Edible Beauty by maggiemae

Edible Beauty

Its raining today. I have a hanging plant with nasturtiums and taking a photo as below, I never knew they had that centre!

If you zoom to get a good photo and can’t be very still as required, take the photo from way out but with the greatest resolution, then crop it. I’ve only read 50 pages of this 350 pages of the book John gave me and I need to read those 50 again!

Three good things:
1. Had steak and onions and put sugar in the onions and they became ‘caramelised onions’!
2. Fire on again today!
3. Enthusiasm for anything!
O beautiful!!
October 20th, 2016  
P.S. Love steak and onions!!! Mmmm...
October 20th, 2016  
Well this is certainly a magnificent photo of the spectacular flower. Apparently you are learning something from that book that John has given you. As long as you keep working with it you will remember a lot of it don't sell yourself short.

It sounds as if your weather is behaving like ours and seasonal. Your onions sound divine. Good thing you had some enthusiasm for cooking
October 20th, 2016  
@grammyn @happypat said she was having steak and onions a couple of days ago and that gave me the idea! The world of 365!
October 20th, 2016  
I love nasturtiums, so spicy :)
October 20th, 2016  
My nasturtium goes rampant and my husband is always trying to cull it. Nice POV
October 20th, 2016  
Lovely details and colours
October 20th, 2016  
I bought a magazine called Delicious the other day simply because it had a bowl of onion soup on the front cover. I made sure I had all the right ingredients in to make it including Gruyere cheese but up to now I haven't had the time. I was reminded because you start of by frying onions with added sugar to caramelise them.
Your nasturtium looks very exotic!
October 20th, 2016  
@happypat I know that onion soup has gruyere cheese in it but that is one cheese I don't like! Would be nice with any other sort of hard cheese though!
October 20th, 2016  
@maggiemae The recipe has crusty bread with the cheese on the top so not actually in the soup. I have never had that type of cheese & I only bought a bit. Will try soup recipe this weekend.
October 20th, 2016  
@happypat Oh thats right - put the crusty bread with cheese on top of the soup and grill? Actually rather delicious and a good meal!
October 20th, 2016  
@maggiemae We shall see!
October 20th, 2016  
A pretty nasturtium. Mine are boring orange ones, that have self seeded and growing up through the deck.
October 20th, 2016  
Glorious colours and contrast. Fav
October 20th, 2016  
So pretty!
October 20th, 2016  
@shepherdman thank you Mr S! This plant makes a good hanging plant and so colourful!
October 20th, 2016  
@jankoos Jan - haven't heard from you for a while! Nice to see you comment here!
October 20th, 2016  
Bep
Enjoyed reading the recipes. Beautiful nasturtium.
October 20th, 2016  
Thanks Maggiemae. I have been dealing with some health issues - hoping to be back in the saddle after the New Year. My hubby bought me a wide angle lens for my birthday recently so there is some motivation. I have been taking pics but not posting. Hope to change that soon and so happy to see so many of my friends still here.
October 20th, 2016  
Super colors and details in this flower shot
October 20th, 2016  
What a interesting and pretty flower. I took a shot of some of Becky's Nasturtiums a summer ago but I don't remember them being as frilly. Love the color you got here.
October 20th, 2016  
That's gorgeous! I've never seen one with such a rich colour! Your photo is beautiful!
October 20th, 2016  
as beautiful as it is rich in its colours, they have an eeriness about it by looking at those seemingly sharp protrusions. which i would guess would be as soft as the petals anyway, but just the same...aces for the shot!
October 20th, 2016  
Love the gorgeous colors and the close-up!
October 20th, 2016  
@terrinorthwind Thanks Terri - I couldn't use a tripod for this shot as it was above me so had to take it from a distance and then crop it!
October 20th, 2016  
This picture would brighten any cold, rainy day.
October 20th, 2016  
@maggiemae Nice to have someone making those menu suggestions isn't it?
October 20th, 2016  
What a beauty -- just reminds me to buy some seeds for next year -- I have not grown any for years , and they are very pretty and flower for ages ! We always had them in my mum's garden , (Flowers and seed-heads edible )We always dried the seed heads from year to year but occasionally my mum would spot a new variety she would like to grow !
October 20th, 2016  
@beryl They are easy to grow and seem to pop up again from the earth the next year!
October 20th, 2016  
Bright and beautiful! Are you adding them to your salad?
October 20th, 2016  
Such a wonderful vibrant colour!
October 21st, 2016  
@inthecloud5 Now that you mention it, I'm going out to get some leaves and a flower for a salad tonight!
October 21st, 2016  
What a gorgeous vibrant color... taken at this angle such a different & beautiful capture..
October 21st, 2016  
Beautiful!
October 21st, 2016  
Very unique flower. FAV
October 21st, 2016  
Wow! Love it! FAV!
October 21st, 2016  
Beautiful flower.
October 21st, 2016  
Fav!
October 21st, 2016  
Thank you Sylvia - don't know if you can grow this flower in your dry area. It does need lots of rain - or watering!
October 21st, 2016  
Stunning detail and colour.
October 21st, 2016  
Very beautiful fav
October 21st, 2016  
Excellent shot, great focus, super colours. Fav.
October 21st, 2016  
Stunning image. Will definitely have to check out these flowers, a closer look for sure
October 21st, 2016  
Such a vibrant colour
October 21st, 2016  
Wonderful nasturtium Maggie. I made some stock yesterday and am turning it into soup at the moment. I think it will be loosely described a vegetable. I just raided the veg box and the fridge and added anything I fancied. I hope it turns out OK!
October 21st, 2016  
Beautiful capture, great POV
October 21st, 2016  
Great close up, like how it fills the frame
October 21st, 2016  
all this food talk is making me hungry.
October 21st, 2016  
Wonderful shot - they look too good to add to the salad - fav
October 21st, 2016  
Beautiful focus and colour, Maggiemae
October 21st, 2016  
Gorgeous colours, gorgeous light and gorgeous fav.
October 21st, 2016  
Lovely capture
October 21st, 2016  
Beautiful...Fav
October 21st, 2016  
Beautiful fav
October 21st, 2016  
beautiful! great colours and details
fav
October 21st, 2016  
@sweetsue53 I put a single flower and a single leaf beside John's toasted sandwich and it looked so good!
October 21st, 2016  
I think your fav @flowerfairyann Ann . is gorgeous too! Thank you!
October 21st, 2016  
So gorgeous.
October 21st, 2016  
Beautifully captured - great colour
October 21st, 2016  
GORGEOUS!!FAV!
October 22nd, 2016  
Love this plant and especially the lovely color this one has. I've never tried growing them, but your previous picture gave me the idea. maybe I should try them in a pot and let the flower hang down over our 6 ft high deck railing. what do you think, would that work. fav.
October 22nd, 2016  
@bruni If you get a lot of the stems hanging over together to give a bit of strength it would be best! They can be broken by strong wind.
October 22nd, 2016  
Is this plant better suited for ground cover or borders
October 22nd, 2016  
@bruni Not borders, Bruni - it is inclined to wander - needs a bit of space! Good ground cover for a slope!
October 22nd, 2016  
Maybe that is why I never tried them. I've very little space and all is flat with trees so very little full sunshine. thanks, Maggie.
October 22nd, 2016  
@bruni Good in a pot if there is some sun somewhere!
October 22nd, 2016  
Ok that I can try. will let you know next year.
October 22nd, 2016  
Love your entusiazm!!!!
October 22nd, 2016  
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