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1. La Tour Eiffel shot from Museé du Quai Branly. Paris, October 2012 2. Boucicaud Square,  Sévres Babylon neighborhood. Paris, October 2012 3. "Jelly Baby Family" by artist Mario Perucchetti. Photo by my husband. Paris, October 2012. 4. Parc Monceau. Paris, October 2012 5. Panorama of Parc Monceau. Paris, October 2012 (click to enlarge photo) 6. View of Louvre. Paris, October 2012 Special effects using CameraBag. I packed a "real" camera, but it never left our Paris apartment. On this trip in October 2012, I used my iPhone 4s with OS 6 for all photos. That said, we've traveled to Paris many times, so I've accumulated hundreds of photos with Canon and Sony cameras that took advantage of powerful zoom capabilities and high resolution. I've used some of those photos to  decorate our family room . If you travel to Paris for a once-in-a-lifetime trip, take your best camera. Unless specified in the caption, none of these photos were edited (other than cropped...

Rudbeckia (yellow blooms), loropetalum (shrub) and monarda (raspberry blooms). The burgundy foliage of loropetalum chinense rubrum anchors this color scheme and has been paired with monarda 'Raspberry Wine' for years. For 2012, I added a mass of rudbeckia (grown from seed) as the deep brown eye of the susans picks up the chocolate tones in the loropetalum. I was hesitant to add the gold-yellow color to the cottage garden, but the brightness of the blooms do brighten the heavy shades of burgundy. All plants are growing in full sun, south-facing in zone 7b in the fenced cottage garden. When hungry, deer will nibble the loropetalum , especially in winter since it is an evergreen shrub.  The rudbeckia are grown easily from seed, so I don't worry so much about the occasional deer nibbling and grow the susans outside the fence, too. Rabbits may also nibble rudbeckia foliage and blooms. Monarda 'Raspberry Wine' is a great bee balm and you can click here to see what'...