B Dock
Netsel Marina
Marmaris, Turkey
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Pink sky at night sailor’s delight! Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and warmer. Not that we can complain when there’s no snow or freezing rain. Unfortunately when our Swedish visitors come for two days, Monday and Tuesday, the forecast is for rain. So it goes. They are coming to see if DoraMac is the boat for them. It certainly has been a lovely home for us. She is spiffy clean and looking really good!
Most days are devoted to DoraMac, but I still get out for walks and some art activities. The new exhibit at the Art and Culture House and our first Wednesday arts group were my two adventures this week. That and trying to find a shop that sold bubble wrap!
Hope everyone is keeping as warm as they can.
Ru
DoraMac
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A frosted window and pink sky morning. A cold 50 degrees inside our pilot house as well as our sleeping cabin. First one up turns on the electric heat in the salon and then Randal lights the diesel stove and the boat warms up quite fast, especially on sunny mornings.
View across the way; I love the light on the white buildings. |
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The Art and Culture Center had a new exhibit so I decided to walk over and see. I was intrigued by the title “Mozaikler” which I knew meant mosaics. It was doubly good for me to go as I got some of my walking exercise too. It was a chilly morning! Reflections on a Frozen Fountain # 1 and # 2
Actually the fountain had been turned off so with nothing to stir the water, it froze. Too early for freezing anything in Marmaris according to the locals. But then we seem to be there for the “coldest, wettest, hottest, driest…” so I’m not surprised. If it wasn’t warmer last January in London, it at least wasn’t colder! Of course, compared to the weather our friends in New England are having, Marmaris is downright balmy! |
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The waterfront has an m now along with the Subway that we saw last time we were here. Subway is open though never busy, but McDonalds appears to be closed for the winter. |
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Most of waterfront still looks the same as when we were here in 2013; empty during the winter except for the weekends. Many of the shops in the bazaar are closed and the rest seem to open later than in the summer months. |
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It’s about a 12 minute walk to the art center at my new rapid pace that I developed while we were in London and I walked everywhere.
Yüksel Dıyaroğlu Solo exhibition : Mosaics |
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Yὒksel Dıyaroğlu on the far left (rom the artist’s facebook page, photo by Dursan Kaplan) https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=868358966560650&set=vb.100001596649537&type=2&theater
My photo. Randal’s love of Roman mosaics made me curious about this exhibit. I found that they weren’t mosaics per se , but rather painted to look as if they are. |
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This particular painting stopped me when I realized the sculpture of the man holding the bouquet of flowers is the one on the newish pedestrian mall. Funny enough, I actually think I saw the artist today. He is rather distinctive with his white hair and ponytail. |
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This past Wednesday we had our first ‘arts/crafts, textiles, whatever’ meeting. Jill on Two Oars is the leader this year. She taught High School art for years and is willing to teach us some of the crafts connected to paper crafts. This coming week we’re going to attempt a version of ebru, Turkish paper marbling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llLlFcq3K3U is a great 3 minute video introduction to the art. |
