Jerusalem Hills daily photo

Pictures of life in Jerusalem and the Jerusalem Hills. And since August 2013 also a look at the northern Negev, my new home.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Black shadows of black basalt, all in a row

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. The Spring 2010 Tiberias excavation ended yesterday. I'm back home in the Hills of Jerusalem. But my memories (and photos) from the d...
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Friday, May 14, 2010

Aldo's Gelateria Italiana

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. After a hot afternoon visit to Susita National Park we dig volunteers stopped our convoy of three vehicles at a famous ice cream place ...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Going up!

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. We Tiberias excavation volunteers were already hard at work at 6:13 a.m. last week when suddenly everyone started running for their came...
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Jerusalem Day

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. May the white dove of peace come to nest and rest in Jerusalem. . Happy 43rd Jerusalem Day today. .
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Quieta non movere -- Don't move settled things

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Latin proverbs are always good for the difficult Q Day of ABC Wednesday . Quieta non movere means "Don't rock the boat" or ...
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Monday, May 10, 2010

Walking the Decumanus Maximus

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. For That's My World let me take you up to northern Israel, to the remains of a city that flourished from Hellenistic times until the ...
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

To the mothers

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Hitgalmoot ("Embodiment") by Yifah Adir, at the Mamilla Mall . Wishing the joy and nachat of Mothers Day to my daughter in Syd...
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Saturday, May 8, 2010

Excavation bird

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. A crested bird enjoying the late afternoon view over the Sea of Galilee, looking westward toward Tiberias. For Camera-Critters Sunday . ....
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Friday, May 7, 2010

Cool clear water vs. hot dusty digging

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. This is one of the all-too-numerous pay-for-entry beaches in Tiberias. But at 5:28 in the morning, when we walked past it to our archaeol...
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Northern clouds

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For SkyWatch Friday , here is the sky over Sea of Galilee and the Golan Heights, seen from a moving bus as the road winds down toward Tiberi...
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Birdbath in Jerusalem

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. Bird butt reflected in bird bath. . This place is the wonderful Jerusalem Bird Observatory . .
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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Forgotten lentils

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. "Another old man came to see one of the fathers, who cooked a few lentils and said to him, 'Let us say a few prayers,' an...
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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Painting Jerusalem red for May Day

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. "Workers of the world--unite!" Happy May Day. This being the Jewish State, Israel had to have the rallies on April 30 ...
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Friday, April 30, 2010

Jerusalem's dearth of statues

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. After CDP bloggers chose statues for our Theme Day, I realized that it is almost impossible to find a statue of a person on the streets of...
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Russian reflections

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. Here is one of the towers of the old (19th century) Russian pilgrim hostel reflected in the fountain in Sergei's Courtyard. Even the...
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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Cloud Strider

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. Just after sunset last night this giant rose up on top of the mountain. I saw a long-haired celestial being seemingly striding toward th...
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Root balls on Jaffa Road

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. For a long, long time Jerusalem's main street, old Jaffa Road, has been torn up [as in my post from November 2008]. Vehicle traffic w...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Two bloggers meet

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. The Shabbat before last, one of my blog-friends became a RLF, a real life friend! Robin and her husband and their two kids drove half w...
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Counting the omer with objects of the spirit

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. Omer and Objects of the Spirit -- for O Day at ABC Wednesday . I saw this at the Jewish art museum at Hechal Shlomo in Jerusalem and was...
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Monday, April 26, 2010

More about Jerusalem's ANZAC dead

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. Let us continue yesterday's ANZAC Day commemoration post. So many Commonwealth soldiers died in the battles to push the Ottoman Turks...
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