Stairs to the Roof

Friendship

The first photograph is mine, taken near the bus stop on Blvd. Mohammed V in Marrakech.


This second one is a beautiful photo by my friend UmmLuz (mother of Luz/light) who has just visited Essouira and who has promised me many more pictures.......stay tuned.
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Magic Windows

The top photo is from last summer's summer rental outside Essouira.
The whole house had weird colors but bags of charm.



The picture below is one of my favorite photos of our little house.
When we arrived all the windows were yellow glass with a design in it.
Plain glass is much prettier and multicolored more exciting.
So I went up to the glass cutters and had them cut me lots of panes of pure colored glass.
The bathroom walls were pink tadellakt (sort of polished plaster).
The reflctions change during the course of the day.

Cheerful Birds/Color

IMG_0206.JPG, originally uploaded by schmidwix2.

Sparrows on the roof

Place Djemma ElFna

Late afternoon:
Lots of dried fruit for sale.



Night:

The biggest barbecue in the world..........



Very Early Morning:

The water truck arrives and washes the square.



Morning:

All that grease and dropped food needs serious scraping..........


Later Morning:

The square begins to fill up with people and trucks and mopeds.
The building in the background is the post office.

Stationery Store/Medina

Stationery Store/Medina, originally uploaded by schmidwix2.

Back to school - sigh -
Some of these books are for shops and offices - but some are for the classroom.

Pink Ladies on Derb Djedid

Pink Saturday!hosted by Beverly at How Sweet the Sound.

DSCN1780, originally uploaded by schmidwix2.

An afternoon outing.

Shop Windows in 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

IMG_0161.JPG, originally uploaded by schmidwix2.

Recipe:
Chicken breasts
every veggie that's in season
love and attention
magic seasonings
long slow cooking under a conical hat
one could attempt this outside Morocco - Williams Sonoma now has packets of tagine spices -
but much better to go there.............
sigh

Mostly Pink/ Pink Saturday

Pink Saturday is hosted by Beverly of How Sweet the Sound. Go to her site for more details and other participants.

Shop front on Derb Dabachi.



Outside Cafe France. Waiting by the caleches.



A hand painted sign above a closed butcher's shop in tne medina.



Shop selling towels in Gueliz.



Ollie relaxing in the sun on the roof.