Back to our Heaven...

Finally we have a rather decent internet connection and I can say 'Hi' to all of you. Really miss all of my blogging friends..

We are at our beach house and I have to say that spring at Mediterranean is full of surprises. Rain and sunshine constantly playing hide and seek..Took these photos just half an hour ago..

We are mostly working at our two small gardens and I am trying to realize a dream. A garden full of lavenders... So far nothing worked for the last two years and this year I have a different strategy. I am collecting wild French Lavender seedlings from the nearby fields for my garden. I hope they like it here and give me lots of flowers..

So for this mission me and my little one are having our walks near the fields every day...

PS: Blogger ban still continues in Turkey and I am trying to post by using some side ways and here is a good joke. About 2 weeks ago the ban has been lifted by the court but the poor typist wrote blogspoRt instead of blogspot to the verdict and somehow nobody realized it. Now they have corrected it but it looks like the slowest of slow snails are carrying the court orders here, so service providers and as well as millions of bloggers are waiting the corrected verdict.....

Romance in Edinburgh..

Well, we are back from the green,green and gray England to gray,gray and gray İstanbul. Awful weather here..
Currently we are unloading the suitcases, doing the laundry and then re packing again for our beach house..We are planning to leave at the end of this week..Things are rather mad in the house..
But I have to tell you a little romance of mine between my ironing sessions..

His name is William Deacon Brodies. I worked hard to persuade him to come to İstanbul with me but not a chance..

Edinburgh is full of ghost and body snatching stories. There are even special tours which you can listen these scary stories in the dark alleys and the undergrounds of the city. I have never seen a city which are  marketing their ghosts so succesfully..

Well, my handsome is also part of the city's legends.
He was the cabinet maker and the Deacon of the guild of cabinet makers, also a town councillor. But soon he turned his professional expertise and society connections to more sinister use. By day, the craftsman and councillar and by night the gambler, drinker and thief..
In 1788, he hanged because of his crimes on the gallow that he had designed.
On 1876 Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a play called '' Deacon Brodie or the Double Life'' This was followed two years later by Jekyll and Hyde... Fantastic story and couple fantastic movies..

and here I am standing with the real guy..

 More stories from England will soon be on Turquoise Diaries...

PS: Blogger ban here still continues in a strange way. I can post and see from Opera turbo but not any where else..Well, its better than nothing..

Edinburgh..

Initially I had planned to post often from England but unfortunately the fast pace of our trip is not allowing me, but here are some photos from our quick trip to Edinburgh...

Edinburgh is a very beautiful and a lively city. As the locals also kept saying, the only negative part of our trip was the bad weather..It was cold, gray and rainy..Perfect for tourists..

As we were able to stay only 1 night in Edinburgh, we had quite a limited time and apart from a city tour we opted to visit the famous Edinburgh castle and took a tour in the underground city. The ghost stories were worth listening. Fun and scary...

Of course we found the time to taste famous Scottish whiskeys, and finished a small bottle of malt before the dinner.As you can easily guess we were quite merry that evening..

See you soon...

Green, Green Gray England

Hello from green green but gray England. We are currently in Market Drayton in the Shropshire region where hubby's twin brother and his family lives. Its such a quiet and peaceful place. Taking lots of walks in the city admiring the old houses and out to the country side admiring the nature..
Its the season of the Daffodils...

The beautiful house in the photos is the Huntingsdale Hall in Market Drayton..

Tomorrow we are taking the train to Edinbourgh and will spent 2 days there...

 More photos are coming soon...

Hello and Good bye...

Hello again,
Blogger ban is still continuing in Turkey. About a week ago, I was able to post but couldnt see my blog as well as yours. Then it went all black..It was not even possible to enter the blogger.com.
And there are these rumours that the ban will be lifted soon so about 4.000.000 bloggers are waiting...

and today I could have the access to blogger but not to blogs. So I wanted to say a quick HELLO..

and then GOOD BYE. We are leaving for England tomorrow, I hope it will be a nice journey in rural England. I am taking my PC with me and try to post as often as possible..

It is sooo great to be able to post again and hope to SEE you soon..

Cold Days..

Finally the much expected snow came to İstanbul, but unfortunately its not a totally white one. It is melting immediately and leaving us with muddy streets..Even Hera is not very happy with these weathers. She prefers her blankets to everything else..

 However it looks like the spring is in the horizon..All the beautiful spring flowers started to appear at flower stalls..

PS: Blogger ban here continues so I still cant see you as well as me!!

Blogger ban in Turkey

When you live in this part of the world,your so called very democratic politicians talk a lot about freedom of speech and independent media, but when it comes to reality they are all shallow words..

Yes, as of yesterday blogger/blogspot banned in Turkey for the second time in 2 years. So far I can post but cant see what I and others are posted from blogger.

It looks like some hackers transmitted the live football games of a pay TV station from blogger and our judges chosed the easy way to shut down all the blogs instead of catching the real culprits..

But I know that the best way is to keep doing what I love ,so starting from today and I dont know how long I will keep posting but cant have the access to my and all your blogs posting thru blogger..

Hope to SEE you soon friend...