Tesekkür ederim Gül'gün !

Selam !



I'm just showing off now the bits of Turkish Gülgün taught me.



This is the delightful little coffee set that Gülgün actually gave me after our coffee time! It is from Istanbul and is absolutely gorgeous!



























With the coffee we had fresh dates and chocolate. Gülgün dries her own dates and then freezes them. She was taking a bag back home with her as they are an absolute delicacey! We exchanged email addresses so now I have a friend in Istanbul!

My other photo is of a little cracker I'm calling Gheckl the gecko. Not to be confused with Gordon (Matthew's Echo car!)



As I water one of the tall bushes in the front garden in the evenings this little fellow scuttles out and up the front wall. He hangs around a little bit longer each evening, I think deciding that maybe I'm not so much of a danger after all.

Apparently these beautiful little creatures have the amazing ability to hold to any surface you can think of, except . . . . .

Should he try to hang on to a Teflon coated fry pan (!) then he'll slide right off! Gecko's are unique among lizards in their vocalizations, making chirping sounds in social interactions with other geckos. So should you want to hear one, then just try enticing one into your fry pan!

Van der Waals interactions are the attractive forces that hold geckos to surfaces. Teflon has very low van der Waals forces so the gecko cannot stick to it.

Some species are parthenogenic, meaning the female can reproduce without copulating with a male . However, where a single female gecko populates an entire island, said island will suffer from a lack of genetic variation within the geckos that inhabit it. In other words, the toilet seat will remain down !



Geckos climb

Pasted on the walls

Silent witness to the day's progress

Weed Wackers and Cloud/ cat and sun/ aquarium waterfall and creeks edge

Silent fisherman/ wooden catch/

A day passes in silence

The days are slower as a child

And quiet as the world labors

The sun is gentler and the birds are friendlier

And the old come out to play



Guillermo Veloso







Sa`g olun !
Be healthy be strong !