Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. Once again, for Louis la Vache's "Sunday Bridges," Jerusalem's Bridge of Strings. (See more under the label Calatrava....

. Tiberias has a nightly market place near the lake for tourists and locals, with all kinds of things to buy or eat. Once we even saw pony r...

. For James' Weekend Reflections , here is the new reflected in the old. The old is about 900 years old, a building from Crusader times...

. Hey, how did the moon get so small? :) Hundreds of weekly participants are celebrating the 3rd birthday of SkyWatch Friday today! Blogg...

. Today's 7:30 a.m. Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was a special one. The Franciscans had just completed their ten-day Capito...

. Walking up Sultan Suleiman St. (also now know as Paratroopers Way), I wondered why the hospital was flying a French flag today. Aha, it m...

. Sultan Suleiman Street is a main, usually congested, thoroughfare in east Jerusalem just outside the Old City wall; and it is the main st...

. Zones of holy silence Blessings to Denise Nesbitt for beginning ABC Wednesday . And thanks to the ABC Wednesday team--Denise, Roger, Barb...

. On June 30, quite by accident, I made an exciting archaeology discovery that made me very happy. While walking over to the Israel Museum,...

. The newsmen were focusing on Jerusalem Mayor Barkat at the recent rededication of the Old City's Flower Gate (aka Herod's Gate)....

. Uh-oh, I'm running out of Israeli bridges for Louis la Vache's "Sunday Bridges." How about a bridge between ancient cu...

. Israeli blogger Robin of Around the Island invites us all to share scenes of summer tonight and every Saturday night. . These young reli...

. These fun shadows were shot especially for Hey Harriet's "Shadow Shot Sunday." Date palm trees grow in big plantations alo...

. When my American friends were visiting, we rented a car and circled the Sea of Galilee. Here you can see the blue of the sea behind the M...

. People outside in the courtyard are reflected in the glass case housing a model of the new Benedictine monastery now being built at Tabg...

. White magic beneath a blue sky . . . for Sky Watch Friday . Believe it or not, the first-of-its-kind exhibition "Angels & Demon...

. The most interesting new thing I learned at the June 28 rededication of Herod's Gate was this: The man delivering a speech in this...

. For ABC Wednesday Y-Day, let's see some old pics from Yarmouth! . Tel Yarmouth is an Early Bronze Age site--that means from more that...