And now it's 2009

Happy New Year! This blog has been somewhat neglected. Developments since last entry:

1. We spent Christmas in Dubai - a few days of city life once again...bless...
2. We visited some friends in Muscat over the New Year - I like Muscat...sigh...
3. My parents and aunt and uncle are coming to Yemen via Jordan, in February
4. Last weekend we went to the National Museum (but I forgot the camera) and hillwalking (amazing)
5. No pottery classes until March, when my teacher comes back with new baby
6. Another group of Germans & oilworkers got kidnapped
7. Demonstrations in Sana'a against the war on Gaza

And with that, I'm going to make a cup of tea.

Comments

Steve (My Dog Ate Art) said…
Good evening Dewi to you in Yemen –- and greetings from Plymouth UK.


So why am I contacting you ?

In a somewhat random act of artistic interaction I came across your blog yesterday. Have a look at my blog – I have placed a link on it for your site – for a month or so - under the heading "My Dog Ate Blogs" – take a look.

Once you have had a look - if you fancy being a permanent part of this blog just say yes and I will put a permanent link for you on my site blog-roll - “My Dog Has Eaten These Blogs… from the Rest of the World and Says Yum Yum” – scroll down and you will find it . I have regular visitors from 67 countries (and counting) and a good number of regular followers – again from all over the world -from Chile via the USA to China – so if you like the idea of lots more people from all corners of the globe paying you a visit – come and join – let people all over the world know what makes Yemen tick and when you are going to get a fix of durian !

In return all I would like is a link somewhere on your site.

Have a look and see what you think.

By the way - if you want to print out any of my images - feel free - some are quite nice ( I hope) – just tell your friends where you found them.
Hope you find my site interesting as well.

Best wishes from the UK

(Steve Clement-Large : My Dog Ate Art )

MY DOG ATE ART : PROBABLY THE BEST ART BLOG IN PLYMOUTH
19 January 2009 at 22:03
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