Dinner?
A vista of Fez
Interesting collections of the staff
The medresa (school) shows you how they would indicate the date on a house. The date is in the Muslim calander in the middle of all the calligraphy.
The tiles here go with the big shot of the medresa with the calligraphy and date. This is some detail down on the sides of the doorframe. It is very fine old school zelij. Zelij is tile which is fired, glazed, and then cut into pieces which are fit together into various designs. It's a very old craft and stuff of this quality (you can tell by the symmetry, the intricacy of the design, and how close they fit together). Traditional colors are black, green, blue, and yellow.
The Apartment...the beginning. September 2006
She thinks if she is not looking outside, it will not be as hot!
Skitszo Boy, son of Mama Cat. Died mysteriously December 2006.
this is the Princess Dress
which now has become the Princess Coat
one of the ladies in waiting to the old king wore it to one of the weddings (with a bunch of other stuff!)
and now it is Mine! I love it.
Lela in her normal state, hysteria
The medluk wall detail is the original lime and sand finish on the old walls in the medina. It gets a marbled finish over time. The wood is also original, it is the base to the door frame with the spiderwebs on it.
up the hills of the Medina fully loaded
The old zelej is taken with no flash in very low light (obviously) in a house being restored. These are the original tiles in the old kitchen with years of smoke damage. They will eventually be cleaned and restored.
the ,very deep, well
The lime curing is in a house being restored using traditional materials (lime, fine sand, brick) The lime lets the walls "breathe" and minimizes water damage unlike concrete.
the scaffoling in the Medina
along the walk
The Berber tent post is a detail shot of a large antique post in someone's house. It was sort of a large T-shaped post that went inside the tent to hold it up.
The spiderwed pic is of a restored cedar doorframe in the medina which leads to an old Koranic school.
The restored door goes with the photo of the wooden door detail. It's a cedar door which may or may not have been painted originally. The owner likes the plain wood.
and Good Night and Good Luck!
laundry day in the Medina
after lunch christmas day; a,s,t, and s.
birds of Fez
riding the thermals
Mama Cat
gr-r-r-r-r-r-r
don't flash me when I am wrapped!
it takes a real scholar to type with hands wrapped to protect the freshly applied henna
Katie and Q preparing dinner; Fez/the Villa
Katie and Q preparing dinner; Fez/Villa
Neal, Q, and Katie preparing dinner; Fez/Villa
Katie/the Villa in Fez
Q being brilliant presenting her study
Q and her Discussant at her presentation to the State Department, Rabat Morocco, March 2007
Q and Discussant for the State Department conference, Rabat Morocco March 2007
Q's friend Rhea sent her a huge box of chocolate from the U.S.
Snow!
looking out our back window into the garden
Snow in Fez! 0930 hours local time; 26 January 2007
looking out off the balcony; and it is sticking; free school day today!
looking out off the back of the balcony
Look at that! I came bounding out of bed and grabbed the camera!
in the garden
This is what Westerners do when we see snow in Fez, we pull out the cameras!
that thin white coating is SNOW!
Look at that!
a donkey for Sally
two adorables
a bread factory in the Medina
two more adorables with Sally
The old man and the donkey
another old man, another donkey
th etea roses in “my garden” in the Medina
the garden from the window of the Restoration Museum
view of the Medina from my “garden site”
looking down on the orange trees and the lovely tile
looking out toward the garden
looking out to the Medina to the right
the garden lawn, soooo soft (elevated to protect the roots)
It is called a “shell tree” the blossums resemble shells
explaining to Sally how the lawn is elevated; note the key in his right hand, antique!
ah, the well
the walls surrounding the lower garden, looking up to the orange trees
the orange trees
My friend, the gardener, who remembered me from September!
his garden
Sally and the jasmine
coming up into the upper garden
the herbs and flowers
the courtyard with the two restored fountains, one at each end
one of the fountains
the ceiling of the fountain
donkeys having lunch
donkey behind the car! going for the alley
gotcha'!
palace building across from the very febile park that cost ten dirham to see..
after a long trek, there is the park
stream in the park
we paid 20 dirhams for this poor show!
very febile indeed
febile
looking back up to the entrance
our street
the French Ambassor's home on our street
across from the Villa
the local emergency squad; housed in the former sheep pen
the child can find an animal wherevever she goes..
La posh restaurant du Fes
the best dressed parking lot in town
don't bother me I am cutting coupons! youngest daughter of our seamstress
Oldest daughter of our semstress; making hand made lace
