Eavesdropping

I loved coming across this gorgeous Georges Dambier photograph on Brabourne Farm last week.

Image from Brabourne Farm

It took me to Paris and one of my favorite spots, Les Jardins du Luxembourg.

Photo by Ilse Bing (from SFMOMA)

I'm not sure why, but the sweet little chairs that inhabit the garden fascinate me.

Image from HiP Paris

They always appear to be engaged in coversation with each other.

Image from Concierge.com 

Either getting the gang together to catch up on the latest gossip...

Photo by Steven Sharnoff

Photo by Monica Wiesblott

...just catching up on the news...

Image from Jamie Grenough Photography

...or cozying up for a little tệte-à-tệte.

 Image from Project for Public Spaces 

To see them lined up all single-file, prim and straight in a row, they look as if they suddenly fell into order, because they didn't want you to know that moments ago they had leaned in to whisper a secret.

 

My illustration

They bring to mind those rare and wonderful friends who you might not see as often as you would wish, but when you do get together, you talk for hours as if no time has passed at all.