Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. Just in case you were feeling sorry for me living down here in the hot dry Negev desert, I'll show you the wet part of Meitar'...

. The visitors standing in the narrow Ein Kerem lane were waiting for their chance to wind their way up through the fascinating old hous...

. City Daily Photo's Theme Day today is about DETAIL. It reminds me of a joke from long ago during my school days in Chicago: The...

. My family will be arriving from Australia on Saturday night! I wanted to welcome them back with what we call kol tuv ha-aretz ,  all ...

. The houses here in Meitar do not have mailboxes. Every family has to go check its own little box at one of two distribution places  a...

. The young man was obviously very proud of his Siberian Husky. He was happy to pose (the dog) for a picture on my blog. He had given ...

. Be'er Sheva, the landlocked city in the Negev desert, has started trying to brand itself as Israel's "water city." ...

. Ever since autumn started a few days ago the Negev is definitely getting some welcome new cloud cover. Here is the sky over Beer Shev...

. A month ago, just before school started, I saw workers  paint a space blue and stencil in a disabled symbol in front of Meitarim Schoo...

.   Last night  I quoted the Biblical Zoo's announcement of the death of Jerusalem's only male lion.  Tonight The Times of...

. If you click a few times on this March 2012 photo you can just about see the lion and his lioness friend. The Biblical Zoo in Jerusal...

. Normally Israel has no rain for half a year, from spring to autumn. Summer is hot and dry and very   l o n g .  Now that I have move...

. Mazal tov to James on the 4th anniversary of his Weekend Reflections meme! Here is the minaret and dome of Beer Sheva's histori...

. While over at Hels' excellent "Art and Architecture, mainly" blog,  I learned a lot from her post "Saving an Ottoman-e...

. Imagine being down in the valley next to the ancient spring just before nightfall, alone, and suddenly a jackal chorus rings out all a...

. The dates are not yet fully grown but they look heavy and golden in the late afternoon sun. (Even prettier if you click and enlarge t...

. The big day is here! They are  attempting  to raise the capsized Costa Concordia today, now , and we can follow it LIVE at  http://ww...

. Don't you wonder who took the trouble to build a tower of cookies? The Ne'eman Bakeries are always popular places, for insta...

. Yom Kippur has ended. The long 26-hour fast has ended.  What makes it difficult is not the lack of food or even the lack of water, but w...

. Giant horses in a Beer Sheva roundabout and an even taller army/police tower in the sky in back of them. From the other direction...