Spring Flowers at Luxembourg Gardens

My camera is still being held hostage at the repair shop and I am chomping at the bit. Spring is in the air and there are amazing photo opts everywhere, so I am painfully and fiercely missing my camera. The weather for the last week has been glorious- sunny, warm, clear as a bell, and beyond pleasant. I was in the Luxembourg Gardens on Saturday and it was at its peak- adults, kids, dogs, babies, all soaking up the long missing sun. The gardens were in full bloom, so I took my I-phone and snapped some photos of tulips and other spring flowers. I think they came out pretty good for the I-phone camera. Let me know what you think. The old Paris in the spring cliche has never been truer or more fully embraced.

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Comments

[lynn]

Oh, yum! These are an honor to the iphone! Love it.

[susan]

I just received your Eye Prefer Paris email and I love those photos. Bravo!

[joseph]

very pretty

[Vicki Archer]

Gorgeous shots....xv

[Paintfox]

And I was going to tell you how good your repaired camera was!!!

[Maggie]

Beautiful….can’t wait to get back!

[Maria Ruiz]

Hey Richard, not bad for the iphone, thanks for sharing these, I feel like through your blog I vicariously live in Paris, LOL. Hope you are doing well.

[Cheryl]

Richard,
What great photos!! When I first saw them--before I started reading--I thought you had your camera back! I'm impressed with the quality of your iPhone. Thanks so much for reminder of how just beautiful the Luxembourg Gardens are in the spring. How I miss them. Merci mille fois!

[MadAboutParis]

YAY - current photos are BACK!!! God bless your i-phone...
xx,
M

[Claudia]

The pictures are GLORIOUS!!! Better than your other camera!!! Thank you for a wonderful start to my morning.

[Larry]

Your iPhone is perfect! Miss you. Miss Paris.

[Audrey]

Darn good for a phone camera! Well done, Richard!

[Karen]

thank goodness for I-Phones! The spring flowers are gorgeous and the pics are turned out very nice! Your pictures always make me long for another trip to Paris.

[Sarah]

Beautiful pictures!!!!

[ask a doctor]

Love those flowers.. very beautiful indeed..

[Beverley]

Possibly you should ditch the camera for the i-Phone! How did you get so much blue into the photos?

[Peg]

C'etait magnifique! Great photos, Richard. Many thanks,

[Caroline]

Glorious! Thank you!

[Nicole]

Beautiful.
Perhaps you do not need another camera.
I hope to meet you in person on my next visit to Paris

[Glynnis]

Gorgeous!! Great job with the iPhone