Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. A fig tree reflected in an inch of water,  for Weekend Reflections . The water was moving slowly but surely into an ancient irrigatio...

. A blessed Solemnity of Corpus Christi to the Catholic friends! There was a Pontifical Mass at the Holy Sepulchre today. My Ministr...

. The pair of benches looks like they have a secluded spot all to themselves. But from this perspective, you can see the apartment...

. For ABC Wednesday's T -Day  let's talk about "T in O maps." I first learned that term at last month's Jerusal...

.   I was glad to find a peace pole at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens. But unfortunately, it was uprooted, toppled over, lying by t...

. Walking through Jerusalem's Jaffa Gate, built in 1538,  is like passing between two worlds. Leaving the Old City and returning su...

. This is a super big reflection for Weekend Reflections. The mirror facade is the front wall of the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens visito...

. My morning bus was making the circle inside  Hadassah Medical Center campus when we passed two huge mobile cranes getting into positio...

. S is for soldiers and sandwiches (or in Hebrew, sandvitchim ).  They were sitting just outside the Old City wall. I think they were ...

. On my way to the Tower of David free museum day last Thursday I first went in to see the new Greek Orthodox Patriarchate Book Shop ne...

. I sometimes  hear about weeping icons and myrrh-gushing icons and miracle-working icons, but . . .  well . . . But what happens when...

. While spending Thursday, which was our International Museum Day, at the Tower of David , I noticed that birds feel very safe inside th...

. City Daily Photo bloggers are having a mid-month theme day in honor of Norway's Constitution Day. There is not a huge Norwegian pre...

. Israel has been having rare May rain in the last few days. When I got to Jerusalem at noon clouds were everywhere, but they didn'...

. Chag sameach! Today is the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. The Feast of Weeks is also called the Time of the Giving of the Torah, the Fes...

. Soon these loquats will ripen to a nice yellow-orange color. Then the birds and bats will know it is time to visit the tree. In ...

.     PSALM 103 1 Bless the Lord , O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. 2 Bless the Lord , O m...

. Jerusalem's International  YMCA tower. But even more impressive,  at this season of the year, are the date palm trees in its cour...

. I've never seen such big bubbles while boiling rice. But can bubbles have straight lines?? And can my kitchen light reflected ...

. After finding the nice new health clinic (the one in the previous post), I decided to explore a few unfamiliar streets of the Jerusale...