Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. SPIRIT is the City Daily Photo group's theme day topic . This disintegrating trunk of a burnt tree on a white boulder reminds me...

. It's definitely winter now in Israel: rain clouds, bare branches, and jackets. And fruit is growing on the sabras. A picture fro...

. Sunset in the desert just outside my town. It was 7:15 pm. Just before and after sundown is the coolest time to hike. The Jewish da...

. Meitar has many roundabouts and each one has its own beauty and character. One single olive tree. It will grow. Shabbat shalom an...

. Still have some pretty things to show you from Sonnenhof, like this sweet goat which lives at a farm not so far from the nuns. ...

. Meitar now has a pacifier tree! Maybe there are more in town, but this is the first one I've discovered. Apparently the custom b...

. I was out hiking the desert on December 25 when these red and green Christmas colors sparked my interest. A lone eucalyptus tree, in ...

. What a relief -- no more raking leaves in the courtyard. (Can you tell it's R day at ABC Wednesday ?) The leaves have all fa...

. Let's continue the previous two posts and stay in Australia's Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden. Here's daughter Naomi survey...

. An unusual (to me) tree on the street where my daughter lives, in the northern suburbs of Sydney.   Melaleuca quinquenervia is co...

. Cut down, burned.  But following the conflagration, all around, tiny green pine saplings push their way out through the ash and grow ...

. Have you ever eaten from the carob tree? It is fun to chew the chewy carob pod, avoiding its big seeds. Some say it is almost like...

. Something new in the eucalyptus grove down in the wadi! Looks like the Meitar Scout troop has been up a tree, working on their l...

. In Meitar's small cemetery a tree weeps,  sap running down fence stones. . Tomorrow Israel will bury Arik Sharon on a hill at h...

. In between cleaning my new place and unpacking boxes I ventured out in search of food. Right in the supermarket parking lot is this s...