Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. An unusual reflection for Weekend Reflection group. There was lots of good home-made food last night.  I was happy to be at the l...

. ABC Wednesday , and C is for CAROB! I finally found one single carob tree during my evening desert roamings and it was such a nice...

. I'm still under the good impression of the Beilinson Medical Center, near Tel Aviv, that I visited last week. Their sculpture gar...

. "Lest you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, 15  who led you throu...

.   I was surprised to see a little El Al Airlines airplane sitting on the lawn at Beilinson (Rabin) Medical Center. It's a nice di...

. When I worked at Beilinson Hospital (near Tel Aviv) back in the mid 1980s, it was pretty much three or four old buildings. I went bac...

. For ABC Wednesday we have benches on a busy bridge. Note the glass-paved deck. The pedestrian Y-bridge by Santiago Calatrava ...

. Took the train from Beer Sheva north to Tel Aviv today. Just an hour and fifteen minutes, but you get off the train and you know y...

. I finally met the good shepherd!! Two years I've been roaming the desert outside my town and yesterday evening was the first time...

. Day is done, gone the sun . . . Sunset last night, 7:45 pm, as seen from my desert walk just outside Meitar. . Linking to Skywatch ...

. For ABC Wednesday , A is for Armenian arches and Armenian priests and monks at prayer in their beautiful chapel in the upstairs l...

. There is almost always a long line of pilgrims waiting for their one minute of time inside the edicule and the tomb. July 15 is cele...

. The hanging gardens of old Tel Aviv. .

. A pigeon lady feeding the birds in Tel Aviv. You can enlarge the photo to see her bread bag.   Where I'd like to be today --...

. "Road hump" always sounds funny enough, but this is even funnier. Tel Aviv humor. . (Linking to the fun meme signs, signs...

. Apparently lately Tel Aviv Municipality has been putting out lounge chairs along various sidewalks. Could be more comfortable than th...

. Dizengoff ,  Tel Aviv's first mayor,  loved to ride his horse down the local streets in the 1920s and 30s. Next to the new (2...

. A Tel Aviv street cat in the driver's seat! . (Linking to Camera Critters .) .

. The Friday sun will soon set and you can feel the quiet and calm of the Sabbath Eve settling down on Israel (despite the fact that thr...

. Thursday, when some soldiers, the lucky ones, get to go home for the weekend. Sunday morning comes quickly, and then back to base. ...