Tag: photography
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Short Exciting Walks
Our walks are short at the moment. For two reasons – Tima has very short legs. And then she has to stop every few minutes to play ‘Gleeful Manchurian Mustache’ The Game (the rules are obscure) with TonTon, who can call out “Help me!” in 17 different languages. Actually the rules of the game seem more fluid…
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Ya Wanna Bet?
I do NOT want to discuss the snow. I do not want to discuss how snow that is driven by wind flings itself like white mud at everything and sticks. I do not want to discuss gates frozen shut. And sit-upons that cannot be Sat Upon. I don’t even want to discuss that these shots…
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Meet Al: The Berkshire Boar
When the time came for Sheila to break out the lippie and hop the limo to visit the Boar, she very quietly followed me onto the trailer, was driven 15 minutes down the road and very quietly unloaded herself. No fuss. Not interested in her treats at all. But very interested in all these little…
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Sheila says, No Thank You
I thought I wanted to go for a walk, Sheila said, but now I don’t. The puddles are too deep and I can’t swim, she said. And my feet are cold. Let’s go back home, she said and have our peanut butter treats inside and so we did. Snow is not always white either, we…
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Pizza Friday and Tips on Food Photography
Pizza Friday was excellent. By the skin of its teeth. We almost stopped at the Pizza Bianca. ‘Good with beer’ was the response from the peanut gallery. High praise actually. Now we know that pizza bianca is not really an appetiser for pizza but there you are. I hate rules. Don’t you hate rules? So I…
The Kitchen's Garden 