Jerusalem Hills daily photo

Secretariat of my moshav/village. You've heard of a fork in the road. This is a spoon in the road, on the goat path through the woods....

Savta means grandmother in Hebrew. Last year my sweet grandson came from Australia to stay in Jerusalem for fifty wonderful days together. ...

Memories of January's rare snowfall in my village. Sun on my snowy street. Shesek (Hebrew for loquat) fruit tree under snow.

Today I was sorely disappointed, even shocked, to see my shawarma place shut. They were busy remodeling the little restaurant, which is ...

The Jerusalem Hills area is honored to receive this award from Reader Will over in The Netherlands who writes with knowledge and love ab...

One morning I was amazed to see an animal standing on hind legs, leaning on my screen door--a strange animal totally new to me. I tiptoed ...

The sun sets behind the Jerusalem Hills. This is my beloved new home, a moshav (a [formerly] agricultural village) on the top of a hill jus...

You all deserve a REST after all that reading of yesterday. Cya in the morning! Shalom shalom.

Israel is the only country in the world that has more trees at the beginning of this year than it had last year. The Keren Kayemet or Jewis...

Restoration Mary's Spring in the old village of Ein Kerem. When a historic building has to be moved to a new location, it is taken...

The wonderful old Rockefeller Museum of archaeology in east Jerusalem. Roman foot vs. Israeli foot.

Closer to home . . . Returning home after grazing, with round and ready udders. Reservoir and roundabout in the valley below. Relaxing ro...

R is also for Israeli reality. Riding horses in the Palm Sunday procession from the Mt. of Olives to the Old City. Mounted police are par...

Red bus that takes tourists 'round Jerusalem. Red raw meat with ribs, ready to buy in Shuk Machaneh Yehuda market.

Rough deciding which R words to select for ABC Wednesday. So I'm going to try your patience and offer random Rs from Jerusalem and th...

It's a rare day when you see two old sundials, and both within a short walk one from the other. Today I discovered this one behind the ...

When I rented my little house a year and a half ago, an old and neglected grapevine in the yard was mostly on the ground. Last March my fri...

. This photo really needs to be clicked on to see full size. Slowly slowly the chameleon inches his way upward. Other folks are post...

Tomorrow Christians in Israel and the world will celebrate Trinity Sunday. This medieval Russian icon is actually called the "Hospi...