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About Me
- un petit morceau
- Corrales, New Mexico, United States
- My mother grew up in Paris, one of 11 children, and had memories of bomb shelters and only flour and water to eat, as well as raucous family meals.[What else could they have been with 11 children?]When she landed in America as a young girl, she paid her way by assisting the dietitian with all the meals at her Ann Arbor, Michigan school.So family tradition,hunger and a decidedly forward thinking school cook all led to food and dinner time being somewhat of an obsession.My mother would always prepare a 2 and sometimes 3 course meal for us.Working beside Mama in the kitchen was a cloth woven with long periods of comfortable silences,confessions,laughing and the intricate ballet required when you have more than one person in a New York City apartment kitchen.What I write here has so much to do with this woman who would literally swoon eating a marron glace. Appreciation, gratitude and wonder.She had those and I hope to share some with you.
BEAUTIFUL PHOTO!
ReplyDeleteProbably pretty heady scent. We had a bunch about that size at one point.
ReplyDeleteNana, did you take the photo yourself? The candlestick - lavender - light - shadow - very impressive. I like it!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Lenka it is a beautiful photo! Having one of the candles in shadow adds to the overall composition; that being said I would suggest a hint of additional highlighting on the lavender as my eyes are drawn first to the candles... One way to do this is to use a large white card or reflective surface reflect sunlight into the shadowed area in the bottom half. Kudos, N.
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Thanks,all!
ReplyDeleteand Bob, great tip-I didn't know how to accent the lavender and I always take the picture just as I'm seeing it.
Beautiful photo- I wish I could get my lavender to grow like that... maybe next year, I've heard the first year can be tough.
ReplyDeleteThe light is beautiful there!
N, next time you're at an art/office supply store you may want to pick up a sheet of white foam-board (I think they come in various sizes up to 4 x 8 ft) - I recall 20+ years ago attending AIFL (Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale) buying a boatload of 'em to use as light-reflectors on photo-assignments. You can pick one up & keep it handy around the house and at the next photo-opportunity they're great as an indirect light-source in a pinch, altho they're lightweight and can be a bit troublesome on windy days...
ReplyDeleteThat being said, the most expressive photos are about the 'moment' & don't necessarily require pre-planning... I still my recall my trip to ABQ a few years ago & those murals in downtown ABQ. I'll never forget those...
BV
Very nice photo!
ReplyDeleteOur local paper has a spread including several recipes using Lavender and other flowers. I'm trying to dig up a link to it. Frustrating, as they seem to only include about half of any issue on their website.
ReplyDeleteIf all else fails, I'll scan and post.