Wee-de-weed

Today was the first sunny and hot day since ages, it seems. It must have been raining for a month. I’ve never seen that here. Tonight is a clear sky full of bright stars.

Although the olive trees need a lot of water, I really hope we have a sunny winter break from the rain for a few months now.

I’ve spent the night talking Dutch with a couple of campers that are on their way to Asia coming from the South. That was nice. I don’t have a lot of opportunity to talk my own language. Leave alone, have an intelligent conversation. When will my Arabic get better, I wonder sometimes?

The problem is that I don’t practice enough. Or better, I don’t have time to practice enough.

I should have broccoli one of these days, because other ones start coming out. These things like water. The garlic and some flowers started coming out and the chickens are leaving it alone. That’s good.

The “chobbès” (weed, cooked like spinach), is equally coming out in great numbers. Last year’s big plant has left many seeds on the same spot. Equally left alone. I am surprised.

Most trees are losing their leaves and some have become bald.

Many birds are coming to the garden. There is a new one that sings very beautiful. It is not very big, has got a black head with feathers standing upright, like if it had an electrical shock, a grey body and a tail that is as long as its body. The basis of its singing is “wee-de-weed” with many variations and singing in between. What is it?

In a few days, live will stand still because of the Eid el Adha (Feast of the Offering of the Lamb), another occasion for everybody to put on new cloths, visit extensively and eat a lot of sweets, the beginning of the new year for the Muslims.

Happy X-mas and all my best wishes for the New Year