Local snacks

There are flowers everywhere - yellow, red, orange, purple, white - and the trees are in blossom. And the birds are making nests. I have to collect the little twigs every day on the courtyard of the house I'm living in.
The warmer weather also allows me to sleep with open windows. The disadvantage of the warmer weather is that the mosquitoes are active and very annoying at night.

Yesterday, I visited Dzjidde. He recovered very well of his illness and is again like before. He was sitting in the garden of his eldest son with one of his daughters and a few of his grandchildren (he has got many, about 80 or 90, I believe). He told a few stories and did not hesitate to ask for food or a drink every half hour.

The garden, like all gardens, is covered with flowers and weed. Well, I always thought of it as weed, but it is not all weed. Some of it is edible and served as a snack.

Syrian villagers are still used to live with nature and recycle as much as possible, i.e. plastic bottles, cans, cardboard, etc... are re-used. No need to buy containers. When a bottle of coca cola is empty, you've got one. And everything else is burnt. Another example of recycling is that when clothing is too used (there are too many holes in it), the remaining tissue is cut into pieces which serve as handkerchiefs or mattress filling.

I'm sure all this will be forgotten after a few generations.