Category Archives: Summer holidays

I got the blues….

I had to go and check, and I can confirm that it’s OK. The sea is still blue, as is the sky, with a cleverly contrasting yellow for the ground. Whoever worked that one out is no fool, it gets … Continue reading

Posted in 2013, Childhood memories, Digital photography, Emotion, Excellence, Expectation, family, France, French countryside, harmony, Landscapes, Landscapes, Memory, perfect day, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Shine, summer, Summer holidays, Vendee, Weather, Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 31 Comments

A handful of coques…..

The best laid plans …pointless to continue as I’ve laid as many brilliant plans as I have eggs. Brilliant planning is not in my remit. I am passing through this vale of tears flying by the seat of my pants … Continue reading

Posted in 2012, Art photography, Benny Hill, clams, Cooking, coques, Crayfish, Digital photography, Excess, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, langoustines, Mediterranean food, mussels, peppers, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, seafood, summer, Summer holidays, Uncategorized, vongole, Weather, Writing | Tagged | 48 Comments

Summertime blues……

The August malaise of “all play” is starting to make Jacques a dull boy. If me equals Jacques then boy equals ageing smudger. The longed for beribboned parcel of  sun and blue skies duly arrived. It arrived after a long … Continue reading

Posted in 2012, Art photography, blackberries, Blackberry, Creme de Mure, Digital photography, Dreams, Excellence, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, harmony, Ingrate, perfect day, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Smudger, Still life, summer, Summer holidays | 40 Comments

The elusive scent of past summers….

There’s a smell to the summer holidays of my youth that I can’t describe or define but which still haunts me. This friendly phantom will appear unannounced as a waft of a hardly remembered past that is filled with detail … Continue reading

Posted in 2012, Apricot tart, Apricot tart, apricots, Art photography, baking, Childhood, Childhood memories, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fruit, Ghost, Phantom, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Summer holidays, tart, Writing | 26 Comments