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The cat’s bollocks and other tales…..
The woolly hat pulled down around my ears efficiently protected them from the chill of the biting wind but failed miserably in filtering out the piercing cries of an enraged cat in a cage being carted off for castration. Molly, the cat in … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Chicken, Chicken, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Dreams, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Herbs and Spices, Humour, Olive oil, Photography, photography course, Poultry, Recipes, Roast Chicken, sage, sea salt, Sex, Simon Hopkinson, Uncategorized, Wine, Writing
Tagged Castration, cat, Cats, clear thinking, Cock Robin, cookery books, cooking, digital photography, dreams, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, Humour, Lidls, misty morning, Photography, Photography course, Poulet de Bresse, recipe, Roast chicken, Simon Hopkinson, writing
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Glum rock..
I confess that I had been feeling like a hound dog for some days, crying all the time. Not tears of woe but tears of fucking desperation as it had become apparent to me that my new internet server had … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Bistro, Bouchon, Cheese, Cooking, Cuisine bourgeoise, Digital photography, Dreams, Eggs, Excellence, Fish, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Humour, Memory, Oeufs meurette, Photographic Prints, Photography, photography course, Uncategorized, Wine, Writing
Tagged Bouchons, clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, digital photography, dreams, food, Food photographer, France, GUM, Hound dog, Humour, Lyon, Photography course, restaurants, writing
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Eating outdoors at last….
Dreams have the unfortunate habit of remaining unfulfilled so it is always a delight to have one come true. As the years have passed I have learnt to keep my dreams simple so, on this cusp of summer time, the … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Cookery Writers, Cooking, Digital photography, Drinks, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Garden, harmony, Kitchens, Meat, Nigel Slater, Photography, photography course, Toulouse sausages, Uncategorized, Weather, wine, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cookery books, cooking, delicious confection, digital photography, dreams, Eating al fresco, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, nigel slater, outdoors, Photography course, puy lentils, recipe, red wine, Summer, Toulouse sausages, writing
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Clinging on in heavy syrup….a wet dream
On most nights I have a dream and, although in my waking moments I have begun to forget everyone and everything’s name, I very often retain a clear image of some tiny fragment of each night’s unconstrained meanderings. This morning’s memory … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Bad Habits, Childhood, Childhood memories, Digital photography, Dreams, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, Fruit, Humour, peaches, Photography, photography course, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Boarding School, clear thinking, Cling peaches, Cling peaches in syrup, digital photography, dreams, Evaporated milk, Food photographer, Humour, Photography, Photography course, Privacy, Tinned fruit, Tuck boxes, writing
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Looking back over my shoulder..
I’ve become conditioned to conjure words in the quiet of the early morning, confined within the four walls of my office where, with a cup of coffee in my hand, an idea is sparked by a thought, a picture, a … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Cooking, Digital photography, Emotion, Excellence, family, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, harmony, Ile d'Oleron, Kitchens, Photography, summer, swimming pool, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged clear thinking, cup of coffee, digital photography, dreams, France, Ile d'Oleron, kitchens, looking glass, mind and body, natural beauty, old shoes, Photography, sleep, stasis, Summer, summer holidays, swimming pool, travel, writing
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the rhythm of thyme….
Monotony has a way of reducing dreams to ashes. We need a change from the monotone. an arrhythmic interval such as is provided by the warm rain falling on my bare feet, which protrude from beneath the awning, as I … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Cooking, Digital photography, Emotion, Expectation, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Garden, harmony, Herbs and Spices, lifestyle, Mediterranean food, olives, Photography, photography course, Photography holiday, summer, Thyme, Uncategorized, Weather, Writing
Tagged arrythmic, bees, birdsong, Breakfast, clear thinking, cooking, digital photography, down pillow, dreams, drumskin, food, Food photographer, France, ingredients, Miss Haversham, misty morning, modest beauty, Monotony, morning coffee, musky scent, natural beauty, nature, ochres, olive greens, outdoors, palate, Photography course, plants, scent of rain, Summer, warm rain, water colours, 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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Food, Photography & France 