A nice place to hang your hat, sit a bit and relax, take a look at yourself in the mirror and try to treat your neighbor as you want yourself to be treated. 

My pretty sister, Margaret 

Even the local yard getko lizard likes me!! 

A little singing never hurt no body . . . . 

Let's go to Luckenbach Texas with Willie & Waylon and the gang. The successful life we're living has us feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys. So says Willie's song. It really is peaceful and comfortable feeling in this part of the country.  

you have to see it to appreciate it 

these bluebonnets grow in the yards of homes in Fredericksberg like welcomed weeds. 

did you ever see such yellow happiness? 

delicate primrose innocently stare up at you, a pale pink lavander trusting in the sun. 

remember my rambling on about the glory of central Texas wildflowers? These were the pictures of that visit, renewal of a spring gift that only Texas gives you. 

country road and wildflowers of central texas 

I think having a few trust worthy human beings in your circle helps ground you to understanding the rest of the world. For me, I have Alan, my curley headed son so full of creativity and compassion. My life partner, husband Isam, who I can love and trust and learn of the greater good in things, and can argue with and still find the forgiveness. His brother, Bash, who understands me and sometimes comforts me emotionally as my own brother would, of which I have none. My lady friends, young Bernice, seen here on Mothers Day a few years ago, a new Mom, who has taught me how to rejuvenate hope. And my old friend from those developmental years of middle school, Mary Lee, now a wise 

There's more to Marrakesh than Souks, snake charmers, fresh orange juice, the great Koutubia mosque and tastey outside fresca eating, just go there and see. 

Maybe the sun is the same sun as all sunsets, but it's where you are, and who you are with, and what part of this planet you are on matters at the time you see that sunset. 

This is a great pic of Sidi Ifni looking from the Belleview Hotel roof/patio outside our hotel room looking towards the town and what I call the "Oasis" area of the town, with mountains in the background that come down to the sea. 

Check out the left hand corner of pic and note these are European caravans that came to Sidi for a nice little stay along the Moroccan Atlantic Coast. The house in the middle of the pic belongs to a French MD recently retired, and who renovated the property. 

I occassionally drew curious stares from the locals, but that what comes with strangers getting to know one another. 

A local Sidi Ifni woman. i love the colorful caftans these women wear. 

I never tasted a better orange as were enjoyed here. 

At the weekly market just outside the village, the people come for great buys of fresh fruits and vegs, as well as live sheep, chickens and other necessities, as you see in the pic, 

This is Suerto Loco Hotel where Isam and I stayed a few times in past visits. This time there were no rooms available to our chagrin, so we walked up the hill to Hotel Belleview and found a great room there as the window pics show as well as rooftop pics I have. January weather proves to be pleasant and warm, my face shimmers a little with sweat from the sunshine. 

Here is Abdulla's wife. A few days later I spent a few hours with her in their apt above the cafe, sharing family stories. 

I like the open-ness of this little cafe, you see the calmness of the cafe here when it's not busy, but even with evening patrons, it still maintains it's own evening serenity. 

Morning at the Nomad Cafe, Sidi Ifni Morocco, a very peaceful village along the Atlantic coast, the motto of the proprietor, Abdulla, is NO MAD, NO BAD NO SAD. "nuff said?? 

Tea along the Atlantic in Sidi Ifni 

I met these six Moroccan women on the beach at Sidi Ifni. The lady next to me in red shared me her caftan and how to wear it, later invited me to share tea on the beach.