Food is much easier to photograph

So, here's what I was going to show off today:

An easy and pretty salad, inspired by the idea of a 'chop salad' - with credit to Jamie Oliver.  It was followed by a simple roast, making a great dinner.

But when I opened up iPhoto, I discovered my half-forgotten photos from the final stage of the Tour Down Under, and I thought - "Hey, I should post them."

But then I realised that, to be honest, it's a bunch of mostly rather ordinary photos:

Only slightly redeemed by some better ones like these:

So someone remind me why I take the camera??