Le Pere Lachaise in Paris

In Paris,

Those who have lived before us

and some with us

rest behind the most beautiful

gates of

Le Pere Lachaise~

Each harbored in a special

Home.

There are little sacred castles.

Rooms behind old locked doors.
Only family has a key to visit
their loved ones.
This one was broken into.
It looked to be a longtime abandoned to me.
I wondered if the family no longer lives~
?
Others are kept, swept, & planted daily by
family caretakers almost to an extreme~

This old zinc wreath hangs gracefully
with no disturbance....
I wonder how.
In Paris there is such great respect~

The color this marble turned

almost ate me alive~

Old French Majolica Wreaths

are set on the graves

everywhere~

I never new before I visited Modigliani,

that he was buried with his pregnant wife

who jumped from a building

after he died~

Just a few more that you may know

that are buried here...

Edith Piaf

Jim Morrison

Oscar Wilde

Le Pere Lachaise

is beyond words to visit.

It is Alive with an energy that

inspires in so many ways.
The fall air was chilly that day

but my heart was so amazingly warm~

Sending all my

Love today to my understanding friends

of me~

I have had these images for almost a year

and didn't post them because I thought you may

not like to see a cemetery in Paris...

but I am so missing Paris today so wanted to share

this with you... it really is somewhere SO special~

Big Warm Hugs today!

XO

fin

All photos above taken by me....

Janet Solomon via FrenchBlue.

Above photo from Hoffmank1