Sunday morning 8 am in Paris, 32 F

Saturday (yesterday) was pretty cold here in Paris; the weather channel said it was going to drop below 32 F at night - and it did. The sky has been pretty blue, some trees still have brownish leaves; the "fall-into-winter" views in the city are beautiful.

We had friends for dinner. One couple arrived with this beautiful lilac-pink bouquet that matches my living room decoration very well.
Through the top glass of the living room coffee table you can see Victims of a Map, a bilingual anthology by Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish. Next to the flowers, two candle holders in dyed stone and brass and its matching box, from Uruguay. In the bakc, the red lacquer ice bucket I gave my hsuband from Christmas when we were in Hong Kong. I had purchased it in the boutique of the Mandarin hotel, which I believe, does not exist anymore (sigh). In the background, and ancient Chinese rug.

I had dressed the table with my "taupe" color Jacquard Francais table cloth, and had arranged the center of the table with a candle holder made with beads in all shades of green, gift from a friend who lives in Ankara, and four square hand painted little dishes, gift from another friend, where I had placed a "pinch" of my home made pot-pourri. In the background, my mouth-blown water pitcher from Mexico, and the mouth blown water glasses from Cairo, as well as the high stem wine glasses that my husband does not like at all (too tall, too big, a modern invention!) but that I find very elegant next to the tall water glasses.
When our friends left, past midnight, we moved from the deck into the living room the most fragile plants to let them sleep inside!
Today we'll have to cover them with a protection to help them survive the cold week ahead! It seems it may snow in Paris today.

By the way, last week I planted - at last - the 50 something bulbs I bought in Amsterdam two weeks ago. Beautiful flowers expected in March, I'll keep you posted!