June 12/10: Cooking

June 12/10: Cooking, originally uploaded by susanvg.

Daily Shoot: Why wait for the perfect subject? Make a photo of something that is unfinished. (Food is not yet finished cooking)

Nothing says summer quite like meals outdoors. Barbeques, picnics or just a meal on the patio, dining al fresco encourages lingering over a meal. Food seems to taste better.

The aroma from our dinner filled the air fanning our appetites. And I wonder who else's. I know when I walk through the neighbourhood and catch the barbeque smells wafting through the air, I salivate. But we had no uninvited guests (other than the insects) and enjoyed the final product accompanied by the evening sounds of birds.

Day 10: Peppers

Day 10: Peppers, originally uploaded by susanvg.

Grocery shopping adds a burst of colour to a snow-white day.I love the colours of peppers - so vibrant. Grocery shopping in winter brings colour to anotherwise white-grey landscape.

Sometimes I think back to my childhood and the availablity of fresh produce in winter. While we had the standards - iceberg lettuce, celery, green pepper... there was not the variety that comes to our supermarkets now. But what is the cost and what is the gain? When we talk about carbon footprint are we thinking of the distance our food has been shipped? Asparagus from Peru. Peppers from Mexico. Funny how vegetables are now guilty pleasures.