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Category Archives: 70’s
not faking it ….
There is a trinity of enhanced pleasure givers without which I would consider my store cupboard to be bare. These three are the saucy undies of the kitchen. The Ann Summers peek-a-boo, knickerless crotches that will serve to stiffen the flaccid … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, 70's, anchovies, Art photography, capers, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, harmony, Humour, lemons, Parmesan, Photography, photography course, scallops, Uncategorized, Vendee, Writing
Tagged Ann Summers, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Gestalt, Humour, palate, Photography, Photography course, social networking, Synergy, writing
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While Eve delved Adam watched and criticised..
Overshadowed by Eve’s magnificent crop of lavender sits Adam’s humble bowl of wild rocket. The difference in effort and application is clear, but the paltry handful of leaves garnered by Adam’s scissors produced a fiery summer salad whilst the tumble of … Continue reading
Posted in 70's, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Garden, Gardening, Herbs and Spices, lavender, Photography, photography course, Rocket, Still life, Writing
Tagged Adam and Eve, clear thinking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, lavender, natural beauty, nature, Photography, Photography course, Rocket, Summer, Vendee, writing
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Making the beast with two backs…..making it do what?
When I first heard this phrase, apparently loaded with sexual euphemism, it only brought to mind my vain attempts to create animal silhouettes on a wall in the beam of a torch. As a schoolboy I was more than a … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, 70's, Accents, Art photography, Childhood, Childhood memories, Digital photography, Farming, France, French countryside, Google, Humour, Language, Photography, Sex, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged beast with two backs, Chambers English Dictionary, Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary, definitions, eclair, Edingurgh, euphemism, foreplay, Miss Jean Brodie, mullet, Othello, sexual euphemism, social intercourse, Sunday Times, The Moor
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A cuckoo in the nest…
Hidden on the book shelves, amongst my favourite cookery books, there is a cuckoo. He, if as a chap myself I can give masculine gender to this cuckoo, has no right to be there and, over the years, I have … Continue reading
Posted in 70's, Brown rice with peppers, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, peppers, Recipes, sea salt, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Writing
Tagged brown rice, cayenne pepper, cookery books, cooking, Cuckoo's nest, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, French cooking, French letter, Green Peppers, hermaphrodite, Humour, Magpie, mastering the art of french cooking, Photography, Recipes, Rightful place in the sun, socks and sandals, writing
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Camera obscura….
On reflection, I have spent a lot of my life in camera obscura. A computer screen is my main illumination on this grey and rainy Sunday morning. This is where I work on my pictures and where I write. Darkened … Continue reading
Posted in 70's, Art photography, Autumn, Camera Obscura, Digital photography, Drinks, Excellence, Excess, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, lifestyle, Markets, Memory, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, The Royal Opera House, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Covent Garden, Humour, Photography, The Royal Opera House
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Soft prawn….
I was engaged in the dexterous removal of clothing from some beautiful prawns which action brought to my mind the name of Dan Greenberg, the author of “How to be a Jewish Mother”, but also the author of a small … Continue reading
Posted in 70's, Art photography, Bad Habits, Cooking, Digital photography, Fish stock, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Humour, Memory, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, prawns, seafood, Sex, Tintoretto, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged classical paintings, victoria s secrets
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Food, Photography & France 