Still Life

Thanks to fraggle for the original idea TSC2 Ice www.ipernity.com/doc/288659/41186496

Chicken eggs are the most commonly eaten eggs. They supply all essential amino acids for humans (a source of 'complete protein'), and provide several vitamins and minerals, including retinol (vitamin A), riboflavin (vitamin B2), folic acid (vitamin B9), vitamin B6, vitamin B12, choline, iron, calcium, phosphorus and potassium...All of the egg's vitamins A, D, and E are in the egg yolk. The egg is one of the few foods to naturally contain vitamin D. Wikipedia. TSC2 Eggs

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGhWcPRHMAI In 1967, Heinz launched an advertising campaign with the slogan "Beanz Meanz Heinz". The phrase was created by advertising executive Maurice Drake and went on to become one of the best-known advertising slogans in the United Kingdom. Drake later said the slogan was "written over two pints of beer in The Victoria pub in Mornington Crescent". The H. J. Heinz Company, or Heinz, is an American food processing company with world headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Henry John Heinz in 1869. Heinz Beanz were launched in 1901 as "Heinz Baked Beans" and were produced in the United States until 1928. In 1901, Heinz Baked Beans were first sold at the Fortnum & Mason department store in London. After opening its first overseas office in London in 1896, the company opened its first UK factory in Peckham, south London, in 1905. This was followed by a second factory at Harlesden, north-west London in 1919. Production was started at a former munitions factory at Standish near Wigan in 1946. A new factory opened in Kitt Green, Wigan, in 1958. Between 1941 and 1948, The Ministry of Food classified Heinz Baked Beans as an "essential food" as part of its wartime rationing system. The Heinz factory in Kitt Green is one of the largest food factories in Europe, and produces more than 1 billion cans of food every year. Extracts from Wikipedia TSC Slogan

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TSC Halloween food... Pumpkin scones The famous (pumpkin) scone recipe that's still made on the Bjelke-Petersens' Queensland property. Lady Flo's daughter-in-law Karen has taken over the baking duties. Serves:12 Degree of difficulty:Low Cooking Time:15min Ingredients 1 tablespoon butter 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 egg 1 cup mashed pumpkin (cold) 2 cups self-raising flour Method Beat together butter, sugar and salt with electric mixer till light and fluffy. Add egg, then pumpkin and stir in the flour. Turn dough onto a floured board and cut into circles. Place on a tray on the top shelf of a very hot oven (225-250c) for 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven, allow to cool and serve with butter. www.abc.net.au/local/recipes/2013/06/11/3778932.htm Florence, Lady Bjelke-Petersen (born Florence Isabel Gilmour 11 August 1920) is an Australian retired politician and writer. She was a member of the Australian Senate from 1981 to 1993, and is the widow of the longest-serving Premier of Queensland, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Wikipedia For a savoury version (my suggestion), reduce sugar content, add capsicum and chilli peppers :-)

Baked potatoes are often eaten on Guy Fawkes Night; traditionally they were often baked in the glowing embers of a bonfire. Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while guarding explosives the plotters had placed beneath the House of Lords. Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the attempt on his life, people lit bonfires around London, and months later the introduction of the Observance of 5th November Act enforced an annual public day of thanksgiving for the plot's failure. Wikipedia TSC Bonfire night

TSC... next Sunday, please share your own interpretation on maximalism. Moreover, if possible, please share your own story on how you experienced this topic and challenge =) I looked at various images of maximalism in art and decided that generally they were very busy, and there were many abstracts. So, this is a very busy, abstract style, still life. Very busy sums up my life at the moment, moving into our new house, so much to do.

Inspired by Still life with an Earthen Bowl and Potatoes 1885 by Vincent van Gogh. www.wikiart.org/en/vincent-van-gogh/still-life-with-an-earthern-bowl-and-potatoes-1885 First version in comments. Saturday Self-Challenge "Art in general...create an image inspired by one of the artists." Take a new photo or use one from your archives and create your own work of art!

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Pat O'Brien's was established in 1933 in St. Peter Street, New Orleans. The famous Hurricane drink was created mid 40s. Pat was born 1894 Benson Harrison O'Brien in Tennessee, and his father of the same name was born 1848 in Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, an Engineer, who had emigrated to Montreal in Canada by 1873. Under the management of George Oechsner Jr., Pat O'Brien's quickly became the most popular bar in New Orleans. TSC St Patrick's Day. We visited the famous bar in 1982 and they gave us the glass as a souvenir :-) www.patobriens.com/patobriens/havefun/our_story.asp

Added this to the evening's curry, very peppy and aromatic, different! TSC Herbs and Spices

From our garden, Queensland

A selection from our collection, on a tea towel from New Zealand. Saturday challenge - Dishes and dinnerware

Saturday challenge... bright, bold colours, filling the frame, abstract or real. A good topic for today, as my husband was in for day surgery, a cataract in his right eye. All good, and he can see better already. His left eye is fine, so he is very pleased.

This candle holder was a present in the 90s. Still good for a still life :-)

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Tomatoes are fruits that are considered vegetables by nutritionists. Botanically, a fruit is a ripened flower ovary and contains seeds. ... Thus, roots, tubers, stems, flower buds, leaves, and certain botanical fruits, including green beans, pumpkins, and of course tomatoes, are all considered vegetables by nutritionists. britannica.com While they're often prepared and eaten like vegetables, funnily enough, avocados are biologically fruits. Even weirder, avocados are actually single-seeded berries in the same family as sassafras, the bay laurel, and various species of cinnamon tree. While avocados bear no relation to other berries such as blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries, from a botanical perspective, avocados are very much a fruit. avocadosfrommexico.com TSC Scavenger Hunt Tomatoes