garlic by summerfield

garlic

" Hatred, for the man who is not engaged in it, is a little like the odor of garlic for one who hasn't eaten any." - Jean Rostand, a French experimental biologist and philosopher

this is for the new mundane challenge, the mundane object this go-round is 'garlic'.

in the old country, garlic has a lot of culinary uses, and other non-culinary ones including warding off ghouls and vampires. in the rural areas, when there's a pregnant woman in the house, bulbs of garlic are hung at the windows and doors. not only that, a small pouch is filled with garlic cloves and the woman wears it like a necklace.

and no, it's not true that when you don't want to go to school and you want to pretend you have fever, putting crushed garlic in your armpits does not make you have a high temperature. no, it's not true. trust me. :-P
Looks like someone may have experience with trying to skip school with garlic. Haha. This is a great shot of it. I like the close-up composition in black and white.
July 12th, 2016  
Love this... delightful
July 12th, 2016  
Wow. Who knows garlic could be beautiful! Nicely done!
July 12th, 2016  
Haha love your story. Nice shot as well
July 12th, 2016  
When I first saw this I thought it was a flower. It's beautiful in black-and-white and fabulous in detail. Best part is the armpit story.
July 12th, 2016  
Great textures and detail.
July 13th, 2016  
looks almost like a flour! interesting story too :)

(are you going to post any of the umbrella shots?)
July 13th, 2016  
Nice image and enjoyed your story
July 13th, 2016  
@northy - haven't looked at them yet. :-)
July 13th, 2016  
At first I thought it was a flower- it's almost abstract. Good shot!
July 14th, 2016  
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