Category Archives: Blackberries

Blackberries fool angels……

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Food,Photography & France

I’ve been meaning not to get a Blackberry and I haven’t. What I have got are bowls and bags of brambles freshly collected from as far afield as 200 metres from my front door. I’m neither a hunter nor much … Continue reading →

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Blackberries,cream and sticky home made meringues….

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Food,Photography & France

…. are evocative of the clink of bone china, the murmur of quiet conversation and the smell of fresh mown grass on a hot Sunday afternoon, in late summer, in the home counties or in any good period costume drama. The … Continue reading →

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The courting and seduction of the disingenuous plum

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Food,Photography & France

Summer seduces with warmth and blue skies, or the anticipation of both, whereas Autumn seduces with colour. I’m not alluding to the glorious annual show of colour produced by the forest, but to the luscious displays of damsons, figs, blackberries … Continue reading →