August 2010
Tuesday, August 31 2010
- PLUM TART - After plums and plum jam, here's plum tart - delicious! Two of us were making the tart and couldn't agree: one said plums up, the other said plums down; so we did the tart half and half (moitié moitié). Both halves (les deux moitiés) were equally (également) delicious, especially with a blob (un (…)
Sunday, August 29 2010
- FAIRIES - des fées - Two seeds landed on a piece of paper, new life ready to germ, very poetic for a tall weed! (2 graines ont atterri sur un morceau de papier, la vie prêt à germer, très poétique pour une grande mauvaise herbe!)) Sept 6, this photo and three others are featured on the home page of the SIMPLY WHITE (…)
Friday, August 27 2010
- MODERN AND OLD - Just look at this! Can you believe it? Well it exists in Avenue Wagram not far from the Arc de Triomphe. Unbelievable. How on earth did the proprietor get planning permission to build this modern building here? I'm not against modern buildings, on the contrary, I think France is should be more (…)
Tuesday, August 24 2010
- THE SUN AND THE MOON - le soleil et la lune - This evening, at nearly nine o'clock, I went to Talmont, a picturesque little village on the Gironde estuary. The sun was going down (descendait) and the full moon was coming up (montait), opposite each other. It was beautiful; my camera's not very good when there isn't much light (lumière), but I (…)
Monday, August 23 2010
- RAIN DROPS - gouttes de pluie - I don't like rain but at least it's watering (ça arrose) the garden, so I watch it patiently and wait for it to stop. Then I rush out (je me précipite dehors) with my camera to take photos of the drops on the plants and leaves (les feuilles). Here are the ones I took yesterday on the tall fennel (…)
Sunday, August 22 2010
- FEATURED! Chosen - This time it's consecration, my photo of a striped wall (un mur rayé) chosen for the homepage at REDBUBBLE ]. I am so proud and happy (fière et contente). What an encouragement! It's so important for my photos to be liked by other people. I haven't found (je n'ai pas trouvé) my style yet, just (…)
Saturday, August 21 2010
- SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH H - quelquechose qui commence par H - Yesterday's photo began with H: "hawthorn" by I chose another two: hollyhock (rose trémière) with the sun behind, and Hat on Head! LOOK] and see what the other entries are. I haven't won (je n'ai pas gagné) recently in this group. 29th Sept. this photo's been featured for the challenge! (…)
Thursday, August 19 2010
- AUTUMN ALREADY? Déjà l'automne? - Autumn already? No! Well, look at this photo: These are hawthorn berries (des baies d'aubépine) already brilliant red. They're food (de la nourriture) for the birds in winter, but hey! it's not winter yet! (pas encore) Where did summer go? It's very dry (sec) here in Charente Maritime, France, we (…)
Wednesday, August 18 2010
- A BOOKMARK - un marque-page - My husband was reading outside, he improvised a bookmark: Original? it was just what he had to hand (sous la main). But surprise, next morning: An evolutive bookmark! Funny,isn't it? (Amusant, n'est-ce pas?) (…)
Tuesday, August 17 2010
- MISTY MORNING - matin brumeuse - Mist this morning in the garden, the spiders had been busy all night,(avaient été occupé toute la nuit) on the lawn (la pelouse), on the bushes (les buissons), everywhere. Usually there are invisible, but minute drops betrayed their presence. The tiniest seeds (les graines les plus minuscules) were (…)
Sunday, August 15 2010
- BIRTHDAY - I'm pleased to announce the birth of my swallowtail butterfly. I was watching closely a huge green and yellow CATERPILLAR on a fennel plant in my garden, when one day I found it racing up the terrace- amazing how fast a caterpillar can go! By experience (I've bred élevé) caterpillars before) I knew (…)
Saturday, August 14 2010
- PLUM JAM - confiture de prunes - Plums don't just make tarts, they also make jam. Mmm, delicious! I boiled 1 kg of plums without the stones (les noyaux), added some special jam sugar and made 5 and a half jars (pots). I'm also going to print the labels. I started again with another kilo and made some more. Mmm. Delicious bread and (…)
Friday, August 13 2010
- DRAWING PROGRESS - Ah! That's better, this looks like something (ressemble à quelque chose). A lot of progress since THE LAST ONE.. Louis drew me (m'a dessiné) a dog with a lot of legs because it made him laugh (rire). I asked for a flower and the sun. The flowers reminded me (m'a rappelé) of one drawn by Prévert (…)
Wednesday, August 11 2010
- PLUMS - des prunes - Mmm! Just picked (cueillies) from my garden. When I look at this, what do I see? Plums? No, a plum tart. I made one with puff pastry (de la pâte feuilletée) just after taking the photo. I ate it warm (tiède) with cream, it was delicious. I still have lots of plums, I'm going to make compote and (…)
Tuesday, August 10 2010
- IN THE TOP TEN - YELLOW CHALLENGE When I took this photo it was a sunny day, I had a piece of yellow card and I had a sudden flash of inspiration. The only thing is - I only had one I like simple, minimalist photos and this is one of my favorites. (…)
Monday, August 9 2010
- APPLE - une pomme - What is it? A close-up (une macro) of a red and yellow apple that I picked (cueillie) in my apple tree (pommier) in my orchard (verger). I decied to stop looking for rust on skips (la rouille sur les bennes) and look closer (plus près) at things in my garden. I also found these: A beautiful work of (…)
Sunday, August 8 2010
- SOMETHING BEGINNING WITH "F" - First, Fennel Flowers from my garden; I adore this plant. It makes a huge (énorme) tall airy odorant bundle. When the sun shines hot on it the insects love it too, it has a strong aniseed fragrance. I have 3 big plants. Second, Flags Flying on the town hall (mairie) in the nearest small town 5 (…)
Friday, August 6 2010
- BUSY - occupée - I was very busy today: apart from the usual shopping, cooking, eating, washing up, I also did dressmaking (la couture). I made myself a blue and white dress (une robe) with some African material (tissu).The dress is very simple, just straight up and down (droit) as the pattern (le motif) is very (…)
Thursday, August 5 2010
- AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE - aussi loin que l'oeil puisse voir - I decided today it was time to lift my head and look further away than (plus loin que) the end of my nose or the macro image through my camera! In fact I was inspired by a PHOTO I saw on redbubble that was taken in America. This is mine; I drove ten kilometres out of town, got out of the car, stood (…)
Wednesday, August 4 2010
- THE LAST OF THE SUNFLOWERS - les derniers tournesols - I couldn't resist the photo, they have been (ils ont été) so beautiful, fields full of them (des champs entiers). Most are finished now, the flower heads are looking down, tired(fatigué) of the sun; they look sad (triste). Soon they will turn into black seeds (graines) and be harvested (récolté) to (…)
Tuesday, August 3 2010
- PAPER BEADS perles en papier - As if I hadn't anything else to do! (Comme si je n'avais pas autrechose à faire!) These are paper beads(des perles en papier) that I made from pages of shiny (brillant) magazine paper. Aren't I clever? (Ne suis-je pas douée?) Here is how you do it: Cut out (découpez) a long triangle, roll it up on a (…)
Monday, August 2 2010
- THROUGH MY WINDOW - Redbubble today did a special MONDAY MISSION where you had to photograph what you could see from your window. This is what I put in: I didn't cheat (tricher), some people did. It said specifically "get up and show us what you can see. The view from your window, front door or office. Perhaps the end (…)
Sunday, August 1 2010