Wednesday, November 29, 2017

A bizarre accident, 2 smashed cars

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This big Border Police vehicle managed to do a lot of damage to two parked cars on a main street of my town early last Friday morning, thankfully without injuring any people.


Police were already there investigating, and this one was measuring distances with his meter measuring wheel.


A parked towing wagon had also been hit and was on its side. 


I really wonder how and why this happened.
Click one or two times on the photos to get the full "impact."
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Friday, November 24, 2017

Gray on gray

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It was a cool gray day in Jerusalem today, with a few drops of rain.
Heavy clouds were sitting on Mt. Scopus at the end of the street.
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(Linking to SkyWatch Friday.)
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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Olive oil by the barrel

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T is for tugging.


Dani, the in-charge of Kibbutz Gezer Olives had just driven two heavy barrels of our fresh oil back from the olive press.


And they had to be off-loaded to the entrance of the kibbutz bomb shelter where the oil would later be bottled.


American volunteer Ashlea took a whiff.


Dani made the taste test.


Ashlea got a capful of the precious fruit of our olive-harvesting labor.


Luke, a WWOOFer from New Zealand, tried it too.


Only I, as reflected in the pure oil, was busy with the camera and mercifully too busy to drink.
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UPDATE May 2018:  A brief video of the Kiwi volunteer Luke was just published! He talks about his good experience at Kibbutz Gezer.




(Linking to T-day at ABC Wednesday and OurWorld Tuesday.)
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Saturday, November 18, 2017

Donkeys and olives

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My new friend, Malka! 


"THE HOME OF MALKA AND RACHEL" says the sign. 
Last year the donkeys lived in the kibbutz olive grove, grazing on the underbrush and contributing manure fertilizer.
But this year they were spotted eating olives (!) so they were moved to their own paddock, at least until we harvest all the olives. 


Nothing like a good dust bath on a hot day. 
Yes, it's still hot and dry in Israel, despite it being "winter." 


After she saw Malka roll over, Rachel had a go at it too. 


Two donkey friends and a cloud of dust. 


They are so sweet! 
Gotta love donkeys.
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(Linking to Camera-Critters.)

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Volunteer fun in the olives

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Still having fun harvesting olives at friendly Kibbutz Gezer.
Starting my third week as a volunteer.
Here you learn new and exciting things every day.
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