Tag: summer
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Kangaroos in Israel
My Summer vacation has gone by so quickly, as vacations often do. One of the many things we did was to take a drive up north to see kangaroos in Israel at Gan-Garoo, an Australian Park … in Israel.
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Kicking off my Summer vacation
Today is the first day of my Summer vacation, and I’ve started it with an unexpectedly appealing drink in a park with our daughter while we wait for our son to finish a lesson nearby.
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Life’s a beach …
I’m not really a beach person but this is pretty.
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Time for a break
The last eight months have been busy, to say the least. I’m looking forward to a family staycation for a couple weeks!
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Somehow the clouds make the heat less oppressive
It’s mid-Summer in this part of the world. It’s generally pretty hot, as you can imagine. Somehow, having some cloud cover makes the heat a little less oppressive.
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Fallen pods
It looks like the remnants of Spring are going away, as Summer digs in here in Israel. These pods have been falling from their trees for a couple weeks now.
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Those prickly sabras
Sabra is iconic Israeli fruits that became metaphors for born Israelis (my term for Israelis born in Israel, as opposed to immigrants like us). The plant itself apparently originated in Mexico. I’ve come across these prickly plants a number of times since we arrived in Israel and I am developing a bit of a fascination…
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Sunday night hottest night in Israel’s history – Israel News, Ynetnews
The heat has been incredible the last few days and August is only just beginning. Thank goodness for air conditioning. I’m dreading the electricity bill though. Sunday was the hottest day of the year in Israel, and the high temperatures continued into Monday and don’t appear to be letting up anytime soon. Source: Sunday night…
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