mosaic road

Kitties

I love Essaouira for a lot of reasons and the adorable street cats are almost at the top of the lengthy list.

Falling hopelessly in love

Polly

My beautiful Polly never came back and I miss her everyday. I can’t stop myself looking for her as I cross the courtyard or enter my building as she always knew the sound of my keys and came running .Its really quite soulless living alone with no pet. I can’t bring myself to replace her just yet....I still dream that the person who stole her will bring her back to me, her mother...the mother she adopted .
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Just going from A to B !

Balak Balak !

This little donkey train was moving hides from the tannery to another part of the Fès medina...moving at a fast clip clop too !

Beware of Donkeys

In Australia we have lots of signs warning about animals crossing highways and country roads , especially kangaroos. In Morocco no warning signs whatsoever but plenty of animals crossing including mother to be donkeys and baby ones too !

Moments of Mine

I watched the sweetest child yesterday feeding a little handful of grass to a friendly hungry goat and it just reinforced to me how important these tiny interactions are. It’s so important for children to love and respect animals and to learn about their care. People may come and go in our lives but our pets are a constant, offering unconditional loyalty and love .

Cheesey !

While cycling through Holland we made a stop at a cheese farm where the farmers wife makes cheeses from cows milk that is literally straight from the cow...the milk is three minutes old, in fact. Eighty cows are milked in an hour so she makes a lot of Gouda. Each day she uses a different flavouring including garlic, truffle, pesto, pepper and cumin. There is also a cafe, a cheese shop and a bnb....so this is one busy farmers wife !

Inner city grazing

Inner city grazing .... this is something I have come to expect in Morocco but I was not expecting it in Belgium. There was a big mixed flock of goats and sheep chomping away on the grassy verge between the river and a main road ... maybe it’s instead of a mowing man

How much is that doggie in the window ?