First Sunny Day in Paris

Traveling with Daisy you are always made aware of pigeons; they delight her constantly.

We headed out this morning and immediately ran into the flower market; it's a block away. Oh, there's a House of Orchids? I'll window shop right here, thanks.

And I like this tray of sedum too.

We headed to Saint-Chapelle, just another couple of blocks away. That's the one with all the stained glass. It's surprisingly tiny but also surprisingly full of stained glass. The sun was out, just right.

The museums and churches are so beautiful but they do become sort of endless-feeling to younger people. Pacing ourselves!

A walk over to the Louvre to visit the Tuileries; we're saving the museum for a rainy day, many of which are predicted this week.

Just about the biggest buildings we've ever seen, but not so exciting to Daisy as the clipped hedges in the gardens.

We watched the sailboats in the pond for a little while. This one was particularly charming because I believe it is actually patched up with scraps, done very tidily.

The Composer is always a fan of single perspective. This is the city for him (straight line vistas everywhere).

Home to cook dinner. It's actually my father-in-law's birthday! We went with something homey--a chicken roasted in the oven, a mixed-vegetable sauté in a skillet, all combined eventually with fresh linguine and rich stock, and served in a bowl.

And a visit to the pastry store afforded an assortment of tiny cakes and tarts to sample for dessert.

We brought aprons from home.

Cards for the others, while the Composer and I went back to Saint-Chappelle for a solo violin performance, of Bach's partitas.