I envy the pillow your head rests and slumbers

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I envy the pillow your head rests and slumbers

20/02/2011 by Madelene

These days it seems easier to speak through images than to produce words.

Sunday: baguettes from the nearby bakery, lots of coffee and chevre, making a little list of where I want to go and what I want to do next week. Very practical. Settling in Belleville, exploring unknown neighbourhoods, finding books to read in french – maybe Duras, perhaps Camus. Wishing for the sun to come out from behind leaden clouds. I am quite calm here in France, a different mood from that which I have been prone to at home – made happy by the simple non-existance of chores, making acquaintances and discovering cafés; watching haussmann buildings pushing against the sky in tiny blocks, rows of three or four. Awakening to the songs of birds, of rain.

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Posted in Flourishes & Finery | Tagged amused by thoughts, paris in pictures | 13 Comments

13 Responses

on 20/02/2011 at 18:37 Alexandra

Dreamy.

http://herribbonsandherbows.blogspot.com/
on 21/02/2011 at 01:39 danica

beautiful images…they make me long to return to paris. enjoy the rest of your time there.
on 21/02/2011 at 02:19 Susan

You had me at macaroons.
on 21/02/2011 at 06:09 michelle

I just found your blog. Such beautiful words and pictures!

http://deareillie.blogspot.com
on 21/02/2011 at 08:29 Madelene

Alexandra: A little, yes..

danica: Thank you – I will.

Susan: Oh, aren’t they delicious. I love all the boulangeries here.. so different from in Sweden.

michelle: Welcome! and merci.
on 22/02/2011 at 03:07 emily

Such great writing. You make even the simplest of things sound romantic! Also, those macaroons look delectable.
on 22/02/2011 at 14:52 modaspia

love duras…
on 22/02/2011 at 17:14 Joanna M.

Your low ankle boots look rather parisian
Duras, Flaubert and Camus is rather nice too, have you been to Gilbert Joseph? And of course Shakespeare and Co.
bisous
j
on 23/02/2011 at 10:12 Mandy

Exploring unknown neighborhoods … what could be more fun !!!
Your boots and coat look adorable. XXX
on 24/02/2011 at 07:57 Dahlia

Ah your little boots are perfect!
on 24/02/2011 at 11:21 sara

får mig att vilja åka till paris. har inte varit där på några år. jag älskar creme caramel. terasserna. croissants. att gå vilse där, någonstans.
förstår att du känner dig annorlunda, ombyte förnöjer. vi kan lära oss så mycket nytt om oss när vi kliver ur vår vanliga miljö.
ha det fint, jag njuter av dina bilder!
on 25/02/2011 at 10:48 Sushi

I just came across you blog and I really love your photography! x Sushi
on 12/03/2011 at 06:34 Marjorie Rose

I don’t know how to say this eloquently, so here it goes:

I’m a fan. I am so so so glad Kayla posted you as one of her links.

And yes, your photographs speak for themselves, but your words are the perfect complement.