Posts under ‘Pictures’

I haven’t posted in a while – too busy with things around here and with planning the up and coming trip (less than four weeks before we leave!) I figured the easiest way to catch up on blog posting here would be by including a few pictures from our family adventures from the past month [...]

This year has been officially declared as (yet another) drought year. We are having much less rain than in previous years and the weather is much warmer. On the bright side, this winter is wonderful for hiking. Perfect hiking weather pretty much everyday – coolishly warm (or warmishly cool, if you like), clear blue sky, [...]

I’m working on a Big Brother post today, but stopped to post a quick one about our lesson yesterday. The kids go to school, but since they don’t get any homework to speak of, we add a daily lesson at home. Usually it’s either Hebrew, Math or English, but yesterday, we did a lesson in [...]

Seems like there’s a lot of trip reports on this blog lately… Maybe because my main focus is on preparing our big trip to the US. I enjoy reading trip reports so much, I want to give back to the universe web. We were fortunate enough to have Hospitality Club guests yesterday: a lovely young [...]

Lazy days of summer. It’s been so hot outside, I did all I could to stay at home with the kids, except for the unavoidable beach and pool outings. Anything else needs to have a very cold micro-climate (aka air conditioning). There are some very good malls in Israel and they all have fantastic air [...]

It’s the Jewish holiday of Purim today. If you’re not familiar with Purim, here’s the full description in Wikipedia. Purim and Me Purim is the holiday of fun for the kids. Kids dress up, give and get packets of sweets. There are also mini-carnivals in most cities where all the kids come dressed up in [...]

I went for a stroll yesterday, then went right back home, grabbed my camera and went out again. It’s incredibly green outside. Just lush green, speckled with flowers. The air smells of flowers and greenery. The only problem is that this warm weather is in February. Even in Israel it’s supposed to be winter still, [...]

Tornadoes are so rare in Israel most people don’t believe they exist here. In fact, they are so rare, your average Israeli doesn’t know the difference between a tornado and a hurricane and they two are almost synonyms here. So, when my brother-in-law from Kibbutz Ortal called us to say he was within tens of [...]

A family oriented post today, but everyone is welcome to share. Since I am posting this on a public blog, I guess a few introductory words are required. I am third generation in Israel. My mother’s grandparents are from Tunisia, and my father’s grandparents are from Poland. Their stories vary, at many points, but for [...]

Headed back from Eilat, we managed to reach the Hai Bar Wildlife Center in Kibbutz Yotvata on time both for the feeding of the predators and for booking our night at their campground. Later on, as I was walking around the campground, I noticed there were still some people hanging around and a ranger was [...]