When Jimmy played the horn, he became the brass.

city in a vacuum

This noble expression of bird pushing the genes one more step down the line.

At the Ecole des Beaux Arts, a monument to lapsed grandeur.

the handprint

We went to the Gay Pride parade on Saturday, which was the usual incredible spectacle. One photo can't do this event justice, so I'm posting a few today.

Nuns with attitude.

Waving the banner proudly.

Fountain fun along the parade route.

NEW DJ at the Fete de la Musique, France's annual nationwide musical street party.

Man/Yak

Photographer/Photograph

waiting room

gimme shelter

I love her for her mind.

waiting in the stair chamber

She wandered long in that sad, lost land drained of color, a fluorescent sun over shadowless waxen trees, and unyielding concrete to the horizon.

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET

Steph and I made it to the Force de l'Art expo in the Grand Palais today. Here's the giant domed ceiling of the Palais reflected in a glass teardrop the size of my head.

Another Flamenco moment. For whatever reason, the metering system totally dropped the ball here and set an extremely high shutter speed. However, I kind of like the effect, minus the noise I dredged up trying to brighten the image.

Flamenco dancer in front of the Eiffel.

A piece of sky escapes to freedom.

Amongst the stranger properties of water lillies.

the sky above

If cats were people, this is probably what they'd look like when lounging around in the sun.

In the days of yore, scriveners would fill their ink pots at Donatello's fountain. Today, people looking to refill their printers on the cheap can be found tapping its dark stream.

Weathered

The Scolding

Steph and I lucked across a demonstration of this terrific fountain in the Parc de St Cloud. Normally it's dry, but for once it was running. No one picture can do it justice because it's just so big.

Gold against a lead sky.

Dogs and owners -- a strange confluence.

After standing at attention for hours, one rose fainted.

'Mommy! There's someone at the window!'