Lions Around Town

I’ve been looking for lions. They are everywhere, especially on fountains. They usually look anything but ferocious. The guy above, in Toulouse, looks a bit pained.

Three lions on one fountain! 

A little lion on the corner of a building in Carcassonne. It looks as if it might have been a fountain at one time.

One of the four lions at Place Carnot in the center of Carcassonne.

Pensively guarding an otherwise ordinary house.

Finally one that means business.

Fountains like these were used for getting water before indoor plumbing was installed (in the ’70s!!!). 

Not a lion but a horse. A huge one, glaring down at the Canal du Midi.

Lions are just one of the little details I see around me that remind me that we’re not in Kansas anymore. They make me smile and warm my heart.