Category Archives: Good luck

I think we might be doing it wong…

Posted on December 6, 2012 by

“This is going to hurt me a lot more than it’s going to hurt you”is a phrase that is only vocalised when the exact opposite is true. Had I been in Sidney Carton’s shoes, that thought would have correctly passed through … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, Bad luck, Diagnosis, Good luck, Guillotine, Health, Hospital, Humour, hypocrisy, Illusion, Ingrate, lifestyle, Luck, photography course, Photography holiday, Reality, Sidney Carton, Uncategorized, Wong-Baker, Writing | Tagged , , | 28 Comments

The pain of separation….

Posted on November 26, 2012 by

I was thinking of meringues and then it started raining and the car wouldn’t start. That was one the sequences of events that will eventually make up today. A perfectly blue sky filled with puffy white clouds, reminiscent of a … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, Art photography, Autumn, Bad luck, baking, Digital photography, Eggs, Emotion, family, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Good luck, Humour, Luck, meringues, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Writing | Tagged , , , | 43 Comments

Days of little miracles

Posted on September 18, 2012 by

There’s a corollary to chasing death which is a blind determination to hang on to life.We were watching a butterfly in our garden gloriously living its short span by floating ethereally    from bloom and bloom like a fantastically rigged aerial sailing ship. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, Bad luck, butterfly, Digital photography, Excellence, Expectation, Fino, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fools rush in, Garden, Good luck, Humour, Luck, Miracle, Mussels, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, seafood, Sherry, swimming pool, Tapas, Uncategorized, Wings, Writing | 40 Comments

The sweet smell of excess….

Posted on August 16, 2012 by

I remember the excitement of “overdoing it”, the anticipation of “going too far” and the sweet smell of excess. The resilience of youth to absorb punishment in the form of recreational stimulants is Olympian when viewed in the rear vision mirror as … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, Art photography, Childhood memories, Digital photography, Excess, Food and Photography, Food photographer, French countryside, Good luck, harmony, lifestyle, Luck, Memory, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Still life, summer, Uncategorized, Wine, Writing | 38 Comments

Beans talk

Posted on August 3, 2012 by

The car was laden with fresh poison for Algy which I had just specially purchased to celebrate his unexpected return. I had been to his favourite shop in La Rochelle where once again the friendly salesman took more of our … Continue reading →

Posted in Art photography, Bad luck, beans, coco de Paimpol, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Fruit, Good luck, Humour, Luck, melons, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Still life, Writing | 31 Comments