Love Dogs!

2500 year old in Louvre......

Artful Garden...

As a last hoora for Roses folks we all went up to Giverny to walk around Monet's garden on the weekend - a real oasis. Heading to Champaign tomorrow to taste the good stuff and escape the madness that seems to go with a summer in Paris.....

Pots!

Just a few ceramic items seen along the way......

Bits & Pieces

Had a great day at Palace Versailles yesterday ...... just a few shots randomly selected from recent days...

Big Day Out....

Roses folks Jan and Malcolm are staying with us for the week and held the fort whilst we had a day on the town including the MOMA Paris that houses a great Matisse work titled dancers in Paris thats pictured above and the fantastic Branly Museum of African art and and antiquities , and off-course lunch.... witnessed a little bit of anarchic activity on the way home....

Antique Flea Market

Went to an enormous flea market today on the Northern fringe of Paris. It was packed with the coolest stuff - amazingly and gratefully we came away empty handed but did only manage to see about 10% of it in half a day. A few examples above - we are thinking the clock (1.4m diameter) would suit the Mill though........

In Helsinki...

Just returned from a few days in Helsinki to see an exhibition of a favorite artist Georg Baselitz... was great. Didn't see any reindeer only men sporting weird facial hair..... Heading to the Orangrie today with kids to see Monet before heading to Givernie. Have included image of exhibition and Helsinki and two abstract images of mine.