"Eat more kale" say nuritionists. That's quite easy for us, since kale grows readily in my little vegetable patch. So much so, that's hard for us to keep up with it. Fortunately, our local food bank accepts donations of fresh vegetables from gardens, so I can bring a bagful there. And recently, I found a use for the blossoms, but that is a story for another day.
I noticed that rain droplets make pretty patterns on the textured leaves of my Red Russian kale and yesterday I was able to capture an image that satisfies my aesthetic sense.
The photo above is my contribution to edition #34 of Black and White Wednesday - A Culinary Photography Event created by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook and hosted this week by Sra of When My Soup Came Alive.
The photo was shot in color and then converted to black and white.
This post contains the gallery of photos submitted to the event.
On this page, you can find out who is hosting the current and future editions of the event.
I don't think I've ever eaten kale, Simona! Just seen it on a lot of food blogs. I like looking at greenery after rain too!
Posted by: Sra | May 25, 2012 at 09:41 PM
Lovely shot in black and white. It is nice you can make a donation to the food bank.
Posted by: Paz | May 26, 2012 at 08:40 AM
Hi Sra. Kale has steadily gained in popularity. It's a sturdy plant and in my garden it grows year round. It's quite versatile and tasty. I hope you get to taste it some day.
Ciao Paz. I am glad you like it: it is kind of somber. We have a wonderful food bank here: they do all sorts of creative things to make sure food that is available gets to people who can use it.
Posted by: Simona Carini | May 27, 2012 at 03:20 PM