Recent Posts Tagged With 'morocco'

• A Marrakshi Cat

  Posted on Sunday December 14th, 2008 at 19:42 in cats, morocco, marrakesh

  Photo courtesy of a good friend who also makes Marrakshi cat calendars.This looks a pretty typical kitty who likes to keep abreast of world events....

• Shop Windows in Gueliz

  Posted on Friday August 22nd, 2008 at 07:45 in fabric, morocco, gueliz

  Wonderful rich fabric.What curtains or cushions of our dreams would it make?A rather meagre selection of articles in the electrician's window.A thousand splendid magazines for every taste. Note the inflatable Santa in the doorway.............

• Ismail's Mom's Magic Chicken Tagine

  Posted on Monday August 18th, 2008 at 08:05 in recipe, morocco, tagines

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• The Beach at Night

  Posted on Friday July 25th, 2008 at 13:10 in beach, morocco, night, essouira

  These are really poor quality pictures but rather fun nonetheless.They were taken from the Sea Chalet fish restaurant right overlooking the beach at Essouira.In the distance are the lights of the harbor itselfSomething magical about the water at nigh...

• Looking up in Morocco

  Posted on Saturday July 5th, 2008 at 06:26 in architecture, morocco, marrakech, claudia schmid

  These are lovely thumbnails of pictures Claudia took all over Morocco. Go to flickr.com and look up Claudia Schmid to see lots more pictures from Morocco and other parts of the world....

• Shadow Shot Sunday

  Posted on Sunday June 29th, 2008 at 06:35 in morocco, shadows, essouira, claudia schmid

  These pictures are for Shadow Shot Sunday hosted by Hey Harriet in Australia.That's the glory of the web - we can getin touch with people from all over the world.Anyway, this week I'm utterly cheating. The pictures are all by our daughter Claudia Sch...

• Hidden Gardens

  Posted on Tuesday June 17th, 2008 at 06:06 in gardens, morocco, maids

  Altogether too many street scenes and interiors.In a city one craves green. The gardens of the Bahia Palace are both are wonderfully messy and well tended at the same time.The outer garden, just after you come in the main gate, has wildflowers and co...

• Gracious Hosts in the Countryside

  Posted on Monday April 21st, 2008 at 02:13 in hospitality, decor, morocco, roses, peacocks, atlas mountains

  There is a huge walled garden full of old olive trees and a long drive bordered by luxuriant roses.Some of the roses need dead-heading to make more and better ones - even though there are plenty already.The old-bat English lady-gardener in me determ...

• Open Doors

  Posted on Thursday April 10th, 2008 at 06:46 in Color, architecture, beer, morocco, marrakech, gueliz

  We are heading back to Marrakech via London.I hope doors are open to greet us - like this unusual blue one in the medina.Or the door to the beer garden in Gueliz - no women allowed.My friend J. as an 'honorary man' gets to go in.I never tried since I...

• Cafes

  Posted on Friday March 14th, 2008 at 04:12 in solaris, morocco, marrakech, hot chocolate, cafes, gueliz

  After all the excitement of rushing through all the doors in the world, we are sorely in need of refreshment.The possibilities are endless.This first pictures is of Cafe Negociant in Gueliz.The man on the right is there every morning for several hour...

• A Breath of Fresh Air

  Posted on Friday March 7th, 2008 at 05:32 in desert, morocco, Waves, atlantic, doors essouira marrakech light architecture

  The old medina is lovely but there are few trees and altogether too many mopeds and it makes you forget how huge Morocco is.Once you get outside the city a whole new world opens up.These shots were taken from a bus heading to my favorite spot - Esso...