down on fascination street

bonjour encore! i love sharing pics with you guys cause no one appreciates them like you do! paris is full of old monuments and museums that never change, (old and cold and settled in its ways as joni mitchell would say). that’s just not the paris for me. i love the one that  changes every weekend.

of course the fact that the fleas have been happening every weekend for hundreds of years is certainly a constant that shouldn’t be overlooked. in fact, the persistence of the people who come together each weekend to make the magic happen is staggering feat in itself.

i love that you can count on these guys being here, playing cards or dominoes, laughing and listening to music every weekend.

but the real fascination is with what they bring in cause although it’s always a variation of a theme, the theme never gets old. (for me anyway)!  like, i’ve never seen a mirrored radio. suffice it to say there are always one-of-a kind treasures.

same steets, different stuff! i know i should mix it up and should leave paris for the outskirts more often but she holds my full attention every time.

what a labor of love to head to the outskirts of france and shop for goodies to bring back to us. a dealer friend was telling us how he spends his time traveling 55o kilometers each week gathering treasures from around the countryside to display and sell. i could go for a life like that!

wouldn’t these be magical in a garden?

anyway this is all totally random. i have taken a million shots as usual and just opened a file and let it all hang out.

just thought you’d enjoy the tour and a little daydreaming with me.

i wish i could buy it all!  i guess that’s the beauty of shopping with clients and i love when they get something wonderful!

ok, i better wrap it up. one more day to entertain the gang and we’re going to hit a market in the city, marche d’aligre. it’s a good little one that looks grimy from a distance but there’s of course always a gem if you’re willing to get down and dirty. it’s rainy and cold so it’s back to de rigeur paris. more later!