Monthly Archives: August 2011

Teaser Tuesdays

Posted on August 30, 2011 by

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/teaser-tuesdays-aug-30/ Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL … Continue reading →

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A reluctant time traveller

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

I stumbled across a prompt, what period of history or event would you like to time travel to? It sent my mind butterflying through the centuries and around the world, to Egypt when the pyramids were being built and then … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Up

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

This week I really couldn’t decide how I wanted to interpret the challenge of ‘Up’, so I thought I would have some fun with . . . a very hungry carp! and a  laughing Arabian . . . And finally … Continue reading →

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Twinset and Pearls at the Golden Horn

Posted on August 22, 2011 by

I’d wondered what sort of person books a ‘Grand tour of Turkey’ and kept my eyes open at Heathrow. Sitting at the departure gate, I got a glimpse of my first pair. ‘Oldies’ travelling friend called them, they must be … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Flowers

Posted on August 19, 2011 by

I’ve just subscribed to The Daily Post where each week there is a photo challenge. Here is my first attempt. I bought a compact macro for my CanonEos 450D about a year and a half ago and never have got … Continue reading →

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Raku Cats and Amethyst, the Archaeology of Me

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

Naturally I want to leave behind something wonderful that creates a perpetual image of an interesting woman of the third millennium AD. But what is there to me really, what makes me ‘me?’ I have watched documentaries about the spread … Continue reading →

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Growing, somehow.

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

Growing, somehow. Crying, why? Depression.  The big saucer eyes red and lower eyelids exposed and vulnerable looking like raw meat, angry, red and sore. The skin on his face was prickly with grey stubble, dry unkempt and with traces of … Continue reading →

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Konya, Mevlana-Rumi and Selimiye Camii Mosque

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

Konya is reputedly the most devout city in Turkey and when we arrived in the hot late afternoon it certainly had a different feel to the other towns along the way. We were directed towards the exquisitely tiled tomb of … Continue reading →

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Tony, who has passed

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

TONY No cross words from your quiet wise lips Just a calm, easy smile An inventive streak. Ships in bottles, ship on the wall Your skills displayed proudly in the hall. You gave me a rabbit’s foot said Is it … Continue reading →

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