by liz scully | Aug 17, 2014 | Animals, Canada, Signs
Do you see the dog in this picture? Little white dog, being very, very good and waiting for it’s owner to return. It’s sitting directly in front of the door to the store, while tied to a bike stand. Tied up, but there’s no danger of this dog...
by liz scully | Aug 10, 2014 | Cold, London, Signs, Weather
Do you know the Scottish word ‘dreek’? It means bad weather. In some areas of Scotland it means really bad weather – soaking wet and freezing cold. But with my Ayrshire chums it usually meant that horrible cold, wet weather where it...
by liz scully | Aug 3, 2014 | Guest post, India, Signs
Please meet curator of this months Signage Sunday, Aurelia Zoss. This is the fourth of four posts from Aurelia. Indians are ‘ear’ minded: it’s the information that counts, and not so much the spelling. Fair enough. As an expat who’s been around for long...
by liz scully | Jul 27, 2014 | Guest post, India, Signs
Please meet curator of this months Signage Sunday, Aurelia Zoss. This is the third of four posts from Aurelia. There are a few things every good Hindu must do once in their life. Pilgrimages to all four of the holiest temples in Puri, Rameswaram, Dwarka, and...
by liz scully | Jul 20, 2014 | India, Signs
Please meet curator of this months Signage Sunday, Aurelia Zoss. This is the second of four posts from Aurelia. I like my neighbors, probably because I hardly hear or see them. One of them is actually really friendly. She gifted me sweets for Divali (the Hindu...
by liz scully | Jul 13, 2014 | India, Signs
Something new – please meet curator of this months Signage Sunday Aurelia Zoss. This is the first of four posts from Aurelia. Back home, people started having a plastic phobia a couple of years ago. The plasticizers that enter the liquid content of plastic...