Paris

~ Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) Whilst I was busy searching YouTube for music to go with one of my shots of 'The Shard' I suddenly saw this track by Donovan and thought “I have a shot in the archives where I went to town on mellow yellow 'colour popping'. And, guess what? Correct! I have found the shot taken in the Paris Metro very many moons ago :-) I see from Wikipedia that on 14 April 2012 Donovan was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame :-) Apparently, the song was rumoured to be about smoking dried banana skins, which was believed to be a hallucinogenic drug in the 1960's. I don't particularly like bananas unless they are cut up with cream and sugar so there's no chance of me being interested in the skins :-) Added to ~ Soundtrack to Life Listen here ~ Mellow Yellow ~ Donovan

Explored! ~ Thank you very much :-))) Six years ago this month Helen treated me to a very special birthday celebration in Paris. Such happy memories of a wonderful time. No words can ever make sense of the atrocity last Friday. Remembering those lost and those still suffering. On YouTube there is a cover version of John Lennon's “Imagine”. Imagine all the people Living life in peace..... If only this could be true..... Added to ~ Sight and Sound I assume the girls and boys call themselves “Cover Garden”. ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Imagine ~ Cover Garden I remember taking one of those very compact tripods with me. For this shot I placed it on a wall next to the river. I also remember that a very strong wind was blowing and I had to hold on to the tripod and the camera to stop them toppling into the water!!

Way back in 2009 Helen took me to Paris for a surprise birthday treat. We stayed at 'Hotel Balmoral' just 'round corner from the Arc de Triomphe. It certainly felt like a Grande Hotel and this seems a good opportunity to link my photo to "Late Night Grande Hotel" by Nanci Griffith from her 1991 album of the same name. One of my fave tracks from Nanci although, of course, everything Nanci recorded is my fave :-) Added to ~ Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ Listen here ~ Late Night Grande Hotel ~ Nanci Griffith</a

Hoping they do rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral after the dreadful fire last evening. Also, thinking of the firefighter and the two police officers who were injured and hoping they all make a full recovery. Back in 2009 Helen took me to Paris as part of a special birthday celebration. We visited Notre-Dame Cathedral. Added to Sight and Sound : Pictures & Music ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ Listen here ~ Valley of Tears ~ Buddy Holly Or Here ♫ ♪ ♫ ♪ ~ Valley of Tears ~ Buddy Holly