Mauve and More in the Rain

Yesterday I said it rained.  Today it really rained, all day, which is unusual for Paris. I captured this colorful scene* returning from a visit to the Galerie des Bibliothèques, entitled "Bon Baisers de Paris"  (Kisses from Paris). It covered every imaginable aspect of tourism in Paris, mainly for the past 150 years. The gallery is the leading one of an entire network of public libraries in Paris; we have attended a number of its high-quality shows; this one was of less interest to me than the others.

*We're on the Rue de Rivoli (one of Paris's major east-west avenues), at the Saint Paul metro station, with one of Paris's many merry-go-rounds; it's visible in the left background.