Sunday, 8 December - Friday, 13 December 2013

Sunday, 8 December 2013

Early on Sunday morning my daughter and I flew down to Gatwick, the first leg of our journey to Marrakech. We had loads of time to kill so we caught the train down to Brighton and went to Bill's for Sunday brunch. Delicious and so civilised. I can highly recommend it! We caught the train back to Gatwick and then our second flight of the day, to Morocco. Crazy place and more of that later.

Monday, 9 December 2013

A culture shock? I should say so. I am not sure where to start, so won't just for now! I am just going to allow myself to catch up with a photo a day for December, and then do a proper Marrakech post with chat later.

Tuesday, 10 December 2013

The dyers' souk. I love colour so this was a memorable part of Tuesday.

Wednesday, 11 December 2013

Jardin Marjorelle. The Moroccan home of Yves Saint Laurent. An extraordinary garden and of course the legendary blue of his house.

Thursday, 12 December 2013

A last look at Morocco. Marrakech is an extraordinary place and I only have three days' worth of memories but they will be enough to keep me going for a very long time!

Friday, 13 December 2013

So back in the old routine today. Took the children to the school bus, took the dogs for a walk, hung up the washing, did some leaf sweeping and dismantled (finally) the runner bean frame, went to a coffee morning at the children's school and then a Tesco shop, and that was all before lunch. But all the time the last few days are rumbling around in my head. I wrote bits and pieces down at the end of each day in Marrakech and I will go through my notes and log it all properly, together with photographs, in a longer post over the next few days. In the meantime, there's no place like home!

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In a vase on Monday - colour

The intense colours in my vase this week come from nasturtiums, sweetpeas and a single glorious zinnia! Their beauty and love of life speak for themselves and need no further words from me! Enjoy!

Coastal walk from Gullane to North Berwick

By the time I have walked about four miles, my toes are screaming at me - it's the arthritis, you see. One of the joys of being that little bit older than I was. However, for a long time, I have been keen to walk along the beaches, and follow the coastal path, between Gullane and North Berwick. So, having worked out the tide times, I decided today was the day, and off we went. Below is our starting point, the bay at Gullane. It's a lovely beach, very popular with dog walkers. This is looking east, the direction Tilly and I were going to take. Looking back, up the Forth, the unmistakable bulk of Arthur's Seat, and Edinburgh's skyline, just clear enough to see. For most of the walk, there is the choice between wandering along a series of beaches, or following a path along the top of each. There's no denying it, at heart I am a shell-seeker. I have loads of shells at home. We lived on one of the out islands in the Bahamas for a just over a year, ...

Possibly the last post and a sizzlingly hot vase on Monday

The border in our tiny garden is in an in-between phase at the moment and not very colourful, but elsewhere there are pops of high summer colour and I have brought them together in my vase today. The running wave uses Blogger as it's vehicle and they are changing the way a post is created but unfortunately I cannot make the new format work. I can't progress beyond the title! I cannot navigate to the main body of the post to create text. The new template has no prompts for adding photos, weblinks, to format the text, change font etc. It may be my old MacBook that's as fault but I can't do anything about that!! Are any other IAVOM bloggers who use Blogger having the same problems? I have tried, three times, to contact Blogger through their 'Help' prompt and received no feedback or contact whatsoever. This post is using the old 'Legacy' format, which no longer permits any kind of formatting of text, and so after four attempts I have finally manage...

the running wave

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