Back in the day when Susie and I could go to Paris, one of
our favorite jaunts was to the Jardin du Luxembourg in the sixth
arrondissement, a long but manageable walk from our apartment for a pair of senior
citizens in their 80s. The Jardin is a large park in the middle of which is a
quite big open area surrounding a circular pond. Parisians sit in the chairs
around the pond reading, eating their lunch, or just watching the world go by.
Toy boat enthusiasts bring their sailboats to sail in the pond, some of which
have little motors and are remote controlled from the shore. There is even a
booth where you can rent a sailboat by the half hour. One day five years ago
Susie and I went to the Jardin on a lovely spring day. As we were watching the
sailboats and remote-controlled motorboats in the pond, suddenly I saw this:
I looked around expecting to see Pugsley Addams, with Morticia and Fester watching their little boy proudly, but in fact it was just an ordinary looking Parisian with a somewhat twisted sense of humor. It is one of my favorite Paris photographs.
That's a wonderful photo! The pedant in me feels compelled to point out, though, that Fester is Pugsley's uncle. Gomez is his father.
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