Juicing it
Originally uploaded by joellaflickr.
We cut down our organic fruit delivery to once a fortnight because we just don't eat that much fruit. Chucking away overpriced kiwi fruit makes me feel even more evil than having a standing order to a gym I never visit. (NB cancelled that years ago).
I do like citrus fruit, but even that is a struggle unless someone peels it and sits it in front of me. So once a fortnight we end up having a big juice. And I have to say, it's usually glorious. This time we had blood oranges and pink plus regular grapefruit. The juice was an improbable pinky-orange somehow reminiscent of student cocktails featuring too much grenadine (= any grenadine).
Every time I drink the big juice I think mmm, fruit is great, must eat more fruit. Never happens.
joella
4 comments:
That's the same thing I do on a Tuesday. It's my smoothie night. Kiwi, banana, grapefruit.
And then some yoghurt or milk.
Who cares if it's the equivalent of two quid a glass, it's yummy.
Don't think of it as eating fruit, think of it as a weekly cocktail. In fact, why not just put some vodka in it and MAKE it a cocktail.
One that's full of fibre and goodness and is "eating fruit."
Lovely photo - again!
Are you excellent at blogging and photography/design because of practice (having looked at your blog from a couple of years ago, would you agree with me in thinking it's all improved?)
What is your secret - to good writing AND good design/photography?
Hello Anna! Thank you, I am very flattered! Yes, what's there is really down to practice. I've been working in communications of one form or another since 1994, and doing online stuff since 1998. I've seen a lot of crap websites, including a lot of crap blogs, and it's possible to work out what's good by avoiding what's bad. And then copying what you see that you like, there's nothing original about any of it!!
I suppose if there's one thing I do it's write for an audience. I always think, will someone else get this? And I tend to write long and then cut. If I'm drunk when I write then the cutting sometimes happens the next day. And yeah, I've got a bit better at it over time as joella has developed her own voice. She's not me, really. I'm not nearly so reflective.
I'm actually not very good at all at design, but I know how to tweak other people's code to make it look a bit different. joella's template is a standard Blogger one with a different colour scheme and dimensions, and some nicked javascript to rotate the photos. And I know how what kind of photos look good on screen, and how to optimise them so they look better (I use Paint Shop Pro). And Blogger improves all the time, as does Flickr, which is what I use to manage my photos.
Basically I'm a bit of a geek, only not as big a one as your boyfriend.
Damn, there goes my feminine mystique.
Well, I know we may have a -slightly distant - 'family dimension', but I have to say I fing your blog quite inspirational.
I know I'm new to this computery thing (hate 'em) - but your blog is the best one I've read. It's loads better than the woman in America who won 'blog of the year' - she is racist if you ask me. I have to say that yours is a lot better than the ones you say you read a lot too. Your writing is easier to understand. I like Freeman in Preston, but still not as much as yours.
But the reason it's quite inspirational is because it's mundane-ish (ie what you're up to, and we know you're not Cherie Booth) - but very feel-good, the humour is in there very well. It's definitely improved since the start - probably the story-telling element incorporating the feelgood factor.
If I had to criticise, (and I'd welcome comments from your other 'fans ' here) - I'd like to see less music and drinking references. Music - yes, everyone loves it (I mean, come on - who doesn't?), but barbling on about people like Nick Cave just isn't helping anyone. If you are/have been drunk - no one cares and we don't need reminding of it.
I'd like to see more about politics, current affairs, feminism and funny stuff.
PS Did Phil tell you the best christmas present he received - I'd recommend it to you and your 'mates' 'Are you a Geek?: a 10 to the power of three test to establish how'. He did the test and turned out he was 'NerdMeister General'.
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