if you are not too long, i will wait here for you all my life. oscar wilde.

i love cemetaries. and since we were in paris during a french long weekend, the catacombs were closed. but this cemetary is the largest in paris. oscar wilde and jim morrison were buried here. as well as millions more.

the aisles had road signs.

some monuments were so old, they had simply crumbled.

some statues so grand, they stood twenty-five feet high.

it was a beautiful sunny morning. we were all alone.

i think that was the same day phoebe tried her first sweet bread, when she thought it would actually be sweet. bread.

love,
me

a picture of ceramic flowers with a real flower growing from it. love.

mamiya 645

la dame de fer

everything can be a workout for my mom. stairs instead of elevator. two steps at a time up the escalator. speed walking through shopping malls. if you pause to tie your shoe, you've lost her almost immediately.

so, when my mom wanted to skip the elevator lines and walk up the 1665 steps to the top of the eiffel tower, it wasn't a surprise... but it was near the end of the day, and we were tired, and we thought/hoped/prayed that she was, too...

needless to say, we climbed 1665 steps to the top of the eiffel tower.

and now i can say i did it.

thanks mom.

love,
me

ps. it really is quite large, you know. a lot bigger in real life than in the photos. maybe i'm saying this because i climbed it, but the iron lady is no lady. more like an iron giant...

mamiya 645

paris is always a good idea. audrey hepburn.

paris. lutetia parisiorum, lutce, lutetia, la ville lumire, city of lights, paname, the city of love.

it is pretty much everything they say it is.

except, i did expect more poodles (expectations set by disney...).

and, therefore, more dog poo.

that was not the case. thankfully.

love,
me

mamiya 645 taken in spring 2012