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.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Grand Priory of the Hospitaler Knights . . .

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. A cat enjoys the shadow of a flagpole in the Old City of Jerusalem, providing fodder for both Camera-Critters and Shadow Shot Sunday . P...
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A bridge over ancient history

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. For Sunday Bridges over at San Francisco Bay Daily Photo, here is a bridge, of sorts, in Jerusalem. . The 16th century Damascus Gate is...
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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Jerusalem's September 11 memorial

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. I like this Mother and Child Center at Hadassah Medical Center mostly because of the flags. . We in Israel are especially united in me...
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Friday, September 10, 2010

Imagining the binding of Isaac

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. Today is the second day of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year. . The Torah portion that is read on this day is Genesis 22, God's testin...
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Home and away

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. Look who's standing on my desk (with a little help from her mom), and she's only four months old! I have been spending many of t...
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Monday, September 6, 2010

KinderKot

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. The KinderKot is so practical for travel. Daughter Naomi bought it in Australia last week and here it is, in the Jerusalem Hills today!...
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Saturday, September 4, 2010

Reflections in a laptop

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. Three generations together at one computer! . Daughter Naomi, back in Israel for a short visit, had just signed off from a Skype video c...
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Friday, September 3, 2010

First shy rain

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. Finally! Clouds on the horizon last night! And at noon yesterday a whole minute of sprinkles, the first rain we've seen since last ...
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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Sunrise breakfast with baby in the Jerusalem Hills

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. Meet Libby, my sweet 4-month-old grandbaby. She and my daughter flew up from Australia yesterday for a short visit in the homeland. . As ...
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

A baby goes to market

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. My favorite picture from Jerusalem's huge outdoor market, Shuk Mahane Yehuda . . City Daily Photo bloggers have our monthly Theme Day...
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Life in the gutter

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. A gutter on the go in a back alley of Jerusalem -- for ABC Wednesday G-day. . Seeing it made me start singing the kid song: . "The ...
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Monday, August 30, 2010

An enclosed garden in the middle of new Jerusalem

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. Come, step through the (almost always locked) little door in the big gate, enter a hidden garden. The monastery wall separates you from b...
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

Bench for catnaps

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. The neighborhood stray cats have taken over the young neighbors' little sitting corner. It is too hot for the kitties to do much els...
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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Action above and below-ground

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. A battle in the skies of Jerusalem?! Who will win, the mast of Calatrava's Bridge of Strings or the giant cranes? . The cranes are ...
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The sabra passes hands

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. I love this photo. The Muslim opens a sabra for a nun while the Jew takes their picture. During sabra season, this Arab woman sits o...
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Friday, August 27, 2010

Sabras--the taste of summer

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. It's sabra season! I tried to get a picture of a big sabra cactus through the bus window and ended up with a bonus--a reflection f...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Trees in a row, happy for dusk

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. Enlarge and see the silhouettes all in a row. The sun had just gone down behind the farthest ridge, across the valley from my hill, givi...
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A bike lane, in Jerusalem?!

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. Jerusalem is going to have a dedicated bicycle lane?? Hard to believe! The pictures of bikes along the new sidewalk is a good sign though...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Dressing the poles

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. The tram/light rail is making progress toward its predicted April completion date. All up and down Jaffa Street I saw cosmetic touches be...
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Fuel for faith's flame

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. When next you see a flame of faith lighting the darkness, give a thought to my friends who freed up time to fill flasks of fuel for th...
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