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wordless wednesday ...

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Cedar Key ...

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all  that  remains  of  the  pier behind  the  former  Captain's  Table  Restaurant ... during  the  80's  the  restaurant  changed ownership and  names  several  times. before  closing  it  was last known   as  ' the  Rusty  Rim ' …   back  in  the  late  70's  when it  was  still  known  as  Captain's  Table it  was  possible  to  sit  out  on the pier and  watch  the  sun set, while enjoying  a cold drink and  ' heart  of  palm salad ' 

monday blue ...

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church series ... Paris 2019

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Église de St-Sulpice Place Saint Sulpice construction began  1646 opened  in  1870 ... second  largest  church    in  Paris  (  after  Notre  Dame ) ... one  of  the  settings  for Dan  Brown's  'Da Vinci Code '

on the island ...

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Dock  Street    Cedar  Key,  Florida   2019

the replacement ...

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Cedar  Key  Market  Mural  2019 ... new  mural  at  the  Market replacing  the  Native  Indian mural  which  had  weathered  many  storms in  a  15  year  residency .

up the creek ...

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Smith's  Store    Otter  Creek,  Florida    2019 ... the coke sign is vintage   but the building was  created  less than 10 years ago. located  next to the  original Smith's  Store.

wordless wednesday ...

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still standing ...

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Saint-Jacques Tower  Rue de Rivoli Paris    2019  ... all that remains of the former 16th-century  Church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie ( church destroyed during French Revolution 1797 } ... constructed  1509  Gothic architecture

monday blue ...

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Amelia  Island     

church series ... Paris 2019

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Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois      2 Place du Louvre Paris   2019 ... present  church  constructed  in  15th  century

bookshops al fresco ... Paris 2019

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Bouquinistes- Book  Stalls  along  Seine Paris ,  2019 ... iconic  green  boxes   originally  selling   used  books. ... the  first  boxes  appeared  during  the  late 16th  century ... times  change  and  the   booksellers  have  adapted  by  adding   souvenir  trinkets …  postcards, paintings, comic books, Eiffel  tower  key chains and  even  'love locks'  which  have  been banned, but still found on the ponts and practically  every  chain in central  Paris

doors of Paris ... 2019

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   Avenue  de  L'Opera ... benches  and  doors  are  two  of  my favorite  subjects.

sleeping rough ...

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on  the  street    homeless man and  his  dogs   Paris   2019

wordless wednesday ...

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street art ...

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barricade  art     along the  Quai  Francois  Mitterrand   Paris     2019

monday blues ...

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church series ... Paris 2019

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Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption 263 Rue Saint-Honoré   main  Polish  church  of  Paris   constructed  1670 - 1676    architect  Charles  Ernard ... neo-gothic  architecture ... Frederic  Chopin's  church.. he is  buried  in    pere - lachaise-cemetery -in - paris,   his  heart  is  buried  in  his  native  homeland... Warsaw, Poland

truckin ...

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Micanopy  Florida

abandoned ...

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Garage   Otter  Creek   2019

on the south side ...

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Imperial  Bronze  Eagle     Emperor's  entrance south  side  Opera  Garnier  artist  :  Pierre-Louis  Rouillard   circa  1865 - 1867

wordless wednesday ...

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Pantheon  1758   Place du Panthéon rue  soufflot  Paris   2019  …  Neoclassical  architecture     modeled  after the  Pantheon  in Rome …   originally  built  as  a  church... present day  it  is  a    civic building that serves as a repository  for the remains of notable  French citizens.  including Voltaire ,Rousseau, Victor Hugo   and Marie  Curie  

monday blue ...

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church series ... Paris 2019

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click  on  photo  to  view  other  photos posted Saint-Étienne-du-Mont  1624   on  the  Montagne  Sainte- Geneviève    behind  the  Pantheon ... G othic  and  Renaissance  architecture ... contains  the shrine  o f   St. Geneviève , the  patron  saint  of  Paris

Jardin des Tuileries

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garden  chair   Tuileries      Paris   2019

from the Paris files ...

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Eiffel  Tower  constructed  1887 - 1889     5 avenue Anatole France - Champ de Mars Paris    2019 ... originally  constructed  for   the  1889  World's  Fair     to commemorate  the  100th  anniversary  of  French  Revolution ... scheduled  for  demolition  after   twenty   years   but  later  recognized  as  an  iconic  Parisian  landmark   visited  by  almost  7 million  people   annually.

thursday ....

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wordless wednesday

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an American in Paris ...

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George  Washington  statue     Place  d' lena   by  Daniel  Chester  French   1900     Paris    2019 ... recent  addition  to  the  statue   is  a  French  flag  draped   on  his  sword.

monday blue

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free  wheelin  an  improvement  over  the  skateboard the  e-wheel  essentially an   electric  unicycle   top  speed  15 -  20 mph  price range  $400 - $2500