Elizabethwix

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• The Art of Travel

  

  Well, I now have to admit that we are back in New York, and although I love being in different places, I loathe the actual traveling bit. The waiting in... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• A MoroccanFeast

  

  One of the delights of going anywhere is sampling the food.Another is discovering instant folk art. Here is a little restaurant just off derb Dabachi where the... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• A Town of Blue Boats

  

  * Essouira, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, is a blue and white town. The fishing boats are all painted in the same colors --some fresh, some faded. Blue and... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2011

• Cats/ Morocco Edition Part I

  

  Sindibad, the monarch of all he surveys, now lives a very pampered life but was born in the vegetable market in Djemma El Fna. This elegant young lady is our... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Haircuts, Music and Magic

  

  Lots of dogs have had their hair cut Milo has. So has Hodges. This is because spring is coming. I am still very fuzzy. When I went over to Jasper's house, he... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Just People/Maroc

  

  The new airport is rather splendid and airy. It provides employment for all sorts of people. I don't think in America there would be six people in suits... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2011 TRAVEL

• A Town of Blue Doors/Essouira/Maroc

  

  Marrakesh is dusty pink and rose and coral; Essouira on the Atlantic Coast is blue and white with splashes of yellow. Almost every single door is blue........ Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Doors and Windows in Gueliz/Marrakesh

  

  Last Sunday morning we went up to Gueliz early, so all these photos are from the French colonial part of Marrakesh. Gueliz is very different from the medina... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Night/Marrakesh

  

  **** Dusk gathers in the square... and the full moon rises behind the cave of Alladin. Smoke rises from the food stands as the caleche driver waits for fares.... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL

• Light at Susie's House

  

  One of the magical things about Morocco is how light...... is tossed from a lamp casting shadows ...... seeps in though internal windows..... falls slap onto... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• My Family Are Back

  

  They came home at lastand bought me a rug to sit on but I am not allowed to chew it up like I did the last one.This is a picture of a monkey they saw.I have... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• So Much to Say

  

  Just back, jet-lagged and stupid, from two weeks in Morocco where we used to live. Herewith some photos of the marvelous fresh fruit -the strawberries in season... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2011

• Scenes from Everyday Life/Marrakesh Medina

  

  Some informal pictures of ordinary life in the old town. Coffee, conversation and watching the world go by..... Bringing chickens to market. A woman in very... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Locked Door

  

  The door to the 18th century Portuguese delegation has had the same cobwebs on it for the past ten years. It is down a narrow lane behind the battlements on... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2011

• The Beach at Essouira

  

  Late afternoon light. Looking back towards town The remains of a strange fish. On the sands Reflections. The water was surprisingly warm..... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Beach at Essouira

  

  Late afternoon light. Looking back towards town The remains of a strange fish. On the sands Reflections. The water was surprisingly warm..... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Patterns at the Palace/Morocco

  

  Such colors and designs! all photos taken at the Bahia Palace in Marrakesh, Morocco. Feb 2011 Every available surface is patterned and decorated. In the first... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• I Did Not Go On Vacation

  

  Mum and Dad went on vacation.I am at home.This is a cat they saw....This is a dog rolling in dirt. This looks like fun.This is a donkey who has to pull things i... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Colors to Delight

  

  Friday spent wandering around...... Flowers in the garden of La Mamounia the wonderfully posh hotel where Winston Churchill stayed long, long ago.....and where... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• At the Jardin Majorelle/Friday

  

  Even the little ticket office has bags of charm..... and introduces you to bleu Majorelle and the yellow and the green..... the colors are what blow you... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL