Friends enjoy a Sunday chess game in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, France.
Fallen leaves and the smell of Autumn announce a change of season. This gravel country road will be white within days. Snowshoes optional.
A gentleman teetering on the edge of the atrium’s glass-bottomed pool pauses on his way out to examine Lost Bridal Veil. The sculptor, Michael Belmore, is Anishinaabe, originally from north of Thunder Bay, Ontario. This piece is made of hammered copper now touched by rays from the skylights above. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
On a pleasant afternoon, a lady sketches undisturbed. Paris, France.
A shopowner chats with her friend while people admire her wares. Colliure, France.
A couple reflects on an installation of glass flamingo-like figures, part of an intense visual exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
The artist Dale Chihuly has been working in blown glass for over fifty years, and his vivid transparent works are memorable to experience in the round.
A blast of heavy snow ends a Sunday skate on the Rideau Canal. Families had looked forward to an afternoon and a hot chocolate on this 7.8 km skateway. Ottawa, Canada.
As a couple exchanges vows at the main altar in Ballintubber Abbey, afternoon sun lights this tiny side chapel. This quiet spot for rest and meditation is found in the only Irish church with mass ongoing since 1216. Its timber roof was lost to fires deliberately set, and the faithful worshipped unsheltered in cold and rain for over two hundred years. County Mayo, Ireland.
Young ladies react to a school outing in The Old Royal Palace, Prague, Czech Republic.
A gentleman returns to his village for a midday meal. Stately trees offer shelter from this rainy, windy morning. His gait remains steady. Caudiès-de-Fenouillèdes, France.