Essential

 

During this confinement businesses deemed essentiels include chocolate shops, cordonneries, bookstores, hairdressers, tabacs and absolutely, florists.

The way she was

 

On the face of this ancient queen of our cathedrals, beside each wrinkle one invariably finds a scar. - Victor Hugo from, Nôtre Dame de Paris a.k.a. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

 Above: photograph of the cathedral taken from Square René Viviani before the fire of April 15, 2019, two years ago today

Night bike

 Bicycle parked on a ledge outside a gate for the night.

All in a row

A lineup of faces on rue des Abbesses.

Mona Monday

L'oeuvre d'art at a small private showing in Montmartre.

In bloom

Unremarkable one moment, a fury of blossoms the next.

Horizon

 

 Full moon over Paris from a private rooftop terrace.