FAB Paris, Fine Arts La Biennale

Wednesday afternoon I went to the presse preview of the annual Fine Arts La Biennaleat Grand Palais 🤸‍♂️

So lovely to be back after being closed several years for refurbishment - definitely one of Paris’ grandest monuments. 

Parisian Squirrels

It's Fall in Paris and squirrels/L'Esquirol are EVERYWHERE.

Even in the Metro.

La Mere de Famile always keeps their windows in tune with the seasons. Les Folies, cocoa powder-covered almonds are their Fall specialty. They have complimentary samples at the cash to tempt you when you pay for other items.

Marie-Noelle translated this for me - something to the effect that squirrels symbolizes economy and preparedness. My father used to remind me to follow their example. Learn to think ahead for the oncoming winter. I should get my nuts lined up in a row etc. Instead he said I played like the grasshopper. Hmmm... I'm still playing too much.

La Maison du Chocolat has some nice chocolate nuts lined up in a row in their Fall windows. I would happily squirrel these away for the winter.

A pretty Fall still life in an antique shop window in the Marais.

 

 

Another Fall painting in Portobello's window.  

Place du Vosges in the Marais is full of fallen leaves.

 

Fall is the French season for the hunting for mushrooms/champignons.

La Mere de Famile's vitrine is full of marzipan mushrooms, chestnuts

And chocolate cocoa beans filled with candy leaves and pebbles.

Baby squirrels sit in kids shop windows.

to remind us that our own bebe squirrels
 

need some Fall colors in their wardrobes.

Orange, orange, orange!

I've yet to see an actual Parisian squirrel. I think they're on vacance in New York. Back to playing
a repost from 2007