Walking in the rain

Some mornings when it’s raining I really enjoy just being out and walking. If nothing else it makes you really appreciate the warm sunny days. This morning the light was amazing. it started very flat and grey but by the end of my walk the rain had stopped and the sun was starting to break…

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In a pickle

They may not be the most sociable things but I just LOVE pickled onions!  And home made ones are the best.  So two nights ago I tucked myself up in front of the wood burner with a couple of bags of small onions and a sharp knife and set about my first pickles of the…

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Waiting

A bit of a different post today.  I took this picture on Friday while I was shooting a wedding at the Assembly House in Norwich.  As I was rushing to the front door of the building to wait for the arrival of the Bride I spotted this old lady waiting for a taxi.  She seemed…

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Waning Harvest moon

Waning moon in blue sky in Norfolk

The waning moon over our house A week ago we had a harvest moon – that is the full moon closest to the Autumn equinox.  Although I didn’t manage to photograph it then, the waning harvest moon was very clear a couple of days ago on my morning walk.

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Texture Tuesday: The Fairy Fair

I’ve come about these photos by a convoluted route.  This weekend our village had a lovely Heritage Festival – which included a local Norfolk music group called Rig a Jig Jig.  I kept looking at the fiddler (as you do!) and couldn’t help thinking that I’d seen him before.  Finally it came to me –…

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My convolvulus is rampant!

“That garden’s a mess!” muttered my Dad as he gazed out of our kitchen window on Sunday afternoon.  He was right of course – as usual my early spring enthusiasm for planting, growing and tending is now just a dim and distant memory.  At the beginning of the summer – after watching an episode of…

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A year of walking pixels

As well as being my daughters birthday the 16th September was also the first anniversary of my morning walking campaign.  I won’t pretend that I have walked every morning for the whole year but as a general rule I’ve managed at least four or five days a week.  As I said in my first Blog…

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A teenager at last!

It seems like my daughter Reya has been a tweenager for ever! But yesterday we finally reached that great milestone of full teendom when Reya turned 13 (and finally got her own Facebook account!) It was a pretty full on weekend.  I took her and some friends shopping in Norwich and let them get on…

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Shutters, châteaux and sunshine

As I type the wind is howling outside the window and the rain is lashing down – a far cry the glorious weekend that has just passed and our lovely last minute, end of August holiday in France. The Pixel Chef Blog has been more than a little neglected over the summer – we have…

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Shutters, signs and Châteaux – 2up takes a holiday!

For the last couple of weeks we’ve been away in France – our first proper family holiday for five years! As is usual with us, we left things until the very last minute and booked everything in just under 14 days!  We were so lucky to find a beautiful gite called Grand Houx to rent…

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