"Not with your fingers, Maureen,

use the tongs to handle the balls"



She actually was, 15 seconds before I took this shot. The time that it took me to stop in my tracks, think about the imaginary dialogue, back track, whip the camera out and take her photograph.
She looked at me.
I gave her a shy little smile.
She did not glare back at me.
She even seemed a little bit amused. Just a little bit though.

If this is not a tacit release form, I do not know what is.

Ok... ok... I probably do not know what is.

What I know for sure is that Hick's Family Butchers is a local business worth supporting. I regularly do. Their Toulouse sausages are particularly tasty in a risotto.