When a person has and shares her talent with others, I feel it should be acknowledged.  In addition to a forty plus year career as a physical therapist, our friend Ingrid, is an extremely creative person.  As another friend, Jim, said "Not every artist is a painter".  So true.  In addition to her many other skills, Ingrid has become a master tart designer and builder.  She has an innate sense of color, depth, and texture that is apparent every time she creates one.  These particular tarts were such a feast for the eyes that I had to try to give photographic credit to her as best I could.  Simply seeing the lemon and berry tartlets brightens the senses and the soul.

Not having photographed blueberries in combination with other lighter and brighter fruits and texture was an interesting lighting project.  Their darkness, along with the reflective power of the glaze that is applied after baking to the top of many fruits used in tarts, provided a nice challenge.     

Thanks to Ingrid for taking her tart baking to a whole new level, and to Barbara F. R., Jean & Sam, Tim A., Marilyn G., Catherine, and Steve for writing during a week of wild and wooly spring weather in the southern Rocky Mountains.  I am very lucky and thankful to be surrounded by artists of many stripes, who keep the world sane during unsettled times.  

until next Monday,

DB

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