20190711
I GOT TO SEE GRASS TODAY!!
Wow, as many trees as there are in Paris, you'd think I'd be satiated but there really is nothing that compares to just walking in the cool, soft, flowered grass. Just, even seeing the tiniest suggestion of natural biodiversity really rustled my jimmies. So much of this city is pruned, curated, and entirely artificial, especially the gardens. I mean, the majority of Versailles is no different, but as you get out toward the Hameau and the little trails, you can see some clovers and little weeds and tiny flowers growing that just remind you of home. That was the best part about today. Walking around vast fields of grass and seeing people just leisurely walking around, taking in their surroundings, enjoying the beautiful day.
It was really cool to wander through the trees and see all the fun corners of the garden with all the hidden waterfalls and just walking through the trees. I wish there was more of that around town. I also really wished we could have gone in Marie Antoinette's little theatre because I can only imagine seeing a show in there would have been phenomenal. I often reminisce about when theatre was such a widespread form of entertainment before photos and video exist and I think about how when everything dies and the apocalypse comes and we can't use electricity anymore, theatre will always be there.
The best part of Versailles was picking flowers to press in my bullet journal. That's a fun souvenir that was a little like anti-pruning, anti-tourist, anti-capitalist vandalism. Stealing flowers from Versailles. I also took a lot of pictures of Versailles just because I wanted to show my mom, and she really liked them. She's been on a landscaping kick this summer, like she is every summer, and I wanted to give her some #inspo. (including some flowers in the Grand Trianon that we have planted next to our mailbox already!
TL;DR I love grass and I'm starting to miss Lexington a little.
Wow, as many trees as there are in Paris, you'd think I'd be satiated but there really is nothing that compares to just walking in the cool, soft, flowered grass. Just, even seeing the tiniest suggestion of natural biodiversity really rustled my jimmies. So much of this city is pruned, curated, and entirely artificial, especially the gardens. I mean, the majority of Versailles is no different, but as you get out toward the Hameau and the little trails, you can see some clovers and little weeds and tiny flowers growing that just remind you of home. That was the best part about today. Walking around vast fields of grass and seeing people just leisurely walking around, taking in their surroundings, enjoying the beautiful day.
It was really cool to wander through the trees and see all the fun corners of the garden with all the hidden waterfalls and just walking through the trees. I wish there was more of that around town. I also really wished we could have gone in Marie Antoinette's little theatre because I can only imagine seeing a show in there would have been phenomenal. I often reminisce about when theatre was such a widespread form of entertainment before photos and video exist and I think about how when everything dies and the apocalypse comes and we can't use electricity anymore, theatre will always be there.
The best part of Versailles was picking flowers to press in my bullet journal. That's a fun souvenir that was a little like anti-pruning, anti-tourist, anti-capitalist vandalism. Stealing flowers from Versailles. I also took a lot of pictures of Versailles just because I wanted to show my mom, and she really liked them. She's been on a landscaping kick this summer, like she is every summer, and I wanted to give her some #inspo. (including some flowers in the Grand Trianon that we have planted next to our mailbox already!
TL;DR I love grass and I'm starting to miss Lexington a little.
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