catch up with all the reading...stay in touch,

Maggie

[Paris Parfait]

That park is astonishingly beautiful and your drawings certainly demonstrate that beauty! Well done, you!

[Laura]

Thank you so much, you commenters! Marly, you're sounding like Marie Antoinette with her petit hameau! Next, you'll be buying rounds of cake for the whole gang! Lydia, I am having the time of my life. The one off day I had simply put the others into even clearer relief. Jana, yes, the heroine of a story's always got to encounter a problem and then overcome it, you know ;D. Agnes, you honor me. Thank you. Ulla, thanks to you, I'm seeing Paris through a second pair of exquisite eyes, too! Linda M, you've got to come here! Linda from Pa, Lin, Lori and Toni, thank you.