The dates are not yet fully grown but they look heavy and golden in the late afternoon sun.
(Even prettier if you click and enlarge them 2x.)
My new home of Meitar has many many date palm trees.
Short ones and tall ones.
The Meitar Regional Council (seen in this photo) has been busy planting even more of the impressive palm trees to beautify the town (especially now before the October local elections).
The Sukkot holiday starts Wednesday so the Council has made palm fronds available at a central distribution point.
The branches make good "roofing" when building our temporary sukkah booths.
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Those dates look good!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
ReplyDeleteExcellent photography of your world of date trees ~ carol, xo
ReplyDeleteI think I saw an Israel movie whose narrative was based around the Sukkah booth and the strangers (?) that were invited for the feast.....
ReplyDeleteanyhow, if you can grow date palms where you live, it must be darn hot.
"Feet in water - head on fire"
Such pretty date palms!
ReplyDeleteAre you able to harvest the dates and eat them? They are really beautiful trees.
ReplyDeleteYou're so right. I know that view from Montenegro and Albania. Surly, it keeps the attention.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures !
We have some quite nice palm trees in town, but rats now are pillaging them...
ReplyDeleteI have never seen a date palm tree. They are lovely. An Arkie's Musings
ReplyDeleteWow, so many dates on every single tree! Beautiful pictures, Dina!
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw the photo of Meitar's Regional Council, it seemed for one second to be the First (railway) Station in Jerusalem, reopened fairly recently. I haven't been, but my son and his family loved it.
ReplyDeleteI would love to know what you think about it.
Hels
http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/saving-ottoman-era-railway-station-in.html
Pasadena Adjacent, you probably are thinking of the strange movie "Ushpezin."
ReplyDeleteKay, I went by those short trees yesterday, a week after my photo, and all the dates had been cut off! I assume they get eaten. I'll try to find out what the gardeners do with the fruit.
VP, rats?! Eeuw!
Hels, thanks for your link. Your article about the old railroad is very interesting.
ReplyDeleteYou know, I never made it to the recently opened First Station. Glad your family likes it.
I posted only pictures of the work in progress:
http://jerusalemhillsdailyphoto.blogspot.co.il/2011/06/shadows-and-decaying-elegance.html
and
http://jerusalemhillsdailyphoto.blogspot.co.il/2012/12/park-hamesila-railway-park.html
You inspire me to show more about the new venue. Maybe I'll go try a post about it now.
Thanks!
The golden color is just wonderful!
ReplyDeleteDid you build a sukkah in your new home?
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