I had a bit of fun while cooking dinner last night. One for Jude for his Life in Colour and also Dr. B and his Challenge your Camera – Still Life
Here we have:
Bitter marrow – hubby’s favourite. Steamed and then stir fried with black bean sauce.
Zucchini – Chopped and coated with olive oil and oregano and roasted in the oven.
Suger Snap Peas – Peeled and stir fried with garlic, soy sauce, mirin and sesame seed oil.
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This week although Dr. B is hosting the challenge, the theme is from another blogger – Sheree at View from the Back.
I’ve gone with a Kite theme and some are from the archives but some are new for a change!
The featured image is of kite surfers at the Costa de Calma Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain.
Both of the above photos are from our time in Hyderabad, India. In the left photo you can just make out the kite these young boys are trying to fly. It was taken at Paigah Tombs. The photo on the right is again boys flying kites, but I would actually put this in the genre of “dangerous” sports! I was quite far away when I took this with my Canon Powershot and used maximum zoom, hence blurriness.
On my way home the other day, I stopped at Matilda Bay Reserve, Perth, WA to take some shots of the kite surfers. The wind was up and they were going great guns, skimming over the choppy Swan River.
“Let’s go fly a kite, up to the highest height”
This week Dr. B has posed the challenge of bridges. I remember posting some bridges earlier, but here goes again!
Standing 52 metres high, the rusted steel structure finish was designed to blend in with the trees in the gardens. It provides a potent reminder of the rusted steel of camps, farms and mines in the Western Australian bush at the time of Federation. Source: Kings Park and Botanic Garden
There is a short story about Macclesfield Bridge. In October 1874 a barge containing coffee and nuts exploded under this bridge. The bridge was destroyed and three men were killed, but the iron columns were left intact. The explosion could be heard from a mile away and caused uproar among the animals at the nearby London Zoo. (Posted as part of My A to Z Travel Challenge – L is for London – Part Two – 🏴)
This week’s challenge by Dr. B is adding a touch of colour to a black and white photo or taking most of the colour away and just adding a splash. What a challenge this turned out to be! It has really tested my brain cells. Anyway I have managed a few with a photo editor that is already embedded in my computer. Photo Scape X. Although I’m still not sure I’ve got it correct.
