On our way to the Musée d’Orsay we cut through the Tuileries. There were goats! Shaggy “palace” types…you know, unusual homely ones that must be valuable. Handy for keeping the grass trimmed in the ditches?

And green chairs, which are one of my favourite things about Paris parks. Yesterday we nabbed primo spots at the Medici Fountain and pulled up some recliners and comfortable arm chairs for a couple of hours. All very relaxing and it’s one of the few areas where trees were allowed to keep their limbs and grow into natural shapes.

What the French do to trees:

Here is Luxembourg Garden, including a bit of installation art. I do really like this garden, though in getting around, I found it necessary to walk across huge swaths of dusty gravel in the hot sun a couple of times, which I don’t enjoy. The shade is around the perimeter under chestnuts planted in rows and trimmed into submission.