Category Archives: Dogs

The Hound of the Daffodils….

Much as I dislike diminutives, I’m very fond of Trigger and Gypsy. The two eponymous poodles have been in our charge over the last few days, which has meant that I have been drawn away from stove and keyboard and … Continue reading

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Hot chocolate virgin…

This country drips chocolate from every pore. In provincial France,  good chocolatiers are nearly as ubiquitous as shoe shops, which only sell grotesque shoes, opticians and dodgy hair dressers upon which trio the French economy appears to depend. The illusion … Continue reading

Posted in 2013, Apricot jam, Art photography, baking, Baking, Brownies, Digital photography, Dogs, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Hot choclate, Humour, perfect day, Poodles, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 39 Comments

If you go down to the woods today…..

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

Le Rouge et Le Noir… or the long and the short of it.

Gypsy has at last spared me a precious nanosecond in which to accomplish her portrait. She may well have fundamentalist leanings as her head is covered most of the time as it is buried in the ground digging for freedom … Continue reading

Posted in 2012, Caviar, Chicken, Cooking, creme fraiche, Digital photography, Doggerel, Dogs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Humour, Lumpfish, Man's best friend, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Poodles, Still life, strawberries, tomatoes, Uncategorized, Writing | 32 Comments

Fresh poodles and apricots…

A dish so sought after in the Far East that it is customary to leave one’s daughters on the streets and lock up the poodles. The poodle catcher is on the qui vive and the game’s afoot. The Vendée, however, … Continue reading

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Dog works in mysterious ways….

I have let sleeping dogs lie and it is for that reason that I find myself tinkling the ivories of my keyboard at this ungodly hour of the morning. Two black dogs, poodles by race,Trigger and Gypsy by name, have … Continue reading

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