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Reasons to love Turkey (4)
And after this, I'm going to stop spamming you all :-)
Under the cut, a few random bits and pieces of things that amused me while we were there.
This little chap was in the habit of sunning himself on the edge of our balcony, and one morning, he was kind enough to pose for a photo
The story has a sad ending though. About two minutes after this picture was taken, the poor little guy was dead :-( At the hand of this assassin
who we promptly christened Dyson, because she hoovered up every damn thing she could get her beak around. She beat the bounds twice a day, regular as clockwork, morning and evening. I only saw her lucky enough to get something as substantial as a lizard once though.
These flowers were growing along our balcony
I admired them every morning with my early morning cuppa :-)
One thing about trips in Turkey - there are always commercial opportunities *g*. We got taken to a carpet factory, and onyx factory and a plate factory producing traditional Anatolian pottery. All very beautiful, but The Man kept my hands out of his pockets ;-)
If I could afford one of these, I'd have lots.
I thought these grapes were cute. And the plates were utterly gorgeous
But I have loads of them scattered about the house already, so I resisted :-)
Everywhere you went, there was fruit growing. Citrus, pomegranates (lovely bright red ones, not like the anaemic little brutes you can get in the shops over here) and of course, grapes growing over pergolas to provide fruit *and* shade.
These little chaps were at Pamukkale. They looked so pretty in the lovely light, I couldn't resist snapping them.
And last but not least - that's four posts now without any mention of sexual situations at all. So here, for your edification, is a picture of an orgy --
Hieropolis was *crawling* with snails after the rain - and they were taking full advantage of the numbers LOL
So, that's it :-) Back to auld claes and cauld porridge now :-( Or more accurately, the last chapter of the Battle of the Harvest. Eee, it were grand though :-D
Under the cut, a few random bits and pieces of things that amused me while we were there.
This little chap was in the habit of sunning himself on the edge of our balcony, and one morning, he was kind enough to pose for a photo
The story has a sad ending though. About two minutes after this picture was taken, the poor little guy was dead :-( At the hand of this assassin
who we promptly christened Dyson, because she hoovered up every damn thing she could get her beak around. She beat the bounds twice a day, regular as clockwork, morning and evening. I only saw her lucky enough to get something as substantial as a lizard once though.
These flowers were growing along our balcony
I admired them every morning with my early morning cuppa :-)
One thing about trips in Turkey - there are always commercial opportunities *g*. We got taken to a carpet factory, and onyx factory and a plate factory producing traditional Anatolian pottery. All very beautiful, but The Man kept my hands out of his pockets ;-)
If I could afford one of these, I'd have lots.
I thought these grapes were cute. And the plates were utterly gorgeous
But I have loads of them scattered about the house already, so I resisted :-)
Everywhere you went, there was fruit growing. Citrus, pomegranates (lovely bright red ones, not like the anaemic little brutes you can get in the shops over here) and of course, grapes growing over pergolas to provide fruit *and* shade.
These little chaps were at Pamukkale. They looked so pretty in the lovely light, I couldn't resist snapping them.
And last but not least - that's four posts now without any mention of sexual situations at all. So here, for your edification, is a picture of an orgy --
Hieropolis was *crawling* with snails after the rain - and they were taking full advantage of the numbers LOL
So, that's it :-) Back to auld claes and cauld porridge now :-( Or more accurately, the last chapter of the Battle of the Harvest. Eee, it were grand though :-D
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BTW, the photos weren't boring in the least! I'm glad you shared, and I thoroughly enjoyed them, as I drank coffee on a cold, wet, dark fall morning and tried to wake up enough to start work. :)
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Glad you enjoyed the photos! it's pretty dank here as well, thus very hard to believe that we were just there, in the sunshine and the beautiful scenery.
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Thank you for post these great pics. Good to have you home safe and sound
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I did give that damned hen a few hard stares though LOL
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*adds to list*
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Seriously - if/when you do Europe, you really need to add Turkey to the list!
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Ah, the plates. The plates were all utterly beautiful. The carpets were even better though - I'd love to buy at least one of those. I keep trying to justify it as an investment...
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Thanks for the offer of help :-) I've got a photobucket account, but I think I'll need to investigate flickr further, it seems to be a decent service. Nicci raves about it anyway! So if that's two of you using it and happy with it, seems I should definitely look into it :-)
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I guess that's an advantage of living in Europe - there are so many places right on the doorstep!
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It is always so easy to get carried away buying pretty things for the house. I have so much that I never display properly. I have somewhat learned NOT to buy too much anymore. Unless I can rationalize giving it as a gift to someone else. I get the pleasure of shopping and get ready for Christmas as well! (g)
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I hear ya about having *stuff* - it does accumulate, doesn't it? Doesn't mean to say that I wouldn't jump at the chance of having a couple of carpets though ;-)Especially the silk ones...