Down town make over?

Today I took a taxi down town to see if I could find any nice fabric (a new grandchild will come in December, you know!).

Well, I found myself standing looking at dresses when I noticed that something was going on on both sides of the busy street.

First I just recognised a strange smell, then I sew all the men painting the iron curtains in front of all shops in a rather nice mild turquoise colour.

I think it will look lovely ….when the shops are closed!

Shoe collection to the children in Bahia

This is a real “solskenshistoria” (story with a happy end).

The chairwoman of SAWA wrote in the latest newsletter: “When we were on our last visit to the Badia, distributing the rice and sugar that was approved at the September general meeting, I was disturbed by how many children were barefoot. They were walking around on sand, dirt, rocks and broken glass. I asked around for people to donate to me their children’s old shoes. Unfortunately, I don’t know too many ladies with young children anymore so I was not able to collect too much.
Then I wrote to a friend of mine in Saudi Arabia who has 4 young boys and owns a small preschool. She started a collection and the amazing thing is she was able to get 17 boxes, 2 suitcases and 2 bags full of shoes, jackets and clothes. She sent them to me by bus and when the bus company employees found out why she was sending them, they didn’t charge her for the transportation.”

Multiple capacity

Tonight I have baked a cake ..... listened to a book with one ear and waited for the phone to ring with the other ear ...... and tried to make a new page to the scrap book ….and looked for new ideas in a scrap magazine …

Spagetti bolongese( no recipe needed)

Bo is back from Bagdad, hamdulille, and he had time for a quick meal before he left for Beirut.
Well, we will not get tired off each other, that’s for sure!

My collection of (old) men

Under water

Anna-Karin has problems with uploading pictures to Elin's blog. So here comes a picture of her here!

A pre-Roman villa ....

As usual, I don’t know how many times I have written this sentence, we had big difficulties to find what we were looking for….!
We wanted to make a short drive outside Amman and look at something interesting. I inquired my guide book, as usual, and found an interesting place just west of Amman.
Well, after some mistakes, a shiny, magnificent building appeared in front of us!

This was a remain of an pre-Roman villa built in approx 180 BC.

My guide book says that this place is unike because it was built from some of the biggest blocks of any ancient structure in the Middle East- the largest is 7 m by 3 m ( but only 20 cm or so thick!). We looked for them, but couldn't find them!

The carved panter fountain is famous. And when I looked at the panter I guess that Walt Disney or one of his artists has been here some years before us!

Look at the panters surprised face!

This is the kind man who showed us around.

Cash shortfall after Eid

Yesterdays Jordan Times wrote that many Jordanians now are concerned about how to make the money last the coming month.
The Eid Al Fitr holiday is now over and many people have spent large sums to fulfil their Eid commitments.
This seems to be buying new clothes and sweets for their children and “eidiyya” (cash gifts) to children and female relatives. The government disbursed the salaries for September ahead of the Eid to help people be able to buy what they were supposed to buy.

Now they have to wait forty days for the next salary!
I guess it’s much the same problem as we have in January.....?!

Scrap booking

Scrap booking was totally new for me when I came to Jordan. Then I met Melissa who has been working with scrap books and travel journals for many years.
First I continued saying that it was nothing for me. But when I had seen Melissa’s work for sometime, I started to think that maybe …….
Now I have started with a small book with pictures from Elin’s first year. It takes more time than you can imagine. And it takes a lot of time to figure out what goes with what in matter of design and colours.

We are meeting at Melissa’s house about once a week, cause she’s got the STUFF ….!!

Melissa is making a surprise book for her husband Ron, with pictures from their tours with his Harley Davidson.

I'm doing a more traditional album, but I hope I will learn to become more imaginative!

Cinnamons....again!

It as been a day with sorting all papers and invoices that lies around everywhere. Or maybe it’s only in our home …?
Well, Bo did most of the work. I finished the “crazy “bag and we had some lovely Cinnamons with coffee on the balcony.
I’m glad Idh is over now; it has been too many cakes the last days.