Chefchaouen The Blue City

Chefchaouen is a lovely hillside City in Morroco. It is known for its blue painted buildings. I was surprised to learn that the extensive use of blue is only about 20 years old. Something most travel writers either ignore or don’t know. The city is whitewashed or painted three times a year for religious reasons. If the paint is only one storey high, it was done by a women.

Many shades of blue

Night blues

From my terrace

A communal bakery. The women bring their loaves in the morning for baking.

Fort built in 1471 by Portuguese prisoners

Power to the People

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Wordless Wednesday

Focus on Cucurbita

The Cucurbita family includes pumpkins, squash and gourds. Pumpkins are considered a squash but not all squash are considered pumpkins. Both are edible. Gourds are not edible but are highly decorative

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Street Heart

Street Art, Florence, Italy, 2019

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Colorful Edibles

Münchner Bauernmarkt

Farmers Market, Munich, Germany

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