Wednesday, February 29, 2012

MORE THAN JUST A BLOGGER FRIENDSHIP


Some of you know my wonderful friend Jill from  http://glazed-over.blogspot.com.
A week ago she came for a surprise visit to Israel flying over the ocean from New York to Tel Aviv with her two young daughters. We spent some joyful days together and enjoyed each others company immensely. She will be back for summer vacation, and we have a lot more plans to do things together.


On the way to my friend Aiva in the Galilee we stopped at the anemone meadows at Minchat Meggido - a lot of rain was beating down on them the previous days and they were over the height of their bloom, but what was left was still very impressive - the wild anemones there, thousands and thousands of them, present themselves in all their variety of colors and hues, white, pink, purple, red... 



 Avital
 Sheva

We have a herb farm with a huge spice shop in Beitlechem HaGlilit - a big marvelous smelling purchase was made there: spice mixes for rice, special teas, cinnamon, granola... So many choices, hard to decide!
The flea market in Yafo was for another day - of course it could not be missed!
We all had a great and loving time together - which is stored in our memories forever!
Having a coffee break at the flea market - this is my most favorite photo of all!
See you in summer Jill! :-)

13 comments:

Dawn of LaTouchables said...

WOW!!! You are so lucky, Yael, and I can see in all your eyes the HUGE fun and happiness in your time together. How exciting--summertime AGAIN--what joy!!!

Bob Bushell said...

Nice to have one as happy she is, good photos, of course.

Unknown said...

Oh so wonderful! How I would love to just turn up on your door step for a wonderful week of love and markets and wildflowers and laughter! One day, maybe... Sarah xxx

TarracoStyle said...

siempre es agradable tener visitas de los amigos... vaya país con tantas flores. Me ha encantado el mercado de especies...
muchos besos

Tomoko said...

Hi,Yael.
It is such an exciting post!! I can see how you both spent wonderful time.I am also happy to see Jill as I am one of her blog readers.

Enjoy your week.
Tomoko

wandamarie.blogspot.com said...

okay, i admit...at first i was jealous that jill gets to be with you like this...but i have a good heart and have absolutely DELIGHTED in the photos of all of you, including her girls. how very wonderful wonderful to meet in person and gather together with such special times. ohhhh and the herb farm is to die for...we need more than one of those over here in the states! thank you, truly, for a wondrous view into your days, yael! xoxo

Jill said...

Oh, YAEL! Thank you for taking us under your wing so lovingly and showing us some of the marvels of the land. What a charmed time we had, all of us. Would that we could be next door neighbors.

À bientôt this summer, then. Can't wait!

zsazsazsu said...

wishing the world a little smaller, the distances a little shorter and lot more time so we
could all meet from time to time!
Great post ! Nice to meet you Jill.

Annuk said...

Wonderful moments!!!! I'm so happy for you, Yael! :)
Nice to meet Jill!

Prisla Buah said...

ohh wow thats amazing.looks like you guys had alot of fun

Hilde said...

Looks like you had a great time together :)
Have a happy weekend, Yael!

Anonymous said...

Oh diese Tour würde auch genau meinem Geschmack entsprechen... der Gewürzladen muss ja himmlich sein... und vom Flohmarkt will ich gar nicht gross reden... die Wühlkisten mit den Kinderspielsachen haben auf mich eine magnetische Wirkung...
du weisst ja ; )
So schön, dass deine Freunde schon so bald wieder anreisen werden... werde nun gleich auch bei Jill vorbeischauen...
Herzliche Grüsse und bis bälder bisous Brigitte

mispapelicos said...

How lovely all of you, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh. Perphaps we could meet one day!!!
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