tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839115413113895922024-02-18T18:06:15.624-08:00The House in MarrakeshLife in Derb Djedid.
Lots of photos of Marrakesh in Morocco.
Daily life, decor. ArchitectureElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comBlogger336125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-483911541311389592.post-6468007839554689392013-03-16T10:47:00.000-07:002017-08-01T07:23:37.955-07:00Magic Windows, Marrakesh and Elsewhere<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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All photos taken Feb and March 2013</div>
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Windows, like doors, always hold a hint of mystery...</div>
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a moment of transition between inner and outer.</div>
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This window is in the Artisans' Ensemble in Marrakesh</div>
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as is this one. How Moroccans love colored glass as I did when we lived there.</div>
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Decorated window and door frames abound.</div>
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Here at Sherazade, the little old hotel we love in the medina right near Djemma ElFna, the windows have safety grilles. How many patterns can you see?</div>
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More windows at Sherazade --here facing the courtyard.</div>
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As above.</div>
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A nice austere window at the Bahia Palace.</div>
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Last two windows in hotels in Tiznet</div>
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and Essouira.</div>
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The history of the Moroccan seacoast is complicated --variously French, Spanish, Portuguese. You can read about it <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidi_Ifni">here</a></span>.</div>
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Anyway, in late February we drove south to Sidi Ifni, where the Spanish were in charge until 1969. It has something of the air of a town-time-forgot --but the town hall is freshly painted.</div>
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This looks a little like a fort in the Spanish Sahara.</div>
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The cinema is being renovated --albeit astoundingly slowly.</div>
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The town square, high above the Atlantic, has charming plantings and a small encampments of protesters. We make a point of not getting involved in politics when abroad.</div>
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February flowers!</div>
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The Spanish consulate. A splendid building which could/should/maybe never will be restored!</div>
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A wall with shadows.</div>
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A mosque.</div>
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Robert outside the long defunct Twist Club</div>
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One of my great friends in Morocco has a farm in the verdant land heading towards the foothills of the Atlas Mountains.<br />
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Here looking out of the enclosed garden of the house where I had the most delicious <i>trid</i> I have ever eaten. Anyway, in the depths of New York winter, I hear that I have missed the publication of Paula Wolfert's new book, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.paula-wolfert.com/books/index.html">The Food of Morocco</a></span> and that Barbara's family are in it.......... gosh! (<a href="http://moroccomama.wordpress.com/">http://moroccomama.wordpress.com/</a>)</div>
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A room in a friend's house beckons. The tile floor, the funny old chair with the star design, the curtain billowing so slightly in the breeze.<br />
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Must reads about Marrakesh include Peter Mayne's 1956 <i>A Year in Marrakesh</i> (Eland Press) and Leonora Peet's almost-impossible-to-track -down <i><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Women-of-Marrakesh/Leonora-Peets/p/9780822308126">Women of Marrakesh</a></i> which contains one of the most chilling stories I've ever read called "Couscous of the Dead".</div>
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Anyone setting out on the great adventure of owning a house in Morocco should read Tahir Shah's <i>The Caliph's House</i> --or read it anyway; it's stunningly good.<br />
And if you haven't yet read <i>The Arabian Nights</i>, well, a treat in store.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">at this atmospheric painting in the window of an antiques shop in the souks.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">My photo is terrible, but you can see the hard ground of the stony desert</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">and the men alone with their sheep.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A photo taken this February of Place Djemma Elfna.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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How very senseless and sad the tragedy there today.<br />
Our hearts go out to the families of those killed and wounded<br />
and all our Moroccan friends.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.riadvillaelarsa.com/">Dar TahTah</a> is a wonderfully funky no-frills tiny guest house</div><div style="text-align: center;"> tucked away in the medina just near the straw market</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">with wonderful checker-board stairs </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and a tiny little courtyard</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">When we lived in the little house in Derb Djedid it had bags of charm -- but probably all sorts of structural defects and quirks.<br />
There was the time when we had to jump over a giant hole in the stairs and had to have an entire beam replaced.<br />
There was the time the courtyard filled up to our knees with flash flood water.</div><div style="text-align: left;">So, it was exciting when we heard that the new owners were completely remodeling the place.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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So, this is where the salon was -- an uber-swanky kitchen. Gosh.</span></td></tr>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Look at the wonderful storage carved into the very thick walls.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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This is the front hall. The floor was raised 18 inches and the scruffy little WC is now a utility room.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The stairs are in a quite different place. Above where the old kitchen was.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking down into the courtyard......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking up from it.......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">I was happy to see jasmine on the roof. So, the little house has an entirely new life which is thrilling.</div><div style="text-align: left;">We were welcomed back for a state visit. I was surprised that I wasn't a bit sad --just pleased to see how well the work was done. Grant Rawlings of <a href="http://www.chic-marrakech.com/">Chic-Marrakech</a> designed the new house and oversaw the whole project.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-483911541311389592.post-4694674675561424542011-03-08T05:46:00.000-08:002011-06-07T04:06:26.496-07:00Cats/Part II<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the whole, Moroccan cats are pretty fortunate.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They get to wander around at will and get petted by everyone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They tend to be both handsome -- and noisy. They call out to catch your attention.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They assume they are welcome in shops --here a blanket seller in Essouira.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and kittens outside a ceramics shop in the same town.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How nicely the white cat contrasts with the blue door!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A sensible choice of venue: underneath a fishing boat.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the inner garden of the Bahia Palace......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">and little kitties just hanging out in Essouira.<br />
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Most of these photos were taken in Essouira one of the places you<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sindibad, the monarch of all he surveys, now lives a very pampered life</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> but was born in the vegetable market in Djemma El Fna.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This elegant young lady is our Mimi reincarnated -- the same multicolored fur and up-slanted eyes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Taking a nap in the old part of town in a nice cardboard box.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Waiting for her babies to arrive in a nice sunny spot in Essouira.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This mother-to-be was photographed in exactly the same meat market where Sindibad</div><div style="text-align: center;"> (in the top picure) was born. May her kittens be just as handsome.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-483911541311389592.post-1940826673307358822011-03-03T07:44:00.000-08:002011-03-03T12:50:55.756-08:00Light at Susie's House<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the magical things about Morocco is how light......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">is tossed from a lamp casting shadows ......</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> seeps in though internal windows.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> falls slap onto oranges in the courtyard</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and bathes the pale roses by the pool.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Blue and red glass in the fanlight brighten a quietly colored room.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So very many cushions in the salon!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and how sharp the shadows of the olive tree in morning light. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">In the evening the candles flicker on a sheepskin rug in the courtyard.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">All the photos in this post were taken in February at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.riadvillaelarsa.com/riadvillaelarsa-english.htm">Riad Villa el Arsa</a></span>, my friend Susie Scott's very old guest house in the medina where we stayed part of the time we were in Marrakesh. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-483911541311389592.post-80472967663901308592011-02-26T13:07:00.000-08:002011-02-26T13:07:32.157-08:00The Beach at Essouira<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRuzp3Hmrk_kZzEvRs5VEMpdkOTfpjtfsAY8kpyMlr-CtlAZ6XkowILyLwYgP1GYaEewZtOCCxH8Cx21wpgyz1LgJRNfEn29eaVHtKOdPkPA7-bO9w84Cw6X86XB6wyijjCm3jlBINVaA/s1600/DSCN7712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRuzp3Hmrk_kZzEvRs5VEMpdkOTfpjtfsAY8kpyMlr-CtlAZ6XkowILyLwYgP1GYaEewZtOCCxH8Cx21wpgyz1LgJRNfEn29eaVHtKOdPkPA7-bO9w84Cw6X86XB6wyijjCm3jlBINVaA/s640/DSCN7712.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Late afternoon light.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Looking back towards town</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The remains of a strange fish.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the sands</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Reflections.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The water was surprisingly warm.....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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