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If Heineken made a year….it wouldn’t be this one
The cold but radiantly sunny morning found me filled with a sense of purpose as I motored along peaceful winding lanes towards an isolated house in the countryside on a mission of mercy. Once inside that house, through some simple manipulations, I … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Digital photography, Dogs, Eggs, Excellence, Expectation, France, French countryside, harmony, Humour, lifestyle, New Year, Poultry, Uncategorized, Vendee, Writing
Tagged brioche, clear thinking, Declaration of Rights, digital photography, Dr Dolittle, France, geese, goats, Humour, natural beauty, nature, New Year, outdoors, Photography, simple logic, social networking, Vendee, writing
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hanging on……
Soaking up the beauty around me on this warm early morning in late, late August has me desperately trying to suppress the emotions of clinging on, of eking out the pleasure, of denying the ineluctability of time ; childhood’s last strawberry on the plate, adolescence’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Art photography, Digital photography, Emotion, France, French countryside, harmony, Memory, Photography, summer, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, digital photography, France, misty morning, natural beauty, nature, Photography, social networking, Summer, writing
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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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immaculate deception…….
This white eggplant has a slightly unnerving beauty in that it appears artful rather than useful and, depending on the particular beholder’s eye through which we are beholding, either toxic or exotic. It just doesn’t declare itself. Looks aside, I have … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Art photography, aubergine, Childhood memories, Digital photography, Eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, harmony, Photography, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged ballot election, clear thinking, Dennis the Dachshund, digital photography, France, Humour, Larry the Lamb, Lolita, Mother Goose, Mr Growser the Grocer, Mr.Mayor the Mayor, Photography, self elected, simple logic, social networking, Toytown, writing
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Shell shock…..
During my lifetime the word “simple”, or should I say its inference, has become the antithesis of that which I originally understood. My schooldays were passed in those halcyon days before society had become so cowed by the pinched face … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, apples, baking, Bistro, Childhood, Childhood memories, Cookery Writers, Cooking, cous cous, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Excellence, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, harmony, Humour, Pate Brisee, Patricia Wells, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Recipes, Stephane Reynaud, tart, tarte fine aux pommes, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, Daytime TV, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, patricia wells, PC, perambulating gargoyles, Photography, Photography course, recipe, Recipes, shells, simple logic, snails, social networking, sweet pastry, writing
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a very nice crumble…
Time ravages that which has lost its use. That slow corruption is felt most keenly by the vain. Vanity is not a characteristic of nature or the inanimate which allows us to marvel at their slow disintegration.
Posted in 2016, Art photography, Digital photography, Film, France, French countryside, harmony, Landscapes, Photographic Prints, Photography, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged "heritage", ageing, clear thinking, digital photography, DNR, Film, France, landscapes, natural beauty, nature, outdoors, Photography, Photography course, ruins, simple logic, social networking, writing, Youtube
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’tis the season that dare not speak its name ….
Cake and chocolate are two “C” words that have not, as yet, been proscribed. Christmas and cunt have been. Creating forbidden fruit has never succeeded in producing an aversion in those to whom the fruit are irresistible. Words of all kinds are irresistible … Continue reading
Posted in baking, cake, Childhood memories, Christmas, Cookery Writers, Cuisine bourgeoise, desserts, Digital photography, Dominique's Chocolate Cake, Eileen Reece, fireplace, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, harmony, Humour, hypocrisy, Memory, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Recipes, Writing
Tagged baking, cake, Chocolate, Christmas, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Eileen Reece, food, Food photographer, forbidden fruit, France, French cooking, Han van Meegeren, Humour, Photography, Photography course, recipe, writing
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…give a snail a good name …
Raising the profile of snails is not an enviable task. On the face of it, which is hard to define and thus rarely seen, the snail remains a slimy intruder which is either crushed beneath the gumboot or sent sailing over … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Art photography, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, harmony, Olive oil, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged cagouilles, Charente Maritime, clear thinking, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, escargots, food, Food photographer, France, garlic butter, Humour, natural beauty, palate, Photography course, snails, Stephen King, writing
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nature morte vivante…
I shot these two still lives in a dark corner of our outhouse on a recent day when the skies were overcast and grey. This calm north light, without the intrusion of brilliant slashes of razor sharp sunlight, allowed the camera to capture the infinity … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, apples, Art photography, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fruit, harmony, Pears, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Still life, Uncategorized
Tagged digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photography, natural beauty, north light, outdoors, Photographic Prints, Photography, Photography course, prints for sale, still lives
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buzzing….
I remember reading, in a book whose name I have now forgotten, of how the human voice resembles the senseless buzzing of an insect to the ear of a cat. Whether this opinion was gleaned from a cat or from … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Art photography, Digital photography, France, French countryside, harmony, Landscapes, lifestyle, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, digital photography, France, landscapes, misty morning, natural beauty, nature, outdoors, photographic media, Photography, Photography course, Vendee, writing
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Food, Photography & France 