This beautiful creature comes to drink nectar from my flowers in the garden about an hour before sunset. Never had my camera with me before, didn´t even think could photograph it because it´s moves so fast. Hummingbird Moth (Hawk Moth) on Wikipedia
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Saturday, April 14, 2007
It´s the time for the Black Iris, the national flower of Jordan, such rare beauty!
Monday, March 12, 2007
met Marguerite Geldermalsen today, she talked about her book "Married to a Bedouin" to a group of foreign women living in Amman. Her book can be bought in bookshops in Amman and online at Married to a Bedouin on Amazon.comMarguerite or umm Rami is back in Jordan and in Petra, just hope I will be able to meet her there one day. There has been talk about making a movie about her story, it's interesting enough and although I didn't live in a cave when I came to Jordan, I share many of her experiences with the culture and the new way of life in the Middle East.
In her words:
"Married to a Bedouin is the story of how I fell in love with Mohammad and married him; how I settled into his cave, and slept with him on the ledge in front under a sheet of stars; how I fetched water by donkey, baked bread daily and ran the local clinic. And besides that it describes the most recent history of Petra; through our stories and the stories of the people we shared the valley with comes a picture of the site when it was alive, and when I was the Bedouin from New Zealand"
Friday, March 09, 2007
I went for a drive as usual one day last week and as I was going down a steep hill I saw where this old man was coming up the road on his donkey. I got out and asked if I could take his photo and he was very happy and smiling saying yes "tafaddalee" which means go ahead. He then quickly put on a serious pose and I couldn´t get him to change. I didn´t notice at first that he had the little baby kid on his lap, he told me that it was born that day and was too week to follow the mother so he gave it a lift on his donkey
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
This is one of dozens of Mimosa trees in the King Hussein Park. The park is coming to life after the rain, it's getting green and the trees planted in the last 2 years brought in from Romania will hopefully survive. It's worth visiting the park now, lots to see and great walking paths everywhere.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
The valley of Feynan
I and a group of friends joined the Cycling Jordan Group (we walked toghether, they cycled the next day) for a 14km hike from Dana through the gorge of Wadi Feynan, the drop is 800m from a height of 1400m above sea level to the Wadi Feynan Eco Lodge which is 400m above sea level. The trek took good 4 to 5 hours as some (I mostly) lagged behind taking photos.
The track was rugged and at times difficult but what splendid landscape and views! There were many Oak trees along the way and they look so majestic every time. 
This is the Wadi Feynan Eco Lodge, a beautiful building that blends perfectly into the surroundings. No electricity and the water is heated by solar panels and the food is vegetarian.
We met a few Bedouins on the way, they were tending goats and sheep, these 2 had some camels grazing nearby. They offered us a taste of Camel milk and ofcourse a cup of tea.
Monday, November 27, 2006
This Moth Caterpillar thrives on our Grapevine and drops to the ground often, such curious creatures.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Backlit Bougainvillae. Been working on a light on white photograph ideas...need a white background. Like the transparent papery look of the flowers..
Saturday, November 18, 2006
A tiny Dove came to our table looking for crums
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Photo a day for November 2006. This is my new Gardenia, unusual to be flowering at this time of year. This opened flower smells delightful!
