. . . and while on the topic of paris, simply could not resist these beautiful shots of l’arc de triomphe among rust-coloured and rustling leaves, café chairs in the late-afternoon sun and a carpet of fallen leaves in the jardin des tuileries, pale roses in an antique shop window, and the extravagant splendour that is autumn in paris . . .
{p.s.} also new today : the rooftops of paris