Saturday, November 12, 2011

Saturday Snapshots -- Spices

To participate in the Saturday Snapshot meme post a photo that you (or a friend or family member) have taken then leave a direct link to your post on Alyce's blog At Home With Books. Photos can be old or new, and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see. How much detail you give in the caption is entirely up to you. Please don’t post random photos that you find online.

Today I'm taking another picture from Grace's travels. These are from the market in Aix en Provence. Something about these spices just says exotic:

And up close, they just make me want to dig my hands in and watch them pour through my fingers.

19 comments:

gautami tripathy said...

I love spices. And when sold like this, I can't resist buying!!

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(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

Very very cool photo. I don't think I've ever seen such volume of spice and all so colorful.

Laurel-Rain Snow said...

Oh, yummy! And so colorful, too. Thanks for sharing....

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Grace said...

Glad you're having fun via my pictures! Love you

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Nise' said...

They are so pretty looking.

Trish said...

The colors alone have exotic written all over them. Beautiful!

Peppermint Ph.D. said...

so interesting to see spices laid out like this! I just want to dig my hands in the containers :)

Noreen said...

I thought that they were pies initially!

Grace, I think you have an eye for interesting photographs like your mother.

bermudaonion said...

I love the colors!

Anne@HeadFullofBooks said...

This is how they sell spices? How cool is that? the smell must be something else, too.

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Alyce said...

Those bright colored spices are so beautiful! They do make me want to dig in (like colorful clay). :)

Sheila (Bookjourney) said...

That is really cool... who knew spices could be beautiful!

Unknown said...

The spices look so inviting and delicious! The colors are so vibrant and beautiful. I agree with you, I'd love to run my fingers through them and smell the, too!

edgar said...

Is there a simple way of learning how to use spices like which spice belongs to fish, chicken, lamb, etc...?

Pooch said...

Mmmmm. I can almost smell the aromatic atmosphere.

:)

Louise said...

The colours are so wonderful. They are very tempting. I love seeing them displayed this way. So much more enticing than packets.

Karen Harrington said...

Leave it to the French to make spice display a work of art!

Irene said...

How spectacular the fragrances must be.

Linda said...

Ah, the spices for sale at the Aix market. Brings back great memories.

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