people soaking up the midday autumn sun in their Jardin des Tuileries chairs

…are Parisian delights – the way everyone is welcome to create their own solitary or social seating arrangement in the parks – and especially coming across them first thing in the morning, as I did today in Jardin du Luxembourg, where you see the evidence of yesterday evenings occupation – and even though I’m all about making modest, small, cheap, simple, even scrappy and wild gardens that anyone can do with limited means where they live, how can I argue with amazing public gardens like this? (more on Jardins des Tuileries)