Château Pichon Longueville Baron in Bordeaux, with cellars by Patrick Dillon et Jean de Gastines

Look where Alex and Zoe and Carmen went!!!!

~a previous post on the CPLB~

"Carmen Almon, The Naturalist" in T Magazine 8/25/13

Auntieee Carmen!!!! Such a nice article and wonderful photos of her tole flowers!!

~See the text by Jean Bond Rafferty here~

Beautiful Metalwork in Paris and Bordeaux

I love these spiky things- they look like seaweed floating in water

such delicate, thinly shaped leaves

So Chinois! Also the coffers on the inside of the frame are very nice

My theory is that these squiggly things are supposed to look like Chinois smoke

the brackets supporting the balcony

garlands in copper draped over the rough rought iron

the fence outside the largest synagogue in Paris

"P" for Pilar

outside of the Opera

Glass encasement for elevator with brass framework holding door in place

elephant and turtle above

I love these cacti so much

nothing like rope motif in metal