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Brussels demand a green Xmas…..
September is long gone, but the leaves of brown show no sign of tumbling down this November although the lyricist would be happy to know that it’s raining. Wherever he was when he penned those lyrics, it wasn’t the Vendee. … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Autumn, Childhood memories, Christmas, Cooking, Digital photography, Excellence, fashion, fireplace, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Humour, hypocrisy, Illusion, Kitchens, Landscapes, Olive oil, Photography, Religion, sea salt, The Forest of Mervent, Uncategorized, Vegetables, Vendee, Weather, Writing
Tagged bah humbug, Brussels sprouts, Christmas, clear thinking, cooking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, France, Humour, landscapes, marketing, natural beauty, outdoors, puy lentils, Recipes, sweet potato, Torquemada, Toulouse sausages, Vendee, writing, zeitgeist
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It’s been real….
I felt like I was Roger Hammerstein as I walked along the forest paths this morning. There was a bright golden haze on the meadow, and the cattle were standing like statues but unfortunately the corn wouldn’t reach up to … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Bad Habits, Digital photography, dog walking, Dogs, France, French countryside, Humour, Landscapes, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Poodles, summer, The Forest of Mervent, Uncategorized, Walkies, Writing
Tagged Blue Beard, clear thinking, digital photography, food photographers, France, Gestalt, Gilles de Rais, golden haze, Humour, landscapes, Maquis de Sade, natural beauty, nature, Oklahoma, Photography course, Poodles, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Summer, The corn is as high..., Vendee, writing
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50 shades of Grey’s Elegy……
On a soft balmy day, what remained of last winter’s logs were split and stacked in the outhouse yesterday to make space for the delivery of this year’s firewood. This chore has been the first physical indication of the slow, … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Cooking, Expectation, fireplace, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Landscapes, Landscapes, lifestyle, Memory, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, Seasons, The Forest of Mervent, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged nature, winter
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The weather man says clear today…….
Forecasting is, at best, an imprecise science. Sitting in the garden this evening the light is soft and beautiful. Summer’s end is hard to accept when corners of the garden are illuminated by the incarnadine glow of geraniums in full … Continue reading
Posted in Art photography, Autumn, Digital photography, Expectation, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Garden, Gardening, Geranium, Landscapes, Lobelia, Oleander, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, The Forest of Mervent, Vendee, Weather, Weather forecasting, Writing
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If you go down to the woods today…..
Apart from the discovery of a wasps’ nest in the wall of the house, today started well. The dogs and I were strolling down the sun dappled sandy track that leads into the depths of the Forest of Mervent. On … Continue reading
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