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The yellow flowers screamed spring to my frozen, soft focus consciousness. So much so that I set out clad in only a thick fisherman’s sweater, a heavy waterproof working jacket and gloves approved for arctic conditions yet, as the first … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Art photography, fireplace, Giclée Prints, last of the summer whine, lifestyle, Prints, prints for sale, Uncategorized, Weather, Wood cutting, Writing
Tagged keeping warm, last of the summer whine, looking forward to summer, stone houses, winter, wood burners, Wood cutting, wood fires
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Beluga on dry toast saves me a fortune…
The fingerless gloves, so redolent of Dickensian misery, would be just the job today. They would be even more the job if they weren’t fingerless as it’s the tips of my fingers that turn to bloodless corpse white when the … Continue reading
Posted in Caviar, Cooking, Cutlery, Digital photography, Eggs, Fish eggs, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, French countryside, Humour, Landscapes, Photography, Uncategorized, Writing
Tagged Beluga, Breakfast, Caviar, clear thinking, Cold, Dickens, digital photography, Economise, Egg on toast, electric heating, enigma machine, expense of heating, Fingerless gloves, food, Food photographer, food photographers, France, heating, Humour, outdoors, Photography, Saving money, simple logic, Toast, Warren Buffet, winter, writing
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Parmesan, bread and oil…
As the year moves relentlessly forward, signs of the ineluctable change of season make themselves known. The leaves begin to fall, and I begin to chop and saw wood. It would be untrue to say that I look forward to … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, bread, Cheese, Digital photography, food, Food and Photography, Food photographer, France, Garden, lifestyle, Parmesan, Photography, Seasons, Uncategorized, Weather, Writing
Tagged Autumn colours, clear thinking, digital photography, food, Food photographer, food photographers, harbinger, natural beauty, nature, outdoors, Parmesan cheese, Photography, Stacking firewood, winter, Woodpile, 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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Food, Photography & France 