A true Sunday. Sleeping in late then dipping carefully shredded Italian brioche into my coffee, listening to our friends that had stayed over after a joyful evening as they mused on this and that, their knowing to let me be until I am fully awake. Each paging through picture books with waving lapses of silence filled only with the ping-pong of Baroque. Meanwhile, beyond the window-pane the sun was arm-wrestling with the clouds. It won and was victorious. Out we wandered, working up an appetite for the omelette aux chanterelles that Chef Remi had promised. I took my camera along as the light was singing just to me, I felt that I had the sun in my arms and love in my heart.
Hungry from looking, we stayed at table until 4 pm, lingering over the St. Marcellin and sweet clementines. After our friends said their goodbyes, it was time for une petite sieste, the kind filled with sleeping without sleeping, the best I know. But I could hear noises outside my window as I dozed and was finally drawn to see what could it be. While I was dreaming, workers from the city had been as busy as bees, stringing up, then testing the lights for the Christmas season. I smiled at the Milky Way just below my feet, as they winked little hellos while lighting up the dark.
Please do and thank him on my behalf for bringing such an absolutely amazing human being to the planet. Kudos.
And I can't say that self-confidence is something that is working at anything close to full speed at this point in my life. Sometimes I think that I burned through all of it before I was 35!
xo,
H
'You left me speechless with that one, dearest Suze.'
You don't know your own worth, do you, dear one? Well, let's see what we can do to set that to rights. 🙂
I'll pass on the image to my excellent Dad.
I know how you feel in moments like that…….
xxxk
I agree with everyone here – hard to pick a favorite! First it was the one with the red-leaved vines – made me notice lots of bits of red in these photos! And the window with all of the plants, and kitties, and Ben! I love those twinkle lights – were they there last year?? All beautiful photos, as always. Hope you're bringing your camera on Tuesday – we need to make more of an effort to capture Ann Arbor this time! : )
I noticed it, too!! : )
You had me at the title!
And you've made me hungry (and yearning) for those incredibly blue skies…
gorgeous pictures!!
all those delicious sunlight-kisses-on-stone-walls.
felt like i walked with you to the boulangerie to buy a ficelle and we talked a while.
divine.
a moment in france.
how nice.
thank you also for visiting us (virtually) in manhattan earlier.
waving from NYC!
_teamgloria xx
oh i love that the "light was singing to you"!!! your photos are like poems, so very lovely!!!
kindest thoughts
TOO MANY! Yes too many gorgeous photographs here to comment on each one so I will just say I love them all. The light in the top one was singing to me as well. The light, it's all about the light for me.
Now I'm going back up and have another long look at each. WOW,
Bises,
V