A surprise at Sennelier in Paris

Sennelier in Paris
Photo Karen F. Rose

An artist in an art shop is like a kid in a candy store,

so having the opportunity to visit Sennelier at 3

Quai de Voltaire really set my heart racing.
Ah the pastels and oil colors, what joy, what excitement.

Wait a minute what are those guards doing in front

of Sennelier? I realize that there's lots of history

here...but guards?

Well apparently former French

president Jacques Chirac and his wife live in the

apartment above the store.
You just never know

who you'll run into on the way to pick up that

extra tube of French Ultramarine blue.
I hope he has taken up painting. How convenient

to walk downstairs for a new tube of paint!