T Stands for This and That (it is what it is!)

 Hi everyone, I had to take a break last week everything was getting a bit hectic and I knew time was going to be short for making visits. We had some pleasant trips out, met up with family at RHS Bridgwater, bought a couple of indoor plants at a garden centre, caught up with Wanderlust,(well almost - we missed out a few ) went to a Makers market, walked at Lyme Park, had friend round for afternoon tea and watched a lot of TV coverage of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee events and in between all that got some sorting out done, made some phone calls and lots of routine stuff!

As you can see, any this point rainclouds were threatening, but after lunch the sun shone most of the time.

A tribute to the Queen in a corner of the garden made by local groups

Our Wanderlust pages - I think you can tell from the colours who made each one.

I used some illustration from an old gardening book

Lyme Park was, as always, beautiful! 

We took a new(to us) path which gave great views over the moors - There are more photos here

Would you like some more Paris pics?

I'll start with some drinks for T Stands For Tuesday over at Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog - The Altered Book Lover

We had been walking by the Seine when these bears invited us in for a drink

Hubby spotted is favourite Cafe Gourmand on the drinks menu so his coffee came with a selection of mini desserts!He was VERY happy!As you can see he was still wearing several layers of clothing - coat already removed!

The table behind became vacant so I got a quick snap of the decor

As you can see I had already started my coffee before I remembered to take a photo. The water wasn't requested but very welcome!

We reached Boulevard St Germain

This statue is opposite the Église de St Germain des Prés (here are two links if you want to read more - Restoration and Info)

Although we have passed through this area several times we had never been into the church - we realised that we had missed a treasure...

I would definitely like to visit this church again.

On the corner is the famous Les Deux Magots cafe...

...and  diagonally across the road is Brasserie Lippe.....

...which is opposite Cafe de Flore

I have given links so you can read about the connections with famous customers of these cafes.

From here we took the scenic route through the Jardin du Luxembourg back to our hotel

Apologies for going on so much but I really, really do love Paris!

Thanks for looking, Chris