As Simple as 1, 2, 3.

Number 21

 

In a perfect world everything is perfect. Everyone is happy. Life offers geniune kindness and plenty to eat. Nobody suffers or dies, children grow up with only good memories of their families. Everyone has what they need. There isn't any waste. And if I wanted long legs and a little nose I would have it. But in a perfect world it wouldn't matter because nobody would see imperfections, nor judge one another. Futhermore, we would not judge ourselves, we would be perfect.

 

 

NUMBER THREE

 

While in Paris, I told French Husband I was going to take photos of numbers. He quickly jumped in calculating, "Send me the photos and I will put them in order for you. I know how you are with numbers."

"Oh, that's nice, but I don't want them in order."

"Why not?"

"Because it isn't how I see it."

 

 

Number 6 and 4

 

We looked at each other knowingly.

We don't think alike and yet we do.

When it comes to facts and figures ask him, when it comes to maps and floor plans ask me. When it comes to being on time forget it, because I have to wait for him. When it comes to driving ask him unless you like the excitement of driving with someone who falls asleep at the wheel. When it comes to caring for a friend, or giving of ourselves, or walking the extra mile to help someone, we are hand in hand.

In a perfect world we are not perfect, but we are good for one another.

 

 

Number 57

 

 

Number 8

 

Number 9

Number 55

 

The above photos are in order. French Husband knows I am not kidding.

One through ten.

"Where is the ten?" He asked.

I answered, "Fifty five, is five plus five, which equals ten." 

We so don't see it the same way. Or I should say I see it both ways.

 

 

Number sixteen

 

"Serendipity means a "happy accident" or "pleasant surprise"; specifically, the accident of finding something good or useful while not specifically searching for it… 

Various thinkers discuss the role that luck can play in science. One aspect of Walpole's original definition of serendipity, often missed in modern discussions of the word, is the need for an individual to be "sagacious" enough to link together apparently innocuous facts in order to come to a valuable conclusion. Indeed, the scientific method, and the scientists themselves, can be prepared in many other ways to harness luck and make discoveries."

 Via Wikipedia

I am a scientist?

 

 

Number 22

 

Do you see the reflection of my shoes between the number twenty-two?

Two shoes.

French Husband asked if that should be four shoes? He thinks he is so funny. I had to tell him it was the number two, then in the middle of the twos, are my two shoes, then the number two again. A balance of sort.

He was confused. Or am I confusing? It doesn't matter. I was having fun taking photos of numbers.

 

 

Number 26

 

Number 126.

As simply as that.

Posted here for no other reason, excepted I liked the curls on the plaque. 

 

 

Paris Old Sign

 

No number.

The old painted iron sign next to the red iron gate was calling for a photo. 

Anyway, we were driving down a boulevard and I saw the old painted iron sign. Fortunately, French Husband stops on call, and I leaned out the window and took the picture.

 

 

Parisian Clock Face

 

 

At the end of Passage Jouffroy, a covered alley between two buildings, this clock face is above *Chopin Hotel.

"Always crowded and fun, this place gives a feeling for how the passages were in their mid 19th century heyday. Grévin (grevin.com), Paris's version of Madame Tussauds, is always packed, Pain D'épices (pain-depices.com) is a wonderful old-fashioned toyshop and Segas (canesegas.com) specialises in antique walking sticks. At the end of the main passageway is Hotel Chopin (hotelchopin.fr), with rooms from €96, if you book in advance. Turn the corner by the hotel and the boutiques become more intellectual with cutting-edge photography exhibited in Photo Verdeau (verdeau.fr) and sumptuous art books in the Librairie du Passage.
• 10 boulevard Montmartre, 9th, metro Richelieu-Drouot" 

*Inexpensive Hotel in Paris, Hotel Chopin.

Aren't those enamelware numeral amazing.

 

 

Blue door in Paris

What is your lucky number? Place it in the shield above the door.

My lucky number is 53. Or I should say it is my favorite number. Because it appears often when I am looking for something, or needing something… hard to explain, but I am sure you know what I mean.

 

 

4 bis number

 

When in France if you see a number and then the word "BIS" next to it, it means that the number is repeated twice. Usually, the second number "bis" is inside the building or down an alley. Similar to: 4 a and 4 b.

 

 

 

Number nine

In a perfect world nine would not be an upside down six.

What would be in your perfect world? (given love, health, peace, fortune and food for everyone…etc. was already in place.) 

 

 

 



Comments

20 responses to “As Simple as 1, 2, 3.”

  1. Gosh, it has been such a painful week for some I know that I would say that in a perfect world, people would have hope and not despair.

  2. I am not going to answer because I do not have an answer….but I LOVE ALL THE NUMBERS…..every single one of them-and I adore serendipity I have experienced it many many times in my life-weird stuff-but I can recall each event and I loved the movie too!-Perfect imperfection …..here-but I’ll take it!

  3. Fortunately I’m not superstitious, so like “g” I love all the numbers.
    Mathematicians find prime numbers (those divisible only by themselves and 1) particularly fascinating.
    And who can resist a Baker’s Dozen, which gives the customer an extra item for free — who SAYS 13’s unlucky? (LOL!)

  4. P.S. At the risk of being nit-picky, what Corey’s displaying here aren’t numbers but numerals!

  5. According to Dr. Sheldon Cooper:
    “The best number is 73. Why? 73 is the 21st prime number. Its mirror, 37, is the 12th and its mirror, 21, is the product of multiplying 7 and 3… and in binary 73 is a palindrome, 1001001, which backwards is 1001001.”
    http://bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/73

  6. This post made me laugh and smile at several points. maybe a perfect world would have both of those for everyone. And Belgian chocolate samples on every corner .

  7. I love this blog….
    Ali

  8. love your article today about capturing numbers and how you and yann think alike and sometimes differently.. beautiful photographs and wonderful stories … you enrich our lives so much.. merci beaucoup
    lana cano kloch

  9. Beauty, of course.

  10. I love your postings.
    My favorite numbers are 6 8 12 28 and 210 and the lucky number 7 I don’t much care for odd numbers and do not like 13.
    I love your postings.
    I send my love to you
    Love Jeanne

  11. Ed in Willows

    Without realizing it, the picture of the painted sign and red iron gate does have numbers. Look beyond the gate and you’ll see 088.

  12. Love it!

  13. Christophe

    I don’t have a favorite number, but I loved all of your photos. I take similar photos here, too, as I love doors and the numbers above them. I also loved the old sign photo, as I am always on the lookout for them to photograph.
    I didn’t like the rather plain, enamel house number above my door so I replaced it with a blue enamel one!

  14. I ESPECIALLY LOVE THIS REPLY-math was NEVER my strong subject …. all the terms- prime square root -exponential JUST GET MY HEAD SPINNING -I do know odd even -but numbers are FASCINATING- I LOVE THE ABOVE!

  15. SO COOL!

  16. 22…….IS MY FAVORITE NUMBER.
    YOU GOT IT!
    LOVED THIS……….

  17. I think I like the number 11 since I see it everywhere especially on digital clocks etc I see 11:11 so often it freaks me out! I have an uncanny memory for phone numbers..now…if I could just use that talent for making money!! Your pictures are amazing and if the world were perfect I think I would need still need mystery and intrigue:)))

  18. In my perfect world, I would have all that I have now, plus just one little thing—I would have a friend nearby with whom to drink a glass of wine, sip a bit of coffee, giggle a bit and browse the brocantes and flea markets at the drop of a hat or the ring of the cellphone. I live too far away from my kindred spirits.

  19. in a perfect world, no one would ever discuss calories, a commute would last as long as the book on cd but no longer, sleep would always be restful, fruit would always be juicy and sweet

  20. Debby in Texas

    My perfect world would have no housework, no bills to pay, croissants and brioche to eat every day with no worries about calories. No TV and only spring and fall seasons to spend out in nature.

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