Jerusalem Hills daily photo

It was a bad week in Israel for two families and two equines. The Jerusalem Post reports that a man was killed and two of his family were b...

Welcome to the Jerusalem Hills sky I chose for SkyWatch Friday , a fun group of bloggers who come together every weekend to share and compar...

Welcome to our bloggers' ABC Wednesday , today featuring words beginning with letter C. In c onnection to the excavations where I've...

. Part of the fun of my current dig is watching the crane next to us building a tall apartment complex. But this afternoon I saw the crane...

Today we started a new salvage dig, not far from where we dug two weeks ago. Before any new building goes up, the land has to be investigate...

. The dove of Peace seeks an opening, searches for a window of opportunity.   Animal lovers--fly to Misty Dawn's Camera-Critters meme ...

The City Daily Photo bloggers are having all the fun today. Their theme for August 1st is METAL. Although not a member of the CDP (since ...

Israel is in the middle of her dry season. It usually lasts from around April until October. Normally the sky is cloudless and not a drop o...

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert last night addressed the nation, reminded us of all his accomplishments while in office, and announced that he w...

Today was going to be my Shuk Machaneh Yehuda market day (after my aborted attempt last Sunday). Again it didn't happen. Where I usua...

Bagels in the Holy City. Bright balconies of an old guesthouse in Tiberias. Basalt church and basalt rocks on the seashore of the rece...

On Sunday I gave in to the thrill of exploration and just followed my nose. It led me to this mysterious fence just a few blocks from Jerus...

. A funny thing happened on my way to the Machane Yehuda shuk this morning. Instead of transferring to my usual second bus I decided to wal...

What prowls in our dark woods? Lara the Cat: "Uh-oh, is that a jackal I just heard?!" Jack the Jackal: "You bet your sweet ...

Cutting stone (LOTS of it) the modern way. The shrill grating sound was grating on my nerves even for the few minutes it took me to walk t...

. Wait, I can explain. . . why this is not exactly a Jerusalem photo! My daughter the engineer (whom I recently acknowledged here ) has the...

Photo: AP - Associated Press . Israel has been hosting Senator Obama. At 4:30 this morning he made a surprise visit to the Western Wall for...