My friend, from whose office I took this picture, wanted me to call this "melted snow" so here it is... melted snow. Not since Frosty got locked in the greenhouse have I been this sad to see snow melt. I stopped by above mentioned friend's office at 10am this morning -- their windows look out on the garden of the Palais Royal (Jardin de Palais Royal) and it was covered in a glorious, pristine, white blanket of powdery snow. The dark skeleton trees contrasted starkly, accentuating their thin, spiky branches and I had to tear myself away from the window.
I rarely go anywhere here without my camera and of course, on the most glorious day, I left it at home. I returned a few hours later, camera in tow, and to my extreme disappointment, the garden had been opened and most of the snow had melted. I did my best Ansel Adams impression but couldn't capture the glory of this morning's scene. It's snowing tonight so maybe I'll pop by tomorrow and play shutterbug.
These balls, 2 "sculptures" of them in the courtyard of the Palais, remind me of an old AC/DC song, but I won't go there... I got the idea to take this picture from mon ami Jason at NYC à Paris.
very cool pics... what camera do you use..?
Posted by: Lil | Friday, 25 February 2005 at 03:23 PM
Believe me, I wasn't the first one to think of taking my picture here. When I "googled" the sculpture so that I would know what to call it, I found other people's pictures of the same thing. Funny how that happens.
Posted by: Jason Stone | Monday, 28 February 2005 at 11:32 AM