Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. After seeing the Garden of Gethsemane from outside its Franciscan walls in the previous post , some readers wished to see the inside. ...

.  Back where I came from, the Jerusalem Hills, you never see olive trees in orderly rows. They just grow scattered all over the terrac...

. "Noah's Ark" . It's part of the Bible Stories exhibit still going on at Mamilla mall. Genesis 8: 8 And he sent forth ...

. Pure, beautiful oil running from the press, extracted from the countless olives I helped my nun friends pick. This was a magic moment! It...

. Yet another batch of soofganiot frying in hot oil! What would Chanuka be without them? Today I caught sight of these jelly-donuts-in-prog...

. Exactly two years ago today I got to watch for the first time how olives are pressed! This blog did not exist yet then. But now it does,...

Judging from the lack of olives on the trees in my neighborhood, this seems to be an off-year. Olive trees have what is called alternate-yea...

. Rain! The sweet smell and feel of light rain finally returned to the Jerusalem Hills. We have not seen any rain for about half a year, ...

The olive trees here in the Jerusalem Hills have many tiny blossoms just now. Looks like this year it will be a good harvest in the fal...

On hearing a chainsaw somewhere down in the woods this morning, I grabbed the camera and quickly walked to the lower terraces to investigate...