Tourists – they come down here and act like the own the place. Portrait – Canada Goose
Author: LudwigKeck
The Numbers Game
A fun challenge – Search the photo archive for “127” What does a text search for “127” in my photo archive come up with? Now I have two archives, a local one on my laptop, and a more complete one on an external drive. I decided to join Judy’s challenge and see what comes up…… Continue reading The Numbers Game
Shrimp and Grits
Shrimp with Vegetables and Grits Maybe a bit heavy on vegetables, but my shrimp and grits offering satisfies and tastes delicious. As is proper for such fare, cooking starts with a roux. A spoonful of flour and about two tablespoons of butter in the pan. Cook until golden. Then add olive oil and the cut-up…… Continue reading Shrimp and Grits
Kaleidoodle
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Winter Bloom
It is wintery cold outside. The low last night was below 14F (-10 C). Nothing is blooming around the house. The daffodils haven’t made their appearance. Although back in 2017 this is how far they had come up: Back then, just a few days earlier things looked like this: However, today inside, the Christmas cactus…… Continue reading Winter Bloom
Sycamore in Winter
Ludwig Keck – Sycamore in Winter – 2024
Vegetable Soup
Hearty Vegetable Soup This hearty vegetable soup will hit the spot on any wintry day. It has a little of everything, including lentils and pasta to make it into a wholesome and satisfying dish. Ingredients 1 onion – diced Half a bunch of celery – diced 3 carrots – diced 1 green pepper – diced…… Continue reading Vegetable Soup
Potato Soup
A wintry potato vegetable soup On a cold, blustery winter day a hearty potato soup is really satisfying. This version includes vegetables, lentils and pasta making it nice and thick. Ingredients 1 bag small potatoes – cut into bite-sized pieces 1 onion – diced 1 green pepper – diced 1 red pepper – diced 2…… Continue reading Potato Soup
Happy New Year
All the best for 2024!
Happy New Year
Happy New Year
The year 2024 presents new opportunities and new challenges. It has always been fun to join in with other bloggers on challenges. My site to engage in those activities was the Two Cameras – Two views site. For reasons explained elsewhere, I have decided to bring my responses “home” to a page here at Cafe…… Continue reading Happy New Year
Mashed Potatoes
Our tradition has always been very simple mashed potatoes made from potato flakes in a box. It takes just a few ingredients: Water, butter, milk, potato flakes. Since salt is a no-no, I use a teaspoon of garlic powder. Ingredients 1 cup water 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup 2% milk, use less for thicker mashed…… Continue reading Mashed Potatoes
Gravy
The formula for simple gravy is “1-1-1” – One tablespoon butter, one tablespoon flour, one cup of liquid. Gravy starts by making a roux, pronounced as in kangaroo, with butter and flour in equal amounts. The two are cooked with continuous stirring over low heat until the mixture takes on the desired color. The longer…… Continue reading Gravy
Broiled Sweet Potatoes
Our sweet potato recipe has varied over the years. The current version has gotten good reviews. Bananas, maple syrup and honey are the ingredients that set this recipe apart. Ingredients 1 bag sweet potatoes (usually about five) 1 banana – peeled an sliced 1/4 cup olive oil 1/4 cup maple syrup 1/4 cup honey 2…… Continue reading Broiled Sweet Potatoes
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
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
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
Carolers
Happy Holidays!
All the best for the Holiday Season! Holiday Lights 2023
Ferns in Neon
Ferns in Neon
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
highlight of the month
Partial Solar Eclipse – October 14, 2023
… 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
In other places …
Visit my other sites to see these sights … Two Cameras – Two Views Gallery Ludwig
Coming soon
Photographers In preparation over in the Ludwig.Gallery
Red Awnings
Another version Here a version that really emphasizes the topic. Find a different take at Silver Canvas. Red Awnings
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
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
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
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
Another Day
Another Day
Tree
Tree glowing in photoodle glory Nothing special, just a photoodle of a sycamore tree.
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
Lament
… why, oh why? It is really, really frustrating. This website used to be hosted by a small internet service provider. As I was planning to add features, I started to feel bad. WordPress was changing and the new approach put more and more computing chores unto the severs. In days past the html code…… Continue reading Lament
Along a Scenic Route
A day of pleasant travel and stops There is a folder named LAB on my hard drive where I temporarily keep photos for post-processing. As happens to us older folk, occasionally photos there gets neglected. Last week I was looking around and found a subfolder with a single photo of a building with interesting dormer…… Continue reading Along a Scenic Route
Finishing the Move
It has been quite some time since the move of this site to a new hosting provider got underway. Many things have gone wrong, there were many delays. It is getting close to when it is time to say enough – it’s done. One if the objectives was to get better performance. That has been…… Continue reading Finishing the Move
“My Street Photography”
It has now been more than five months since I announced “My Street Photography” project here. At six o’clock in the morning each day since then a new image has been posting over at Ludwig.Gallery. The project is approaching its finish. In fact, all the photos have been uploaded and just a few remain to…… Continue reading “My Street Photography”
Rolling Exhibit
It started about a year ago when I was invited to do a presentation on street photography. Although I have admired street photographers all my life and enjoy photographing the goings on in public places and all around, I have not tagged myself “street photographer”. In fact, I have not even tagged photos in my…… Continue reading Rolling Exhibit