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Category Archives: Writing
Ca me donne la peche….just peachy.
Peaches are forever associated with superlatives, be it with regard to a ravishingly beautiful person, an exotic vehicle or a perfect uppercut. The expression of this perfection is often quantified in terms of “peachiness”. Having skin like a peach is … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Cooking, Cream, Demerara, desserts, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, grilled peaches, Honey, peaches, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, Sugar, summer, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged avoir la peche, cooking, delicious confection, demerara sugar, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, irony, mastering the art of french cooking, Peaches and cream, peachy, Photography course, recipe, Recipes, ripeness, skin like a peach, spain, superlatives, uppercut, writing
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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 Uncategorized, Food and Photography, Photography, France, Photography holiday, Digital photography, Writing, food, summer, peaches, Wine, Fruit, photography course, lifestyle, fireplace, Food photographer, Humour, Art photography, Childhood memories, Caviar, Lumpfish, Expectation, Weather, Drinks, Christmas, 2013, wine
Tagged food photographers, food, outdoors, Photography course, France, digital photography, Humour, Food photographer, Je mange bien tous les jours, Summer, Summer food, Salad, Picnics, Snow leopard, Le dejeuner sur l'herbe, These foolish things, sandwiches, sand filled sandwiches, warm wine, plastic cups, frisson of excitement, last tryst
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Panning for gold….
“I break some good eggs into a bowl, I beat them well, I put in a good piece of butter in the pan. I throw the eggs into it and I shake it constantly. I am happy, monsieur, if this … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Breakfast, Cooking, Digital photography, Eggs, Elizabeth David, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fried eggs, La Mere Poulard, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, summer, Table manners, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Breakfast, clear thinking, cooking, copper pan, copper pans, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, fried egg, Good things, Gustave Courbet, Humour, La Mere Poulard, mastering the art of french cooking, mere poulard, Musee d'Orsay, natural beauty, Omelettes, Photography course, Recipes, simple logic, substantial breakfast, The Origin of the World, writing
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Kiss and Make up……
Being nearly June, I’m surprised to still be lighting the fire at the end of each day. As the nights are still cold I find that we are continuing the winter ritual of watching television, in the warm glow of … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Arrogance, Digital photography, Excess, fashion, France, French countryside, harmony, Landscapes, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Uncategorized, Vendee, Weather, Writing
Tagged $200, 000, Arrogance, clear thinking, digital photography, Excess, farming, France, french countryside, landscapes, Las Vegas, natural beauty, nature, outdoors, peaceful countryside, Photography, Photography course, simple logic, spoilt, spreading shit, Waste, writing
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Soft centred Sundae…..
There is such a silence this Sunday morning. Even the birds are in quiet contemplation. The soft hum of the computer and the click clack of the keyboard is all that breaks the hush. Once it would have been the … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Bad luck, baking, Baking, cake, coffee, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Les Saints de Glace, Miracle, muffin, oranges, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, St.Mamert, St.Pancrace, St.Servais, Sugar, summer, Sunday, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Cake and coffee, candied fruit slices, Casting a clout before May is out, derrieres, Les Saintes Glaces, muffins, Peace and quiet, Quiet contemplation, Sunday morning, Upside down cake
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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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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 "Are we there yet?", blue sea, blue skies, clear thinking, digital photography, France, idyllic, landscapes, natural beauty, nature, outdoors, Photography, Photography course, sandy beaches, Seaside, summer holidays, travel, vacation, Vendee, writing
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