Floral Friday

 

Paris florists were busy all week with the Feast of La Toussaint - All Saints Day - as cemeteries filled with visitors placing flowers on the graves of loved ones.

 La Toussaint: All Saints Day

1st November

 

Woolly Wednesday

 

Window of a knitting boutique in a 19th C covered passage in the 9th district.

 

Halloween 2023

 

Carved pumpkins ready for Halloween, with a "French touch."

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- Happy Halloween -

👻 

 

Dog daze

 

A man and his dogs make the rounds in the Marais district.

 

Marronnier Monday

A marronnier is a chestnut tree and now is the best time to get out and gather.

 Below: chestnuts ready to fall; chestnuts scattered beneath trees

 

 

 

 

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Forageable forests around Paris:

Forêt de Rambouillet
wild boar and hare; several species of deer large/small

Forêt de Marly-le-Roi
numerous species of chestnut trees

Forêt de Bois-d'Arcy

Forêt de Meudon

Fôret de la Grange

Forêt de Montmorency

Bois de Vincennes

Fôret de la Grange

Fôret de Malmaison

Floral Friday

 

Today's flowers are hiding something special.

Can you spot them?

Halloween 2023 Tuesday October 31

🎃

 

Café closing

 The end of a long day.