I was walking along Rue Charlot in the third arrondisement of Paris when I stumbled upon a Sunday morning street market. As I turned the corner I encountered this man, surrounded by a crowd of people gathered to hear him sing Italian opera at Le Lutétia, a sidewalk cafe. He had an amazing voice and held his audience spellbound. I found a table, sat down, ordered myself a glass of French wine, while I watched in awe, as people spontaneously joined in on the familiar lyrics The crowd, presumably neighborhood friends, all gave him an overwhelming ovation, as he well deserved. I must say that this was one of my most memorable moments in Paris. Sometimes you just have to walk, walk and walk with no agenda because you'll never know what happy scenes you might encounter along the way.

I might add, parenthetically, that I have never encountered such a scene in any of my travels throughout Italy, a country I love. In fact, I rarely hear Italian opera, or any opera, being sung or played anywhere in Italy unless, of course, I’ve bought tickets to the opera. Unlike my travels to France, I only encounter pop American music while in Italy.

Macro Mondays: Unusual patterns

Pattern old Singer Sewing Machine

Common Rosefinch ♂ (Carpodacus erythrinus)

Les échos d'un vieux monde qui refuse de tout à fait disparaître des mémoires continuent de résonner sous les pavés d'Alençon...

Alors portons un toast (à la bière, certes certes) en souvenir de ce qui fut la vie ouvrière d'un pays qui n'en finit pas de se tertiariser (qui a dit "libéraliser" ?)...

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Old Singer Sewing Machine for Macro Mondays "The First Letter of my Name"

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LA VIE DES ANIMAUX

The singer

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Dear followers and friends, come well into 2023!

Woodkid in Athens on July 7th 2021, a majestic concert at Herodion, under the sublime Acropolis hill

Jane Zhang, Diva Dance, Fifth Element: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y1jjI3s1sM&ab_channel=Robbie...

First singer in the movie: Inva Mula (born 27 June 1963) Albanian opera lyric soprano

So yes singer- songwriter, Jake... also musician, showman extraordinaire and founder of "Creating The Scene". Check out an acoustic set, "Runaway" joined by my grandsons Jace and Nic

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8NJ0kS-IeU&list=PLzDuDe7Nlbn... or try some rock with "Funk Me" here www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR_HM1QpWJI

A Christmas ornament..

Some Christmas lights..

And a bored me, who has the night off :)))

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Enjoy your evening xxx

Marble Brewery, Downtown Albuquerque

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Singer Museum te Laren. Expositie Kees van Dongen.

Singer Museum, Laren, The Netherlands. Exhibition: Kees van Dongen.

Sony SLT-A99V

28-80mm F3.5-5.6

f/4.0 ; 1/320 ; ISO 12800

The Singe La pass in Zanskar valley, Ladakh Himalayas, India

Old sewing machine Singer. At grandma's home since 1923.

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Isaura, minha ajudante.

Depois de chorar demais aqui e lá no blog e no ouvido da Nani, da Kikita e do maridim, ele me deu essa lindinha aí. Tem quase 2 meses que ela está aqui me ajudando, mas como Isaura é timida, foi dificil convence lá a tirar uma fotinha! rsrs

E vamô que vamô: lê rê lê rê...

*A Clô está de castigo dentro da caixa, quem mandou ser preguiçosa!

An early morning sunrise off the coast of Singer Island, FL

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Kimonoyan Mame chan & pianist Kyoko san played as well.

Singer.

Guy Davis at the Blackdown Beer and Music festival 2016.

I remember the "good old days" when we could actually have a beer festival.

Máquina de coser Singer. Singer sewing machine (1923)