…& LIFE COMES FULL CIRCLE – CLICK CITRUS!
“The distance doesn’t matter, it is only the first step that is difficult.”
Marie de Vichy-Chamrond
Life comes a full circle in many more ways than 1. Yes, I’m 1 year old in blogland & everyday offers exciting, new insights & views galore. Gathered some courage to peek into my first couple of posts & know now how far I’ve come. One of my first posts were not even remotely related to baking…the Indian tailor Bird in our yard, which adopted a plant in our garden & sewed a nest, laid eggs, hatched the chicks…which flew crookedly from plant to plant! I followed crookedly with a camera not knowing that ‘macro’ was a function in photography too, not just boring old Economics that I had laboured through in college! Why am I bringing this silly topic up?
Hmmmmmmmmmm…because, it was then that the kind Bee welcomed me into this scary world & asked if I would like to be part of Click, the theme for September was Eggs! She gave me a days grace, & I posted the only eggs I had ever clicked in my life…Tailor Bird Eggs! Eeeeeeks, don’t get me wrong, I had no intentions of cooking the precious things…but now wonder what possessed me to post these poor eggs in a foodie photo competition!! (Bee, of course, never said a word, & graciously accepted my silly, unfoodie entry!!) 
Walked out this morning to see that the tailor bird has returned & begun setting up another nest…a full year later!! 
Circle complete…& life goes on to another month of CLICK! With Jugalbandi‘s CLICK, I began burning some midnight oil to read up about my point & shoot. Discovered ‘MACRO’…WOOHOO… & then would macro shoot all day long…..still do. Every month of CLICK throws up AMAZING pictures, a huge & steep learning curve for me. I stand nowhere in the running, but something within wants me to send a participative entry…
The August 08’s theme is CITRUS. One of my favourite foodie & natural flavours. The freshness & zing of Citrus is unparalleled. It’s got this ‘get & up & go’ thingie which I absolutely love. So, here’s my entry for CLICK CITRUS: August ’08. Why do they look all shrivelled up? Story follows…
…& brings me to my current obsession! My previous one was yeast, the battle of which has been largely won, so I’ve moved on to trying to plant a ‘tangerine’ plant. I love the ornamental look, beauty & freshness of this plant. Was speaking to a neighbour last evening, who said to me that the plant would grow from seeds. Had saved up 2 tangerines from making ‘Seville/Bitter Orange Marmalade’ earlier this year & dried them for posterity. Hit the soil this morning, spade & all; have shoved some seeds into Mother Earth…will now check every morning to see if I’m gonna get lucky! If you never hear of this obsession again…you know the seeds didn’t oblige or my green thumb is history. Hopefully from a seed shall grow a plant!
A rambling post like this isn’t often me, but I have so many criss-cross connections in my 1 year old blog-brain, that I need to add a few last clicks!
For the Jugalbandi duo… !!
These three ‘busy’ pictures are dedicated to the hardworking Bee & her equally hard-working better half, Jai! If you look at these creatures at work, you’ll know where she got her name from! These buzzing ‘bees at work’ are currently buzzing in the tree outside my window & I was terrified they would attack me.
They didn’t! I got as close as I dared to, clicked & did the vanishing act. Not good to tempt danger…but wanted to put these busybees/ yellow wasps (Ropalidiini)in for Bee. They looked so pretty, with huge green eyes like aliens!! 
Deeba @ PAB
About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
16 Comments
Nags
lovely clicks 🙂
nicisme
Those are mighty scary bees you have there, never seen any like that before!
Good luck with the seeds, and the terrific photo for click.
bhagyashri
Great snaps! The busybee Clicks are fabulous.
OhioMom
Your pics are fantastic!
arundati
beautiful pics deebs….i love the ones of the bees….that is damn close!!
Dhanggit
oh these are all great shots!! you know what, i thought the last two photos were candies LOL then i looked carefully…thats the time i realized they are not 🙂
Cakelaw
Stunning photos Deeba, and congrats on turning one!!
bee
wow. those bees are beautiful and scary. i always enjoy your entries, dear deeba. they are creative and elegant. thanks once again. sending some growth vibes to your tangerine.
Laurie
Oh my GOSH!! If you don’t get an honorary mention along with a medal for those bee captures I’ll be so amazed!
I love the post Deeba, and your photo’s! You must have a fabulous yard!! 🙂
Ciao and hugs..
Bharti
lol…laughing about the tailor bird eggs. Lovely pictures! The bees looks so scary! Lovely shots of them..
noble pig
Those bees put me in a tizzy..wow…terrifying.
Cham
Kind of scary movie with the bee shot 🙂 Love the citrus click!
Tom Aarons
Those are some brilliantly colored but very scary looking wasps. Lovely photo!
Kitchen Flavours
Hi, Congratulations on u r blog anniversary. I love that stone cake and nice click of pics for the event.
Rosie
Stunning photos Deeba!!
Rosie x
Rajani
you are living surrounded by such beauty – its no surprise it reflects in your food and baking! I love your au natural photography – the wasps, the tailor bird, and the oranges, I hope they do catch up on your patch of earth. big hug on turning one!!!