Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. Grandson Dean jumped nearly into the winter rain clouds back in 2013 when my Australia family was here in Israel. His younger brother...

. Our y early Meitar Night Run got underway just after 7 pm.  Some parents ran together with their sons and daughters.  Long shado...

. Every spring when these Israeli trees shed their flowers, turning the sidewalk a bright yellow, I am reminded of the Yiddish expressio...

. The most delightful booth at last week's Jerusalem International Book Fair was this Russian one with do-it-yourself scale models! ...

. More from the Jerusalem International Book Fair which ran last week. (See also the previous post.) All these books are by Norweg...

. Every two years many foreign publishing houses flock to Jerusalem to talk and to exhibit at our International Book Fair. Yesterday I tra...

. International Book Week has started! Tomorrow or the next day I'll be taking this train from Beer Sheva up to Jerusalem. It'...

. Tomorrow the annual Hebrew Book Week will be starting in many cities and towns. And on Sunday the big International Book Fair will op...

. In the dim recesses of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a priest and his reflection. Enlarge the photo and you will even see the l...

. A real oasis in the desert, near the Dead Sea. Ein Gedi, my most beloved nature spot in all of Israel! This Apple of Sodom grows f...

. Cats are EVERYWHERE on the campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.  Even indoors, it now appears!  This one was feeling right ...

. Art in between two Brutalist buildings at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev! The light of the setting sun (see it in the tree?) ...

. Ben-Gurion University is having a very unusual exhibition right now. "Tzena Urena" is a group exhibition focusing on Israel...

. We celebrated the Jewish holiday Lag BaOmer last night! The mama cat, who has a litter of kittens hidden nearby, kept coming over...

. I was out walking when suddenly a cloud of dust started moving toward me from the west. (Hint: you can enlarge the photos and solve t...

. Sunset in the desert just outside my town. It was 7:15 pm. Just before and after sundown is the coolest time to hike. The Jewish da...

. The Independence Day flyover! Today Israel Air Force plane flew for two hours, all across the country. I climbed the high hill in Meita...

. Patriotic blue and white marshmallows! A limited edition especially for Israel's Independence Day (starting tonight) and also for...

. Just me and a millipede in my secret cave.  (Linking to Camera Critters meme.) .

. Yom Hashoah, Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day, began last night. In my small town the main commemoration began in the basketball...