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Category Archives: Humour
These latish things remind me of you…
” A bowl of peaches that are slowly ripening, A simple salad on a summer evening….” These and other equally delicious things remind me of you, Summer. I’m impatiently awaiting your arrival; my mind is filled with memories of our … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Caviar, Childhood memories, Christmas, Digital photography, Drinks, Expectation, fireplace, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Humour, lifestyle, Lumpfish, peaches, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, summer, Uncategorized, Weather, Wine, wine, Writing
Tagged digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, frisson of excitement, Humour, Je mange bien tous les jours, last tryst, Le dejeuner sur l'herbe, outdoors, Photography course, Picnics, plastic cups, Salad, sand filled sandwiches, sandwiches, Snow leopard, Summer, Summer food, These foolish things, warm wine
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Nobody hears an apple scream…..
Had the Swiss version of apple ducking taken place in the present “caring” climate, William Tell’s son would have been whisked away by Social Services before you could say “Please, Daddy, stop firing arrows at my head”. The Swiss, with … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, apple crumble, apple tart on puff pastry, apples, baked apples, baking, Blackberry, Caroline Conran, Cookery Writers, Cooking, crumble, Demerara, desserts, Digital photography, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Granny Smith apples, Humour, Language, Molasses, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, puff pastry, Recipes, Sugar, tart, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged American Constitution, apple ducking, arrow ducking, baking, Charlton Heston, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, demerara, desserts, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, fruit, General Custer, Humour, Je mange bien tous les jours, Little Big Horn, Moses, Oxymoron, Photography course, Recipes, Social Services, sugar, sweet pastry, Swiss humour, vanilla, William Tell, writing
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Having a breakdown….
My specialist subject is not “The Workings of the Internal Combustion Engine”. This became apparent when, after pushing all the knobs and turning all the keys marked “Start”, nothing happened save the creation of a telling noise that had heads … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Bad Habits, Digital photography, Emotion, Expectation, Falling Down, France, Humour, Illusion, Language, lifestyle, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged bonnet, Breakdown, breakdown truck, bureaucracy, cars, clear thinking, derision, digital photography, do as you would be done by, France, hood, Humour, Instruction manuals, Insurance company, internal combustion engine, J.K.Rowling, Kafkaesque, La Belle France, Le Hexagon, little bo peep, locomotion, manuals, Mastermind, Mental breakdown, mental breakdowns, Owners' manuals, patience, Photography course, simple logic, Specialist subject, Tolkien, travel, waiting, writing, Zen and the art of Motorbike repair
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The writing’s on the wall….
And, whatever we think, that is where most writing is to be seen today. Hand writing is on the wane as wall writing waxes. Graffiti scratches the parts fountain pens can’t reach. We are now all writers because, through the gift … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Dreams, Excellence, France, French countryside, Humour, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, digital photography, Education, Graffiti, Humour, literacy, outdoors, photographic media, Photography, Photography course, simple logic, Street art, The 3 R's, TOWIE, writing
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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
Posted in Art photography, Digital photography, dog walking, Dogs, France, French countryside, harmony, Humour, Hunting, Man's best friend, perfect day, Poodles, summer, Uncategorized, Vendee, Walkies, Writing
Tagged animals, clear thinking, digital photography, diminutives, dog walking, food photographers, Forest paths, France, Hedgerows, Hound of the Baskervilles, Humour, landscapes, natural beauty, nature, outdoors, Photography, Photography course, poodle, Poodles, sheep shearing, Spring, Spring flowers, spring time, travel, vacation, Where's Wally?, writing
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Ladies who lunch..Chez Papa..
Uncovering treasure is not an accurate science. I say this with an authority that I do not possess, as treasure and I are rarely, if ever, seen together or even spoken of in the same breath. The same can be … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Baking, Bistro, Choc ice, Chocolate, Coffee, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Drinks, Excellence, Expectation, family, financiers, fireplace, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, friendship, harmony, Humour, Kitchens, Noa grape, perfect day, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, summer, Uncategorized, Vines, Vineyard, Wine, Writing
Tagged boudin, clear thinking, cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, french countryside, Grillades, Humour, Je mange bien tous les jours, La bonne table, Ladies who lunch, landscapes, loire wine, mastering the art of french cooking, modest beauty, Muscadet, nature, Pays de Loire, restaurants, Restored, Sarments, Saumur Champigny, Seven Dwarves, sweet pastry, travel, Vine cuttings, Wine, writing
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Always look on the bright side of rice…..
Billions of Christians across the world will be making the best of a Good Friday that was far from good for the main protagonist who was executed in the most grisly fashion for the good of mankind. Looking at the … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Cheese, Cookery Writers, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Gennaro Contaldo, Humour, Italian food, lemons, Mediterranean food, Memory, Olive oil, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, Religion, Ricotta, Risotto with lemon and ricotta, Thyme, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged anathema, Easter, Gennaro Contaldo, Good Friday, Happy Easter, Prejudice, recipe, Religion, Risotto, Subconscious
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