Tag: fruit

22 Sep

Keeping up

Keeping up

I’m walking down the street early this afternoon. I’ve just had a successful meeting. Things are going well. Suddenly, there’s a lemon tree, complete with lemons, …

 
By Lynsey
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07 Jan

Pizza time

Pizza time

End of the day, end of the week, it’s pizza time. We come home from work, and in our kitchen laboratory we create food together. …

 
By Lynsey
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12 Aug

346 – Dessert Island

346 – Dessert Island

I prefer to regard a dessert as I would imagine the perfect woman: subtle, a little bittersweet, not blowsy and extrovert. Delicately made …

 
By Lynsey
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05 Aug

339 – Micro jewels

339 – Micro jewels

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography. — Federico Fellini I find the micro jewels exposed when I cut open fruit and vegetables …

 
By Lynsey
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31 Jul

334 – Exotic fruit

334 – Exotic fruit

Mmmm-mmm — Chilean guavas. I love fruit, and I’ve always had a particular attraction exotic fruit. As kids Mum would never buy us fireworks for …

 
By Lynsey
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17 Jul

320 – Crab apple jelly

320 – Crab apple jelly

Saturday. I think about sleeping in, but instead I get up and make a start on converting a stash of crab apples into jelly. Crab …

 
By Lynsey
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04 Jul

307 – Pure gold

307 – Pure gold

How completely beautiful. This afternoon I took the pear and quince juice my sister Gillian brought us and made jelly. Jam is good, but jelly …

 
By Lynsey
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12 Jun

285 – The money tree

285 – The money tree

O, money tree, you who live by our front door, in the company of Ozi our elephant, now is the time. Our car needs a …

 
By Lynsey
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15 May

257 – Lemon zest

257 – Lemon zest

Our lemon tree is finally fruiting this year. I believe it has fruited before however the indifference of the previous owners and the unforgiving nature …

 
By Lynsey
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18 Dec

109 – Afternoon strawberry delight

109 – Afternoon strawberry delight

“Would you like a strawberry,” asked a colleague. At the same time placing in front of me a punnet full of red luscious berries. Who …

 
By Marica
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