Orchids Orchids every where

I had thought of mum who taught me how to spell fuchsia. She got it from Ron. But I forgot which flower it was at the time and assumed it was an orchid. The spelling aid she gave me was no use in this case, but as the word was in front of me I was unconcerned. It is only as I write this that I recall my error.

So what!

Here is a photo from the centre of Paris of a covered market-like shop that sells only 1 thing.

Orchids.

La Maison de l'Orchidée

Smog on the Horizon

The weather was doing its best to live up to the forecast. It was drizzling with mist and fog and cold in abundance. In its enthusiasm it appeared to have followed a thesaurus. All the forecast had promised was "light rain".

Sometimes, even on a route taken frequently over the years, you see something new. Today it was the picture above.

Paris is struggling with a smog problem and today seamed to emphasise the point. The "bête noir" has been the diesel car (even before the German effect), but here in the photo is another culprit I have noticed often here. There are very many chimneys like these and they all smoke like these too.

Why I have never noticed these before I don't know. They can been seen on the horizon from the corner of the road beside where I am working. Today they appear to stand out adding, as you can see, to the meteorological entertainment.

Whilst cars, perhaps especially diesel cars, are very likely far worse than chimneys, I would have thought that a multi-fronted attack could be even better.

Terry
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