*Paris in the Spring...

..

"I love Paris in the spring time

I love Paris in the fall

I love Paris in the summer

when it sizzles

I love Paris in the winter

when it drizzles.
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I love Paris every moment

Every moment of the year

I love Paris,

why oh why

do I love Paris

Because my love is here".

Cole Porter

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The Champs Elysée, 23 May 2010 : see HERE for more on this unique event...

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"Amo París en el tiempo del resorte
Amo París en la caída
Amo París en el verano

en que chisporrotea
Amo París en el invierno

en que llovizna
.

Amo París cada momento
Cada momento del ańo
Amo París,

porqué oh porqué lo hace

el amor París de I
Porque mi amor está aquí"
Cole Porter

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*I just love Frank Sinatra's version of this song...

Plaisirs du jour...

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"One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop
whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention

to eating..."
Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright,
"Pavarotti, My Own Story"

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La Tartine Gourmande

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I love sharing recipes that inspire me in the hope that they

will inspire others...

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Click here for this recipe

and many, many more...

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Simple Pleasures...

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Today,

I'm feeling really inspired by these images...
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Ghana, West Africa

Small, Satisfying Things
About Today...
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~ hearing the Right Song at the Right Moment...

.~ completing my travel arrangements for my upcoming
trip to West Africa...

.~ the aroma of freshly brewed coffee...

.. ~ finding a photo album of my African childhood
in the most unlikely place...

. ~ Making Someone Smile...

.~ Spring may, at long last, be just around
the corner...

. ~ daydreaming when I should be working...
..

Le Grand Retour...

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"The work goes on,

the cause endures, the hope still lives

and the dreams shall never die..."

Edward Kennedy

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Me, myself, I - admiring the Mont Blanc chain of mountains...
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Where i've been ?

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i've been here, there, elsewhere -

living, learning, understanding but also

coping and searching...

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i've been here, there, elsewhere -

working, developing, exploring but also

failing and struggling...

.

i've been here, there, elsewhere -

travelling, observing, listening but also

experiencing and suffering...

..

i've been here, there, elsewhere -

giving, receiving, helping, but also

needing and doubting...

.

i've been here, there, elsewhere -

searching, finding, creating but also

forgetting and losing...

.

i've been here, there, elsewhere -

loving, laughing, remembering but also

crying and hurting...

.

i've been here, there, elsewhere -

improving, succeeding, rejoicing but also

hoping and praying...

.

Tell me,

where have you been ?

.

Thanks for all your kind words left in my absence; I'll be, hopefully,

catching up with all your blogs asap...