Coloquintes

yeah, so much for that regular posting. Oh well.

We've been overrun by coloquintes, or gourds. H

Been busy

Fran

Gonna be busy

Might not be any posts for a few days. I had a couple of shoots last week; two dancers, one in conservatoire in Bordeaux who is I think like 15 and it sort of like the picture next to the word 'ballet dancer' in the dictionary, and another who is older but was for a …

More garden stuff

Really quick about the blog name change, H

Bastille Day

I thought waiting to start this blog until the day that represents the French Revolution seemed appropriate, so here we go.

Still not sure how often I will post here. Since I started the first version of this blog, one thing I have noticed is that my 'friends' are far …

The grapevine

Just a couple of shots of the grapevine-


First, taken a few weeks ago when they were just starting-




A little more recent, maybe last week-




And we ran a couple of wires to the patio overhang (can't think of a better word for it right now, because its not really a roof)-





Its …

Slight change to the blog

Just because American

A post is coming

I think I am going to switch over to a new blogging platform. Virb, while it looks nice, just makes it too hard to put images in, and even harder to have comments.

So, I am pretty busy at the moment, but plan to switch over sometime soon...

Printemps

Just a few images from the garden-

The last one isn't from our garden but from the forest near where Helene used to live, a little village called Montclard. Those are Girolles mushrooms, and you can find them wild in the forest that surrounds …

Saint-Savin pt 2

So, this the friend's Aunt's place, called Mouton. This was another one of those little areas in France where there aren't street numbers or anything, just the name of the property.

We had about 12 adults and seven or eight kids, with all the kids sleeping in the …

Saint-Savin

I'll get to the house pics eventually. I took some before we moved in, and it was just a crappy day and since then, we still have the miscellaneous box here or there that I'd like to get out of the way before I take some more. Today looks like it will be a nice day, …

Zurich

Haven't felt like posting a lot lately, but some pics of the house coming soon. In the meantime, I went to Zurich in February and never got around to posting them, so here is a few...

My life in France

Quiche part 3

So, this here is the final product, after being in the oven about 15-20 minutes-

The part you miss in the photos is how creamy and soft it is when its just out of the oven. Almost like a pudding, but warm and cheesy and pork-y and just effin delicious-

Quiche part 2

To pick up where we left off, once the lardon is in the feuillette you need to add the creme fraiche/egg combo, but not before adding some cheese-

Pictured is an emmemental rapé (shredded), but you can use all kinds of cheese, and for instance the last time we …

Quiche

So really, where did that whole 'real men don't eat quiche' thing come from? Was there some other reason that Americans were pissed off at the French in the early eighties, sort of like the Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast thing more recently?

And really, is there …

Uncle Yves, part 2

Sorry its been a while, been kinda busy lately...

Here is another shot of Yves with that carrot (I don't think this was the biggest one)-

I don't know how much land he had, but he had enough for a really good sized garden. And as well, there was a pen that …

Uncle Yves

We recently did the two week after Christmas Christmas thing with Helene's family. Pretty fun, and pretty funny too- both Helene's mom and aunt gave me some homemade chocolates, all tyes of creams, and nougats and all of it really tasty. They didn't give her any! …

Cyclops returns

So, I find it weird that I also had a one-eyed cat living on my street in Venice Beach. Except with that cat, someone, quite literally, took a marble and jammed it into its eyesocket. It was the most bizarre looking thing and Ieven have pictures somewhere but I am not …

La Maison Radieuse Le Corbusier de Rezé part 4

This last set is from the interior of Erwan and Delphine's apartment. Since this wasn't a planned shoot or anything, I didn't really take a ton of pictures. You know, their stuff is everywhere and on top of that the place is really narrow, which is a problem with a …