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Category Archives: Reality
Hobson’s egg….
Given the choice, we humans will invariably choose to have a choice. The more extensive the list of choices may be, the more highly we regard that which is on offer. Not withstanding, that in this time of ours, knowledge has … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Bad Habits, Bad luck, Digital photography, Dreams, Emotion, Excellence, Expectation, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Good luck, Google, Humour, Illusion, Luck, Reality, Uncategorized, Wine, Writing
Tagged allegory, Choice, clear thinking, digital photography, Henry Ford, Hobson's Choice, Humour, knowledge, lack of knowledge, Morton's Fork, Photography, pratfall, simple logic, social networking, writing, you can't always get what you want
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feeling like a plum in Agen….
Nothing concentrates my mind more than nothing. After a short time, the nothing of this pale rain distorted image seen through the windscreen as I waited for something yesterday, took me away to another moment in time when I sat waiting and … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Art photography, Digital photography, Dreams, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Reality, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Agen, break downs, car insurance, clear thinking, day dreaming, digital photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, landscapes, Photography, Photography course, train journeys, writing
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a cake named Roger….
My mother once had a Pekinese dog whose given name was Brownie. As she did not have a memory for names she may well not have known that. I’m not sure whether this was because her mind was full of other much … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Baking, Brownies, Brownies, Childhood, Childhood memories, Chocolate, Cooking, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Garden, Humour, Illusion, Photographic Prints, Photography, Reality, Recipes, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged baking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, food, Food photographer, Humour, palate, Photography, recipe, social networking, writing
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Ma pomme….
Memories of my first visits to France, when I was very young, are full of the warmth of the sun, the scent of melons and peaches, the blue of the sea and a litany of tastes the like of which … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, apples, Baking, Bistro, Childhood memories, Cookery Writers, Cooking, desserts, Digital photography, Elizabeth David, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Fruit, Garden, Humour, Illusion, Memory, Patricia Wells, Photography, Reality, Recipes, summer, tart, Tarte Francoise Potel, Uncategorized, Vineyard, Wine, Writing
Tagged baking, Bistro Cooking, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, Domaine de la Pousse d'Or, Elizabeth David, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, landscapes, natural beauty, nature, patricia wells, recipe, red wine, restaurants, Summer, sweet pastry, writing
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You can’t always get..
My mind, or that section of the jumble of grey matter that remembers things, is light sensitive. Light, in all its nuances, is a trigger for my memories. The light then and the light now are inextricably linked..I think. Or … Continue reading
Posted in Art photography, Digital photography, Dreams, France, French countryside, Ile d'Oleron, Illusion, Landscapes, Memory, Photography, Reality, Uncategorized, Virtual, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, digital photography, France, Memory, natural beauty, nature, Photography, revolving door, Seaside, sunshine, trigger, Vendee, weather, writing, you can't always get what you want
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Note from a stranger to hunger…
In concert with a large percentage of the viewing public, I watched a BBC programme on the prevalence of real hunger, through poverty, in working people in the United Kingdom today. I had just eaten a simple dinner and, if … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Cooking, Digital photography, Emotion, Excellence, Fish, fish cookery, Fish stock, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Health, hypocrisy, Illusion, Reality, Salmon, Writing
Tagged A Girl Called Jack, BBC Budget Banquet, clear thinking, digital photography, Food photographer, food photographers, Hunger, Jack Monroe, social networking, writing
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As I like it…
The warmth of the sun on my neck at this early hour together with the deep, dark shadows of my hand on the writing pad augurs well for hopes that my new blind date, July, is going to offer more … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, Digital photography, Emotion, Expectation, France, French countryside, harmony, Illusion, Landscapes, Memory, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Photoshop, Reality, summer, Uncategorized, Vendee, Virtual, Weather, Writing
Tagged blind date, clear thinking, digital photography, France, July, landscapes, natural beauty, outdoors, Photography, Photography course, sand, Seaside, simple logic, vacation, Vendee, writing
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..the white rabbit…
The moment of waking, very often, holds the mood of the day. Today was such a day, as was yesterday. I’m not a person who readily believes in superstition and signs but when a giant rabbit smiles down on me … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Digital photography, Dreams, Excellence, Expectation, harmony, Humour, Illusion, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Reality, Retouching, Uncategorized, Virtual, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, digital photography, Harvey, Humour, James Stewart, Optimism, Photography, Sunny day, White Rabbit, writing
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I seem to have lost my cherry..
Winter days start in deep darkness and summer days in bright blankness, two versions of one and the same thing: the empty sheet of paper. I dream a lot which means that my mind has been buzzzzing all night. Sleep … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Art photography, cherries, Digital photography, Dreams, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Fruit, Illusion, Memory, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Reality, summer, Uncategorized, Virtual, Writing
Tagged auto biography, blank sheet of paper, Ceret, Cherry festival, clear thinking, digital photography, dreams, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, Memory, misty morning, natural beauty, Photography course, Summer morning, virtual reality, winter darkness, writing
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You can tell a book from its cover..
I’ve recently come to the opinion that we’re much more successful at preserving vegetables than we are at preserving youthful looks. In that half land of waking, this morning, the imagined strains of a childhood song, “With a face like … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, anchovies, Art photography, beans, capers, Digital photography, Dreams, Emotion, Excellence, Excess, Flat parsley, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Illusion, Italian food, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, preserved lemons, Reality, Recipes, Tuna, Writing
Tagged Facio maxillary surgery, Illusion, luxury hotels, Plastic surgery, Preserved fruit, Preserved lemons, Preserving, search for youth, tonno fagioli
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Food, Photography & France 