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Close up of the Christ on the Cross painting by Rubens, near the altar of a church in Fontainebleau
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Scene at local church this evening when a Rubens resurfaces after 400 years

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Heaps of people in a church, gathered to view a painting
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Memorial for Irish dead at Glasnevin
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Here’s Flaushi, who snuck into our place last night. 😍
Fluffy fluffy beige kitty on some grass/stones with fallen leaves, at night.
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Supermoon tonight
Full moon shining through a railway arch
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Happy birthday Vermeer.
Not my finger btw
La Ruelle par Vermeer avec un doigt
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Ah, takes me back to Amsterdam and what my son called “Disneyland for old people”.
Lots of old white folks looking at the View of Delft painting and The Little Street painting, blocking both canvases
October 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Happy autumn from the forest
Photo of two orange mushroom with weird little white bumps on top Photo of a brown leaf next to a small orange mushroom with white barnacle like things on top
October 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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This is the excuse my train line gives on the regular for skipping a train - les conditions ne sont pas réunies.

Infuriating when it’s the train but this takes the cake.
Screenshot of the outgoing PM with the quote #POLITIQUE "On ne peut pas être Premier ministre quand les conditions ne sont pas réunies."
October 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Bonjour hello Montreal
Photo of the St Lawrence River from the top of the big wheel of Montreal A photo of the big wheel of Montreal
October 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Loved the Singer Sargent show today, especially visiting with the four sisters who I’ve seen nearly every decade of my life.
Also, damn, that girl sat for 83 times and we feel it.
#museedorsay #singersargent #portraits
Painting of four girls in a sumptuous room. Three are looking at the viewer, one is leaning on an impressively large blue vase A painting of a brother and sister in luxurious clothing with an orange background. The sister is looking directly at us and she is not having it.
September 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Comme ça ?
Le roman Les quatre vie du saule par Shan Sa
September 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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New in French cinema: Connemara
#speirgorm
Poster for the French film Connemara on a street post, blue sky above
September 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The Olympic balloon in the Tuileries
The grey balloon from a distance The grey balloon with an orange light below and the Tour Eiffel in the distance The grey balloon with an orange light below in the centre of the image Looking out from above at a distance, sacre coeur on a hill on the left side and the balloon in the foreground
August 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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On this day in 2021, on Dun Laoghaire pier.
An old bandstand with white lattice posts and a bright blue base on a pier, the water behind it covered in deep fog.
August 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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A magnet from around 2015, with construction visible
A magnet of guedelon ils bâtissent un château fort
August 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Gives me these vibes.
Dreadful remake of a Madonna images
August 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Closer image of the heron near the grey barrier in the canal
August 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Amsterdam doesn’t disappoint.
A canal scene with a wooden pink tower in the water and a grey barrier next to the tower in the water. A grey heron stands in front of the barrier. On the other side of the canal, trees are next to a rounded apartment building, glowing in the evening sun
August 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Loved Ile St Nicolas.
A view of a rocky then white sand beach from a nearby bluff. The water at the shoreline is a clear blue View down onto a sandy beach with a blue ocean and sky above with a few clouds.
August 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Met one of these today

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Wacky looking mashup of a bee, hummingbird and moth
August 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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A sea view with sailboats and a blue sky
August 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Guests on our holiday porch
#BirdSky
a thrush on the wooden railing of our porch a robin under a white plastic chair on a porch
August 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Hello from Brittany
a seaside photo at low tide with rocks in the foreground and some trees near the horizon. Some huge birds, bigger than cormorants, are sitting on the rocks
July 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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bonjour de la mayenne
des tournesols dans un champ avec un ciel bleu et des nuages
July 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM