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Healthy Vegan - In and Around Marseille Part 1

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More photographs from my holiday in  Marseille Street Art ,   but being in and around Marseille.  Welcome to Marseille.  The Port in Marseille.  Marseille Harbour   Marseille's giant mirror canopy called the Port View Pavilion.  Palais Longchamp I saw this giraffe and another below and couldn't help thinking of Johanna who blogs over at Green Gourmet Giraffe .  I think she would love these. Marseille's buildings are steeped in rich history.  I marvelled at them, every time I walked by one that - Yes, its true what they say about tourists - You know how to spot them?  They are the ones who tend to look up!  I know, I was one of them.    Part 2 of In and Around Marseilla coming soon.

Healthy Vegan - In and Around Marseille Part 2

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More photographs from my holiday in  Marseille, South of France , this time not focusing on  Marseille Street Art ,   but being in and around Marseille.   Approaching the Mucem in Marseille .   European and Mediterranean Civilizations Museums The exhibition at the time was called Divine Migrations , focusing on three civilization in the Mediterranean - Egypt, Greece and Rome,  This quote from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is very pertinent right now with the crisis in Syria and the refugees.     Marseille Cathedral in the Background, below a close-up - but it was closed to the public.   Notre-Dame de la Garde in Marseille   Marseille  This is a replica of MichelAngelo's statue of David.  I am sharing this particular picture of the dramatic stormy skies in Marseille with Skywatch Friday hosted by Yogi , Sandy and Sylvia.   In and Around Marseille...

Healthy Vegan - The Friday Before Halloween

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So it's the Friday before Halloween.   I thought I would share this post  Five on Fridays  hosted by Amy at  Love Made My Home . Last year I was humbled to judge some cakes at a community event in the city centre.  I never got round to sharing the pictures on my blog last year, so here are a selected few from Halloween last year. One - This one by the way is not one of the entries, it was the prize for the winner.  Two - These Halloween cupcakes were the winners, for taste but also for visual impact and effort.  I love the individual pumpkin, the witches hat, the grave-stone heads, and look close there is even a spider and a ghost!  We had this Chocolate Bundt cake covered in skull heads. Three - There were also plenty of savoury nibbles, such as these creepy black olive spiders.  Not the best picture, but don't they look like they are moving - they were delicious to eat. Another savoury morsel topped with peppers, olives, s...

Healthy Vegan - Vegetable Palette: Orange Round Up

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Welcome to October's round up of  The Vegetable Palette  and  Fruit Palette :  natures colours - natures goodness' '.  The theme for October was  Halloween Colours  and we had three fantastic contributions .   (Please scroll to the bottom of the page for the new theme if you would like to take part this month). I begin with a Tangled Thai Salad with Lime Peanut Dressing  made with yellow beetroot and carrots from Janet at The Taste Space. Next we have a Chickpea and Butternut Squash Schnitzel from the Veg Hog. The purple carrots looks fabulous too.  And finally we have a golden bowl of  Tangled Thai Salad with Lime Peanut Dressing  made with yellow beetroot and carrots from Janet at The Taste Space. Next we have a Halloween ideas for future inspiration. If you would like to participate in the Vegetable Palette or even the Fruit Palette, then please follow Tangled Thai Salad with Lime Peanut Dressing  made ...