bringing the holiday home: this old house thursday

house "in" a hill: cappadocia

house on a hill: istanbul

house on a hill: england

house on a hill: brattleboro

Bringing the holiday home: street food

Street food in Istanbul

Yummm.

No street food in England but the best pub food I've ever eaten at the best named pub I've ever encountered: The Fox Goes Free

Street food in Brattleboro

Bringing the holiday home: a tale of two members of the camelidae family

Ooops, no camelidae family here, just cows in the English country side.

Llama in winter at the Retreat Petting Farm, Brattleboro

Camel in Cappadocia

bringing the holiday home: a tale of three flocks

Sheep at the ruins of Yoros Castle, Anadolu Kavagi, Turkey

Sheep in Vermont.

Sheep in Charlton, England.

the slipper knitter

...she carries a plastic bag filled with slippers she has knitted.

she touches my glasses to show me how she must struggle to see.

but there is no sign of struggle in her work which is as bright and flawless as she must have been once,

as I must have been.

...she touches my back

and I wonder how many generations we would have to unravel to find that we are related.

but we are already past what blood ties might mean

we are just two women, one old, one not-quite-so-old,

sitting in the sun of Cappadocia.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL

time to mow the grass

Our little lawn had turned into a minor jungle during our absence.

brattcat returns

After a few weeks of globe trotting, I'm happy to return to Brattleboro where spring has fully emerged. Enormous bouquets of thanks to Simkitty for filling in during my absence! And to all of you for making her feel welcome with your great comments.