More than 50 years ago, my father would take me to The Vivarium, or small reptile house, at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. Little kids still love it, especially little boys. All those snakes and toads and creepy insects behind glass. This is a picture I took today of the worn steps at the entrance.
For more, see the several Jardin des Plantes entries on James Dickey: Deep Deliverance
Sparrows dining at La Baleine Café, Jardin des Plantes
Another photo from the “Last Leaves of Paris” collection on Rues de Paradis.
Last leaves of autumn. One of the buildings near Rue Cuvier entrance of the Jardin des Plantes. For more, visit: http://ruesdeparadis.blogspot.com/2010/11/last-leaves-paris-saturday-13-nov-2010.html
Couple in Paris, from “Couples” by Ellen von Unwerth
photo by Enzo Penna
Grove Park Inn
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October 20, 1936
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