Spring Flowers, of course

Various flowering things in Tsfat.



In my garden.



Pomegranite tree in full bloom.

Baby grapes

Lemon blossoms.

Olive blossom buds

Olive tree in bloom.

Loving the beginning of summer!

Tiberius, less than an hour away

The bus is quick and easy. Enjoy a trip to the Sea of Galilee. The Kinneret awaits.


Looking north, you can see Mt. Hermon over the waters of the Kinneret.

Decks restaurant, with the city behind it.

Looking east to the Golan Heights.

Can't say I'm sad that the Galilee Experience is closed down. The Galilee is defined by oh so much more than one person.
 

The Lido boat launching, with Mt Hermon in the background.

Sunset. Mt. Hermon in the background

Birds enjoying the fishing action and leftovers near shore.

It's small, but it's mighty. The Sea of Galilee.

 

Summer 2012 winding down

Some images of late summer in Tsfat.

The pomegranites are ripening.

The grape leaves are turning color.

Evenings are cool, with occasional clouds in the West.

As evening comes in on the Metsuda.

 

Klezmer Festival is already past, but here are some memories.

The night streets in the Old City of Tsfat.

Snacks Middle Eastern style.

Fireworks!

Blurry street scene.



New Yard -- fruit trees

I moved, and am delighted to have a yard that is not the dumping ground for a 13 story building.

Pomegranites growing.Alsothe lemon tree next to it.

Grape vines!

Another perspecitve, with the lemon tree on the right, grape vines on the left.

Peering through the lemon tree to the porch.

Funny little tyos in the ivy.

Spring 2012/5772

Took a walk on Sunday afternoon Chol Hamoed. Spring is lovely after a good winter of rain.

Great colors in the Old City with flowers in bloom and blue pain renewed for Pesach.

The quiet of Tsfat may seem boring to some. I find it peaceful and restful and beautiful.

Leading to the Mayan Haradum square.

Flowers and the colors of the Artists's Quarter

Antiquities built into the rebuilt walls.

Even the mail boxes are artistic.

New figs are still small and unripe. I love the smell of the fig trees.

Old city wall with rose bush in bloom.

It's also bird migration season. Caught this glimpse from between the walls of an Old City alley.

Some trees in waiting for their spring green.

Leading down to the famous cemetary, all is green.

We notice the years as yellow, or red, or occasionally blue. Sometimes it goes straight to brown, if there haven't been enough rains. This year is a "yellow year".

The yellow carpet of the cemetary. Behind the tree in the center and covered with an overhead shelter is the Ari's gravesite.

Snow in Adar

Actually, I got up to town too late to get pictures. By 11 am it was pretty much all melted. But here are the remnant pics.

Mount Meron and neighboring hills dusted with snow.

Mount Meron with snow

Hah, look, snow left at noon!

Livnot, the Old City, new niches

Always good to have a friend visit from out of town. I found new niches that I didn't even know existed in the Old City (The Fig Tree Courtyard), and got to take some pics of this lovely place.

My light meter is failing, so I guess it will be a good excuse to get a new camera sometime soon.

Entering the Old City

Old City newer homes

Old City Alley late winter afternoon.

Roof Top of Fig Tree CourtYard

Tourists on roof top of Fig Tree Courtyard

Fig Tree Courtyard roof top observation point

Looking North, the Lebanon border.

Water Cistern in the Fig Tree Courtyard

Livnot U'lehibanot. I used to sit on a pile of rubble at night under the stars... now it's clear that it was on top of these relics from the 1600's.

Relics from the Kahal at Livnot's dig. Now a National Heritage site.

Livnot Kahal

More relics in the Kahal

Beit Shababu in the Kahal

Livnot U'lehibanot: to build and to be built.

Sculpture in Kikar Avraham Sade

Night falls on "the bridge" in Tsfat.