Holiday Dressing

The Keck “Holiday Dressing” has been a tradition for many decades. Over time it has been modified many times. Way back it started out based on Pepperidge Farms Stuffing Mix with various additions. Chestnuts were a long running feature, then pecans replaced them. The latest version makes it into a low salt dish. Ingredients about…… Continue reading Holiday Dressing

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Green Bean Casserole

Green Bean Casserole

A green bean casserole has been a must for every holiday dinner in our family for ages. The current low-sodium version is pretty much like the classic as featured on every box of French’s Crispy Fried Onions. That product is reasonably low, claiming just 60 mg of sodium per two tablespoons. Here we use canned…… Continue reading Green Bean Casserole

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Happy Holidays!

Holiday Lights 2023

All the best for the Holiday Season! Holiday Lights 2023

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Ghost Spider

Ghost Spider

It can happen to anybody, of course. As I was getting ready to take a photo of Mrs. Joro, I accidentally pushed the release button all the way down. I hadn’t focused yet and was still wondering what aperture I should use. When I heard the click, I mumbled something to myself, something on the…… Continue reading Ghost Spider

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… around and about

Years ago I had a website dedicated to providing a review of happenings around and about my sites. Maybe the time has come to do this again, but here, rather than in a separate site. Actually, I did something akin to this in my last post here. This time, however, I will do it a…… Continue reading … around and about

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In other places …

Visit my other sites to see these sights … Two Cameras – Two Views Gallery Ludwig

Red Awnings

Red Awnings

Another version Here a version that really emphasizes the topic. Find a different take at Silver Canvas. Red Awnings

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Diamond

Diamond in the making … After my clean, precise “Doily” how about something messier? It started with a nice photo of a daisy – and went downhill from there. There are two dozen, yes – 24, transformations of that photo in my files. They were created over a month’s time. Here are the (currently) final…… Continue reading Diamond

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Doily

Doily

Recently a series of kaleido-art images concluded over at Ludwig.Gallery. The show received scant notice. That was not unexpected. Here is a brand new, unpublished kaleidoodle titled “Doily”. Just to remind anyone coming by that this addiction is not going to end anytime soon. Doily

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Feeding Time

Seeing an Appreciating It is not at all uncommon that a photo of mine that I consider one of my best, or at least one of my favorites, gets yawns from my friends. In fact, most of the time when picking “good photos” from my collection, others rarely pick what I hold dear. There is…… Continue reading Feeding Time

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Green Gem

Green Gem

My kaleidoscopic art is an on-again off-again activity. Now, as summer of 2023 gets underway, I seem to spend a little more time with my “kaleidoodles”. Some are along the classic lines and quite abstract, others delight with flower manipulations. They are spread out all over my sites. Maybe when the “pile” is large enough…… Continue reading Green Gem

Tree

Tree glowing in photoodle glory Nothing special, just a photoodle of a sycamore tree.

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Visitors

Another bunch of emails … Yes, I keep getting emails, many like this (edited to deny fame): This email was sent from your website “Cafe Ludwig” by the Wordfence plugin at Friday 27th of January 2023 at 10:54:39 AM ……A user with IP address XXXXX has been locked out from signing in or using the…… Continue reading Visitors

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