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a vine road less taken
This week I finally had my car returned from the garage after waiting 2 years to get my front Volvo bumper replaced as I had skidded in the mountain snow and had managed to plough up a stone farm wall and ended up at a 45 degree angle! Thankfully, I had a...
Riders
Yesterday afternoon I put the Lensbaby Edge 8o on the camera and went for a walk on a beach little to the south of the city, a cold front and rain was predicted so I went armed with a jacket only to find it surprisingly warm. The sky was dramatic though, you...
river bathers
A couple of summers ago, I drove north east in search of Lavender fields, I didn't get very far, as I was distracted by the gigantic Pont du Gard, which surely has to be the worlds most famous Roman Aqueduct! Unfortunately this is a view from the Aqueduct and...
Play
You can definitely feel winter is on its way here in southern New Zealand. On the day that this photo was taken the wind was decidedly brisk to say the least. As we walked down the beach I for one wished I'd brought a jacket. When we were almost back to the...
La Balance
In France balance is everything, I live near two coastal volcano's; looking eastward from our beach we can see Agde and ten miles further along the coast on a clear day we can see Sete, which is an island connected by a spit of land. Back in London we...
Chocolate Easter Egg Grunge
Today we have a sweet treat to follow the Paul's entrée of artichokes! I bought these little eggs especially for photographic purposes -as a popular advert here in New Zealand would say "Yeah Right!" I managed to resist temptation long enough to take photos of...
Artichokes
I dont think I ate an artichoke until I was a student? After finishing a water-colour still-life of them, as it would have been a crime to throw them out. I'm not saying we lived on just potatoes and boiled cabbage, but up in Yorkshire such things were frowned upon...
Roses
The roses in the garden are starting to look slightly bedraggled as they near the end of their season, it being autumn here in the southern hemisphere. The clocks went back this past weekend so I guess it won't be long till we get a frost. I don't mind autumn, the...
Dune Path
We're having major sand-dune renovations! Our coastline isn't as built up as the more trendy next door Provençal beaches, we're cut off from their beaches by the Camargue wetlands. The main difference being that 'Nice' has no sand, only pebbles and Cannes has to...
Dino
From central London its just a short overground train journey to get to Crystal palace, or what is left of it, after a huge fire burnt it to the ground in November 1936. Built for the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, and later moved several miles south of the...