Category Archives: 1944

Fromage fouette and baies roses… a taste of Spring

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

February is at last grinding to its weary end. Much as I hate the thought of wishing even a single hour of my life away, I do find February enervating. This does not just relate to this February, but to every … Continue reading →

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I almost forgot to remember…

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

Remembrance Day passed without a hitch unlike the wars that it remembers. Seemingly endless columns of damaged people proudly walked, marched and wheeled in military procession turning their eyes, many sightless, to return the salute offered by the designated dignitary. The places … Continue reading →

Posted in 1944, Digital photography, Excellence, photography course, Photography holiday, Prisoner of War, Remembrance Day, The Fall of Singapore, The Great War, The Railroad of Death, Writing | 22 Comments

50 shades of Grey’s Elegy……

Posted on September 23, 2012 by

On a soft balmy day, what remained of last winter’s logs were split and stacked in the outhouse yesterday to make space for the delivery of this year’s firewood. This chore has been the first physical indication of the slow, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, Autumn, Cooking, Expectation, fireplace, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, La Foret de Mervent, Landscapes, Landscapes, lifestyle, Memory, perfect day, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Seasons, The Forest of Mervent, Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged , | 34 Comments

The weather man says clear today…….

Posted on September 3, 2012 by

Forecasting is, at best, an imprecise science. Sitting in the garden this evening the light is soft and beautiful. Summer’s end is hard to accept when corners of the garden are illuminated by the incarnadine glow of  geraniums in full … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, Arrogance, Art photography, Autumn, Chickens' entrails, Digital photography, Expectation, Food photographer, Forecasint, Forecasting, France, French countryside, Garden, Gardening, Geranium, Hurricane, Jack Nicholson, La Foret de Mervent, Landscapes, Lobelia, Mackerel sky, Mares' Tails, Michael Fish, Oleander, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Rain, Shine, The Forest of Mervent, Vendee, Weather, Weather forecaster, Weather forecasting, Writing | 52 Comments

If you go down to the woods today…..

Posted on August 19, 2012 by

Apart from the discovery of a wasps’ nest in the wall of the house, today started well. The dogs and I were strolling down the sun dappled sandy track that leads into the depths of the Forest of Mervent. On … Continue reading →

Posted in 1944, Digital photography, dog walking, France, French countryside, friendship, La Foret de Mervent, La Stele des Martyres, Maqusiards, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, The Forest of Mervent, The French Resistance, Vendee, Wasps' nest, we band of brothers, Writing | 18 Comments