This isn't up to the standards of tulip time in Holland by any means but when I scan through the "My Pictures" file on my hard drive I come upon this shot which in that file is labelled "Tulip Time in Tuileries". The software identifies the date the photo was taken as April 25, 2004. This is our guide wearing her Oakeys. The picture was taken near the reflecting pond at the Louvre end of the gardens and that is one of the wings of the Louvre in the background. The Jardins des Tuileries are so named because the site before becoming the location of a palace and later of these gardens was a clay pit. The kilns (or tuileries) located at the pit baked clay into the tiles which were used for the roofs of many of the buildings in the oldest sections of the city.The photo appears here today because it prominently features a flowering tree and therefore fits into the recent theme and because it is raining here today (no bicycling).
2 comments:
Very pretty tree -- any photo with 'Louvre' and 'Tuileries' in its description is impressive enough for me.
I would like to add "very pretty guide also." She adds to the beauty of the shot (and also appreciates any photo with 'Louvre' and 'Tuileries' in its description).
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