Printemps in Paris

Printemps is springing everywhere in Paris! 

Just a few blocks from our apartment,

les arbres are blooming all around the Eiffel Tower. 

And little shoots and leaves

are popping out all over. 

As I have been training to walk a half marathon on Whidbey Island next weekend,

I spent even more hours walking Paris than usual.

I took a break and ate a picnic lunch on a bench 

in the Luxembourg Gardens one day

and this was my view...

Everyone who heard where I was in March said the same thing:

'Ah, springtime in Paris!'

She's famous for that. 

And I thoroughly enjoyed every minute.

Happy Printemps to you! 

(All photos copyright: Kirsten Steen)