Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. With the persistent encouragement of Daily Athens Photo's Robert Geiss, the weekly PsalmChallenge has already covered one third of th...

. As you may have read previously, on Monday my visiting daughter and her toddler and I drove down to the Dead Sea for a scientific conferen...

. Naomi, Libby, and I drove from Jerusalem down down down to the Dead Sea on Monday, when it was still fairly sunny and clear. This photo fo...

. Hello--I'm back! We have been four days at over 400 meters below sea level. My Naomi flew in from Australia and I got to take care o...

. Fresh photos from the Jerusalem zoo! Even the shadows of the giraffes stretch toward one another. In the same expansive enclosure below u...

. Judging from this reflection for Weekend Reflections, you might think I had jumped over to Italy to get the shot. Jerusalem's Ital...

. I just found out that today was Family Day in Israel (it once was Mother's Day). As luck would have it, my daughter and my granddaught...

. For ABC Wednesday , F is for family fun! My daughter and my youngest (age 1.10) granddaughter just arrived for a visit from Australia, an...

. Julie describes her new Taphophile Tragics meme as "a warm touch on cold hard stone." Here is a little more about the Trumpeldo...

. For PsalmChallenge, inspired and hosted by Robert in Athens , here is Psalm 49 . . 1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah...

. At the Mt. Herzl tram terminal today I was really curious about two young men. Each was loaded down with backpacks, cables, and a strange ...

. The helicopter landing at Hadassah hospital helipad had clear visibility just last Monday. But that was the last we saw of blue skies this...

. The clergy of the different Churches keep a pretty steady wafting of incense going into the edicule. The edicule is the structure built ov...

. Psalm 48 is for Robert Geiss' PsalmChallenge at Daily Athens. . 1. A song. A psalm. Of the Korahites. 2. The Lord is extraordinary ...

. The steel of the two-handled knife is shiny enough to reflect -- MORE cheese! --for James' " Weekend Reflections ." . At Bas...

. Dear friends, I hope you had a happy Tu BiShvat today, the birthday of the trees. . Sorry I have been such a bad blogger for several week...

. I started to tell about the new murals inside this Christian cemetery a few weeks ago. Its address in Jerusalem's old German Colony ...

. For PsalmChallenge , hosted by Robert Geiss in Athens, here is Psalm 47 . . For the leader. Of the Korahites. A psalm. 2. All peoples, cl...