What do you see on your street?
Any Street in France
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46 responses to “Any Street in France”
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A few gates opening to gardens, blooming with flowers and shaded by tall trees, red and long roof sides with roof windows, chimneys and antennas or satellite dishes, plus a couple of cars parked along green hedges, …
And now, when you look up, you can see the sky, blue and neat, as all the wires have just been dug down… -
Love the blue and faded yellows of the first photo.
I live in a newer part of Warsaw now, so my street is very generic: streets in opposite directions divided by a strip of lawn, buses, cars. However, there are many beautiful streets in Warsaw, some old, e.g. in the Old Town part of the city and new ones where often modern architecture blends with pre-war brick buildings. -
Definately NOT THIS!I did however see in ITALY last week so that will hold me over for awhile I hope!
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LOL, even your streets look like a brocante. I live in a city, so it’s a mixed bag. Mostly just people going about their lives.
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I see open fields, waves of daffodils, a large pond, apple, pear and cherry trees in full bloom. Changing vistas because I live in the middle of an Alfalfa Field. But I have seen rooftops, narrow alley ways, side street cafes, colorful doors in Paris and Italy. And I will again this September. Can’t wait. Your photographs say it all.
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C, when you post these shots I am so mesmerized . . .I love them.
My street is farmland, new developments, cows, and teenagers driving in a big hurry!
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Uptown Broadway, NYC. Busses, trucks, taxis, a garden down the center, all green with old men drinking coffee on the benches. A homeless guy sleeping on the sidewalk, moms pushing strollers.
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Today, my street (cul de sac) is lined with trash containers 🙂 Any other day, neatly trimmed front yards and flower beds along the porches.
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I love the visuals from other peoples’ comments….as well as your own above. My street is a generic American newly built subdivison… so newly planted trees, and freshly landscaped front yards, people walking dogs every now and then or moms with babies in strollers, runners, a UPS truck or FedEx truck barreling by at top speeds daily, the mail truck a noon, drywall trucks and heavy machinery heading to and from the last houses being built down the street…
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Lotsa puddles along our road today, and cars splashing through them as they speed to their destinations (definitely NOT a day to be walking on the roadside, unless you enjoy getting sopping wet!).
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Construction. We are in a new developement and they are building more homes.
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Definitely no old, scenic streets like yours around here. The buildings are more recent, and not beautiful, but it’s a fairly quiet street for Tokyo suburbia. Buses, cars, and taxis pass, but it’s not really busy.
The azaleas that line the wide sidewalk all the way down the street are finishing. The trees up on the hill-top park across the street are luscious green.
Lots of pedestrians – moms with strollers, moms with babies in the front or back seat of a bike, joggers, dog walkers, and groups of chatting women walking for exercise.
Now, if we could only get our wires buried like Marie-Noelle! -
i also live on a cul de sac-in a brick row home-(attached to one another) at the tip top section of a major city-“country living” in the city-i see a wet black street with a really green circle in the middle of the cul de sac-i see flowers ready to bloom in flower beds- my own dogwood tree-on the front lawn-going more green than white with blooms-i see my neighbors front porches across the street-nothing much happening on the street today-oh and i see my cat on the wet front lawn-have to go retrieve him.-g
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The Pacific ocean, at least a little piece of it. Some blue sky mottled with white fluffy clouds.
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I live in a pretty, older part of this town, but the view is nothing like yours Corey. I see rows of older homes, spacious front yards (some needing mowing, like mine), people walking dogs, families of squirrels playing and the most amazing sidewalk chalk art you’ve ever seen.
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Oh,these make me so homesick for France !
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Your pictures remind me of my street in Aix, Cours Sextius, where I was a student. Now am on a tree lined road of 1950’s homes, and oaks older than I am. Today, blue, blue sky above.
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Do you mean my road? 🙂 on my road are corn fields, old farm houses,friends and one farm left in the farming industry 🙂 and lots of wooded area. Bestest,Denise
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Sacramento – city of trees….and we live in one of the older areas south of downtown…and the houses on my street are mostly tutor or some form of normandy-looking…..so on our block there are huge trees, manicured lawns, beds full of flowers, people always out for a walk with strollers/kids/dogs…a very lovely and peaceful neighborhood.
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Swoon…now, as I pick myself up off the floor, the road out my door is a dirt road that takes winds steeply downhill to another dirt road, with farms/ranches on either side. Lots of livestock, fields, and wild life for 10 miles until I hit a highwaythat is a couple of miles from the nearest tiny town. That’s my patch of Texas.
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Not those scenes!! Miles of flat, open land and in a couple of months corn and soybeans as far as the eye can see.
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Regretfully not those pretty sights…………..(sigh)!
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Corey, these street scenes are gorgeous. The blue – amazing! My street scene is finally showing the transformation from desert winter to desert spring. Trees are greening up, birds are singing, and the sky is that intense blue no artist can copy. Have a beautiful day.
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The total opposite of your images! Hence, my Paris trip. You are so right, every street was different but similar to these.
I see palm trees, stucco homes, desert and rocks. But it’s French in my studio, thank God. -
I see old single family ranch style homes next to new modern homes. Land as flat as can be with clay soil making trees not so easy to grow. Asphalt roads and no sidewalks but large yards, some fenced in and some not. Animals roaming around with horses in some of those yards. And I see children playing excitedly and riding their bicycles up and down the street ’til dark while parents cook dinner on the grill and work on the garden. Makes me wish to be a kid again!
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a few houses, cranberry bogs and lots of gardens…
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I see the Sydney Opera House about 150 metres from my balcony- I also see the water and the traffic of boats on Sydney harboour. From my apartment I also overlook the Botanic Gardens, and if I exit through the back of this wonderful apartment building, I am standing on Circular Quay amongst restuarants and cafes and the Sydney Harbour Bridge is in front of my eyes.
From my patch I can take the underground rail direct to the International airport and be set to board a jet to leave the country in under one hour.
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I live in a high rise urban apartment building, across the street from our Catholic Church and school. Every morning, I see our circular driveway, with elderly people walking slowly back from early Mass. I see little children running down the sidewalk, wearing uniforms and carrying backpacks. I see people in the in-between ages, walking quickly to work, carrying cups of Starbucks coffee. I see beautiful trees and landscaped yards in front of businesses, with lush flowers blooming. I see cars turning into the nearby McDonald’s. I see the sun shining on busy, happy faces, or the rain coming down on colorful umbrellas. As I drop off my children at school, I see the Lourdes grotto, filled now with roses for the month of May, and for a moment, I pretend I’m in France. (It worked better last year, when one of the mother’s was French and I could say “Bonjour!” to her every morning.) Your photos make my heart ache for France, but, thinking about it, I have a pretty nice street, too. Thanks for making me think about it!
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A crabapple tree resplendent with fuchsia blossoms, a velvety green common space in my townhouse complex, tender shoots of hosta and day lilies coming up outside my window — spring at last in Minnesota. We really earned it this year!
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I see a swan nest with two swans, many Canada geese coming and going, about ten turtles sunning themselves on a log and a beaver building a den. My street is a pretty river in Ontario, Canada.
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Open fields of wheat…corn…cows…farm houses…farm dogs…laundry on the line…tractors. It’s a typical sight for this country girl.
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I try to look up and beyond. Nightly sky formations of clouds saturated over jagged mountains. When my eyes scope the scene below, the boulangerie beggar, SriLankan restaurant, gold for cash shop, Domino Pizza deliverymotos are among the craziness of “any” French urban scene.
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I see a sweet fountain in the center of a circle of houses built to reflect the different architectural styles of Europe. I see dozens of goslings waddling around. I see the pond and island filled with more goslings. I see a bell tower off in the distance. It’s a pretty sweet deal all around.
That said, I would KILL for a print of that first picture. Do you ever sell them? -
beautiful france street and really nice location. lovely posting
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Your photos are so lovely – thank you for sharing them.
Here in the northeast, spring is finally arriving with lush
green pastures, horses without their dirty blankets on,
wildflowers, baby geese and fawns – it is so beautiful,
welcome and appreciated after a rough winter…life is
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although I don’t see anything like this down my streets, you will see a lot of dessert landscaping. I think this is why I love FR so much….because it is completely opposite.
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Straight out my window of my house on the corner are staggered profiles of modest homes, mostly all-alike, oodles of roses (happy in this climate), various flags hanging from eaves….pride-of-ownership is abundant and the view begs for a nice stroll around the block.
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Slavica, I read dessert landscaping and promptly imagined The Village of Cream Puffs, or piles of ice cream and cookies in every yard. Mmmm. Sounds much better than what you probably get to see!
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I see oh-so-welcome sun and blue sky (after a very grey winter) on douglas firs, cedars, and hemlocks on each side of my asphalt country road in western Washington. I see the turn-ins of driveways to houses hidden a 1/4 mile off the road, and here’s our 100 foot long garden running right along the road in front of our house on the road. Because I’m out there gardening a lot, I’ve met many of those recluses hidden down their long drives as they emerge and go for walks.
Currently the garden is blue with forget-me-nots and purple with money plant and other flowers, and a bright gold of something cause I needed something not blue and purple! Also, it’s green with lots of promise of growing plants that will bloom later on.
My husband looks up and sometimes sees a bald eagle flying from Puget Sound to a nearby lake. I almost always miss it cause I’m looking down at the plants. -
But I’d love to be someplace with blue shutters at all angles. In a few years. Not this one. (So thanks for the vicarious enjoyment, Corey.)
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French street scenes always welcomed. Bring with them sweet memories. Love you photographs……….
~Emily
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You’re killing me corey… This is just too irresistible.
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WOW! Only another Australian would know that your living in the best house in Australia.
You must invite Corey to stay. -
I live on a very lovely street in St. Paul, MN. lined with English tudor and brick colonial homes; but nothing, in my mind, comes close to the streets, or country roads of Provence.
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I live on a culdesac, so my street is not very long. I can see many old, tall trees…lovely long ranch homes with red, some yellow, and purple flowers in the big containers, and across the street is a lake and golf course. I don’t play golf, I just loved the house and the view…so we bought it!!
Today it is raining, and steamy outside. I am not a fan of summer. -
Houses and sidewalks, all in a “Country French” style, a lake not too far away…trees swaying over the rooftops in blue sky…But the pics you have taken make me want to do swinging shutters! Beautiful!
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