Jerusalem Hills daily photo

. The stamped L arge white Israeli eggs are what I normally buy. See the L on the shell?  But now during the Jewish High Holidays, the...

. Last night was the Eve of Rosh Hashanah (literally, the head of the year).  On the festive New Year's dinner table, usually on th...

. Is it just me, or is there something exciting about seeing marble slabs? The worker wearing a dust mask had been cutting stone...

. As we saw in the previous post , Rishon LeZion was founded in 1882 by Jews who came from the Russian Empire to farm the land of Israel...

. Finally, some murals to contribute to Monday Murals meme.  These were on sidewalk level of a tall building in Rishon LeZion, now our ...

. Things were more primitive way back in 2010 when I took these pictures. Before drones came into popular use, people used small helium...

. On a Beit Harav Kook study tour we visited the old "colonies" of Mazkeret Batya (originally called Ekron), Rishon LeZion, an...

. In honor of National Dog Day (in America, at least) and for Camera Critters meme, here are some fresh photos of our town's dog tra...

. This is the first time (fortunately!) I've ever seen a pigeon on the shopping carts just outside our town's Shufersal supermar...

. This is the spot where I often walk out of Meitar and into Nature. It was Friday just before sunset, Sabbath Eve, and all these birds...

. Click to enlarge for the beautiful window details Shabbat Nachamu begins this evening. After going down to the depths on Tisha B...

. Number One grandson Dean and I were talking about sloths and how they hang upside down .  I decided to throw decorum to the winds ...

. Not just here in the Negev desert, but all over Israel, July has been crazy hot. One heat wave after another with no respite. Temps ...

. Can this long wooden walkway qualify as a "boardwalk"? Hope so, because I need a B word for today's ABC Wednesday . Th...

. For the brand new version of the long-running meme ABC Wednesday that begins today, my A is for Agnon. Shai Agnon , 1888-1970, was t...

. The Electric Corporation had to send us this special crane, and we waited several hours without electricity as it drove over from As...

. 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...