It's only a bee suit

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No, it is not a hazmat (hazardous materials) suit for ebola.

It's just a bee suit trying to bring customers to the honey table at Beer Sheva street fair.

However, last month medical and security teams at Ben Gurion International Airport did hold an exercise to simulate an arrival of an Ebola patient to Israel.
And Israel is sending clinical aid to the three countries in Africa that need it most. 

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Even horses do the rain dance

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Jumpin' for joy to finally see clouds in our sky!
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Linking to SkyWatch Friday.
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Centaur in Beersheba

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When was the last time you saw a centaur?!
I saw this one at the Beer Sheva Old City street fair this Sukkot week.

He gave a menacing look to each passerby . . . 

. . . except that a few  walked on by, not even noticing the centaur's silent presence.
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It's worth enlarging the pics 2x to see the face (and the muscles!). 
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No stopping this toothless dancer

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Everybody is out and about celebrating the Sukkot holiday week. 
In Beer Sheva's Old City things were jumping today, including this wizened old man!

When the oud, guitar, and drums struck up the music, the old guy came alive and danced--with perfect rhythm!
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(Linking to Our World Tuesday.)
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Out on a limb

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You may have to enlarge this to see it is a bird. 

At the Artist's House of the Negev in the old part of Beer Sheva,  each of a handful of artists was given a dead tree and asked to give it life with art.
Now the trees are exhibited in the gallery's yard.

Ingrid Neuman called hers "Inyan shorshi," which could mean a matter of roots (or, of rootedness).
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(Linking to Whimsical Windows, Delirious Doors  and to OurWorld Tuesday .)
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"Desert Embroidery" by Bedouin women

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Bedouin handicrafts on exhibit at a gallery in Beer Sheva.

This embroidery is made by Desert Embroidery, the Association for the Improvement of Women's Status, in the town of Lakiya (just a few miles west of Meitar).

From their nice website:

In the 1980's, a group of Bedouin girls got together to improve life in their village. In 1996 the Association for the Improvement of Women's Status achieved official recognition as the first Bedouin women's non-profit organization in Southern Israel. 

Today we run a successful embroidery program to generate income for Bedouin women and preserve traditional handicrafts. 

We operate a mobile library serving over 1,500 children, as well as educational programs for women and youth. 

We invite you to visit the Desert Embroidery Visitor Center or browse the fine handmade embroidery products we offer. 

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See a nice little video of the kids at the mobile library on YouTube.

The temporary exhibit of Bedouin crafts is  at the Artist's House of the Negev.

The gallery is in an old house in the Old City of Beer Sheva.
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(Linking to signs, signs  and to  Our World Tuesday.)
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