Category Archives: oranges

happily giving into temptation…

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Food,Photography & France

Recently I’ve been consuming an inordinate amount of sugar. On the plus side, this surfeit of sweetness, for the most part, is virtual. Well written cookery books, and I purposely make this distinction, should display a health warning. A clear definition of … Continue reading →

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Du.u.u u ck…

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Food,Photography & France

Duck breasts in marinade I have a habit of forgetting a particular word. I can’t tell you what that particular word is as I’ve forgotten it but it serves to define the emotions we feel when fondly remembering earlier moments in … Continue reading →

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Cake magic brings out the currant bun……

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Food,Photography & France

Yesterday, having fallen under the spell of rain and dullness, it became clear to me that I needed to exorcise the grey that had surreptitiously laid cataracts over the sun’s eyes and so, lacking bell, book and candle, I heeded my voices … Continue reading →

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…putting a name to a beak.

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Food,Photography & France

In the still of this sunfilled early morning, there’s me and legion of small birds who are all making their particular peaceful noises, that I recognise but can’t put a beak to. Bees, so fat that they have no business … Continue reading →

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Soft centred Sundae…..

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Food,Photography & France

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 →

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