Oils and Pastels by Margaret Dyer

Not a whole lot of time to write tonight; I leave for Atlanta in the morning. We spent all day today walking around Paris, savoring every minute of our last day here. It's 10:45 p.m., and we just got home from dinner--Kippy, Judith, Phil and I (Ann left us this morning). So instead of writing, I'm posting pictures. Lots of them, hoping they will speak for themselves.  In case you don’t know what the modern structure with tunnels is, it’s the Pompidou , with its spectacular view of Paris. Here we saw the David Hockney retrospective and dined on the rooftop. What a glorious day.  And how wonderful it has been to see Paris with artists. To spend hours and hours in the museums and only want to get together afterwards to hear each other's thoughts. To learn how inspired each other is (or not) and what they intend to do about it when they get home.  So...about next year. "Mary Cassatt, An American in Paris," at the Jacquemart-Andre Museum from March 9-July ...

We had a lot we wanted to pack in to our next to the last day in Paris, so early yesterday morning we walked to Rue Mouffetard, a neighborhood in the Latin Quarter, for petit dejeuner (breakfast). I snapped pictures along the way; our route was a part of Paris you don’t often see in photos. I love graffiti, so bear with me please.  Rue Mouffetard, one of Paris’ oldest and liveliest neighborhoods, is a pedestrian avenue with restaurants, shops, cafes and a regular open market. Shops were just opening as we arrived; shopkeepers and workers were preparing for the day, the crowds had yet to arrive.  After a full breakfast, our first stop of the day was  Place Saint Sulpice , a large public space with the Fountain of the Four Bishops, a huge sculpted fountain with wonderful lions, in the center of the square. The adjacent Church of Saint Sulpice was built in 1754. We sat on benches and sketched. We then moved on to the...