Imagine the circular table at a Chinese banquet, with its central Lazy Susan slowly revolving your way, a huge steel wok, alive with the breath of fire, circular bamboo steaming baskets piled high, shielding delicate morsels from heat and the lusting eye, stone mortars, perfectly rounded through time, gaudy enamel ware prepping plates and deep blue porcelain bowls filled with pickled or salted delicacies, round fire pits and circular baskets of peaches, Tang dynasty wooden carvings and yin yang signs, brass metal plaques on doors and circular discs of tea. It is hard to think of Sichuan and Yunnan Province in China without thinking in circles and wishing to return.
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Beautifully vivid!
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As always you have such a variably beautiful collections.
I love them all Fransesca
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Oh thankyou Monda. I couldn’t resist going a bit overboard today.
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Wonderful images around the circles theme (pun intended 🙂 –only problem is now I’m hungry! My favourites are the charred bamboo steamers.
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Yes, I like them too, but never get to sample them when in asia a most contain meat. Might need to change my dietary habits.
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Gorgeous shots, as always 🙂 I love the parasol one!
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Thanks Jess. Enjoying a lazy time sorting photos- January does that. Bring food.
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Interesting take on the subject. Made me hungry too ;). Happy New Year
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Looks like this was the perfect theme for your China archive. I feel hungry now!
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It’s almost dinner time now and this is making me even more hungry. We are having hamburgers (home-made) tonight but, as I purchased an Indonesian cook book over Christmas, this blog is making me want to try the recipes in that book tomorrow night. Mmm, oh the smell of onions cooking is making me ravenous.
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Beautiful gallery, Francesca. 🙂
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Thanks Stefano, I appreciate your encouragement.
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A great collection of vibrantly colored photos!
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Thanks- yes, when grouped in collage, they do look very vibrant.
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Sumptuous and stunning! I wish they made PC’s / Tablets with an aroma Ap.
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Thanks Roly-aroma waves coming your way.
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Sometimes the beauty of both your pics and words blows me away. Beautiful 🙂
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Oh Thanks Maree. Sometimes I wake up early and these things come together- and at other times not. I love writing, first and foremost, and really appreciate your comment on this.
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Hey Francesca .. Such wonderful colours. Your circles of Sichuan are very special 😊
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Beautiful gallery of photographs Francesca, makes me want to go on holiday 🙂
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