Tag: modi’in

  • Walking to the library the long way

    Walking to the library the long way

    I wanted to go for a walk this morning. We have some overdue library books so I decided to walk to the library. I managed to drop off one of the books, and got some exercise in the process. I made a point of doing more walking before I bought my Fitbit, but having the…

  • Pretty Purple

    Pretty Purple

    I often walk to the supermarket for our weekly shop. This morning I noticed these pretty purple flowers (roses?) on a street corner. Google Photos tries hard to come up with creative variations. Its attempt for this one didn’t quite work out, though:

  • Fireworks for Israel70

    Fireworks for Israel70

    My son and I made our annual pilgrimage to Modiin’s Independence Day celebrations to watch the fireworks. As usual, it was a spectacular display, and we stuck around for all three parts of the show. I took my Nikon camera with me to see if I could capture some decent photos with it too. I…

  • Flowers and Construction on a Sunny Spring Morning

    Flowers and Construction on a Sunny Spring Morning

    I went for a walk this morning to drop off some (long) overdue library books. I took my camera along with me for a change.

  • Little Red Flowers

    These flowers seem to all over Modiin. I have no idea what they’re called but they’re pretty.

  • A passing view of Park Annabe

    A passing view of Park Annabe

    I had a couple things to do in the city this morning and my route took me past Park Annabe, one of Modi’in’s central features. I was greeted with a pretty spectacular view and thought I’d share it.

  • City benches

    City benches

    I went for a walk to drop off some library books. The machine that I wanted to use to drop off the books was out of order. I found some decorated, though weathered, city benches along the way.

  • No Flickr, I didn’t take my photos in Ramallah

    No Flickr, I didn’t take my photos in Ramallah

    Flickr’s OpenStreetMap integration is a bit screwy. It took photos that I geolocated in Modi’in and geotagged them in Ramallah. Totally different city.