Paintings

Navajo Indian weaving, Arizona

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Pictures and images for children, third file (watercolour sketches)

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Dance

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Belize, Mexico, Guatemala, San Salvador

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mesange bleue (blue tit)

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Egypt – a blog

Some kind of mid-life crisis hit us when I turned 50 and we suddenly, with no pre-meditation or planning, decided to take up scuba-diving and go to Sharm el Sheikh. In our last (or almost last) bid for retaining Youth, the pyramids and other great sights would have to wait. For a year or two […]

Marrakesh

If you have not yet been to Marakesh, it is high time you went. I totally adore haggling in the markets and you don’t get hassled and hussled the way you used to, though it is still quite difficult to shake off an amateur “guide” who is determined you are his client for the day. […]

Turkey

When we reached Troy, it rained and rained and rained. And when it stopped raining, what did it do ? It took a deep breath and just started raining again. We drove in to Turkey on the western border, having driven up from the south of Greece where we had been basking in warm sunshine. […]

Siena

Did you know that St Catherine of Siena is said to have swallowed a cup of pus to prove that nothing was beneath her ? That may and may not be true, and in the 1300s people did do all sorts of odd things, usually to prove their piety. Catherine was a nun and pious […]