Wintersensations in Town (the large ones)

I took these pictures a few days before Christmas and I had the impression that the town was washed out of colors..

.. until the sun came out..

When I showed this picture at Parfum de Livres
two friends said something very poetic about it:

"Un éphémère rayon de soleil est venu caresser la nature" Coline
" L’atmosphère semble saisir au vol l'éveil du soleil" Snark