tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7978306482343369952024-03-13T20:12:54.376-07:00PazzaPazzaYaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693182864758766065noreply@blogger.comBlogger647125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797830648234336995.post-34816497533150040942019-06-06T21:21:00.001-07:002019-06-06T21:23:36.216-07:00TAKING A BAG ON A PHOTO JOURNEY<br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Every thing about this bag was a hip experience - choosing the materials, designing it - sewing it - admiring it - photographing it (which my husband did).</span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">So photogenic!</span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I don't remember who bought this bag and where it is now. I wish a little bit I would still have it... I hope, it is enjoyed and admired... It surely is a little treasure...</span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Made with leather, fabric and an old doily. </span></span></b></i></span>Yaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693182864758766065noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797830648234336995.post-3899331908317820752019-06-04T10:19:00.002-07:002019-06-04T10:21:37.812-07:00ANOTHER SMALL BORO <br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This one is a tiny bit more sophisticated and shows some influence from American artist Jude Hill.</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The Japanese method of boro is very meditative and requires slow stitching. You can not rush with it, your soul is very much taking part in it, and you work intuitive. You don't strive for perfection, you don't plan too much, you just stitch and choose pieces and patches and remnants of fabric, and match here and there, and then change again, slowly and joyfully, maybe stitching a story, or a little statement, or just a colorful lovely piece, that you can make into a small bag, or a book cover, or a petite wall hanging, or into nothing at all but to admire just so. If your fabric is old and tattered and frayed, even better so, it will add grace and meaning. And if you can mix cotton and silk and hemp and wool and linen, wow!</span></span></b></span><br />
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Yaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693182864758766065noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797830648234336995.post-28865424964947084742019-06-04T02:59:00.001-07:002019-06-04T04:24:52.403-07:00The elephants and the upside down woman<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Boro Boro is the ancient Japanese "art" of fixing tattered and
worn clothing. </span></span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The word boro literally means "tattered". The fabric
would be mended and patched with small visible stitches, again and
again, reinforcing the garment. A kind of modern art form developed from
it, resembling pieces of patchwork that entered the modern fashion
world. Neither in the ancient traditional objects, nor in today's modern
versions was and is perfect execution required. The stitching of the <span class="text_exposed_show">functional
embroidery should lead to a sense of simple beauty. The Japanese people
with their great talent for aesthetic and their Wabi Sabi view always
achieve this, even with the acceptance of imperfection.</span></span></span></b></i></span><br />
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Some time ago I attended a boro workshop with Laura Miryam in her
lovely home in Moshav Aviel, north of Hadera.</span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">For me, always striving to be perfect in my
work, it was not easy to loosen up and just let go... But - I somehow
managed and I must say I did enjoy the process. This is my first very
humble and humorous attempt at a boro stitched piece - and with Laura's
gentle guidance I think it came out rather nicely.</span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="_47e3 _5mfr" title="smile emoticon"><span aria-hidden="true" class="_7oe"></span></span>I called it: "The elephants and the upside down woman" - I know, it's kind of funny! :-) And as you can see, the pomegranates were just blooming.</span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">Apollonia (Hebrew אפולוניה), also known as Arsur, was an ancient community and later Crusader city and Crusader fortress, to be found in present-day Israel, about 15 kilometers north of Tel Aviv. The archeological site (Tel Arshaf, תֵּל אַרְשָׁף, also Apollonia-Arsuf אַפּוֹלוֹנְיָה-אַרְסוּף) today belongs to the municipality Herzlia and is a national park.</span></span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">Apollonia is located on a cliff that stretches the lengths of the Sharon coast. With people settling on the top of the cliff about 2500 years ago began the fascinating history of Apollonia.</span></span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7KHK0HCIBSc/XMgeW6pen2I/AAAAAAAAh7I/yvC9sRTG_JcxJDeX4zy2W8gBjtlcBTeQACLcBGAs/s1600/P1150192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="1600" height="276" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7KHK0HCIBSc/XMgeW6pen2I/AAAAAAAAh7I/yvC9sRTG_JcxJDeX4zy2W8gBjtlcBTeQACLcBGAs/s400/P1150192.JPG" width="400" /></a><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"> Visiting there on a glorious spring day three weeks ago was an unforgettable event. The flora at the park is very rich, even though the plants have to battle strong winds with salty spray from the sea, and endure the brittle, with sand covered lime stone of the ridge. East of Apollonia there was once a forest of oak trees. In the Crusader period and through the Ottoman era the wood was harvested for construction and fuel and today no remains are left in the region of Apollonia.</span></span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">Apollonia was settled by the Phoenicians, who called the place Arshaf, after one of their gods, the war god Reshef. For their commerce they used the abundance of murex mollusks snails on the shore to make purple dye for robes and clothes. </span></span></span></b></i></span><span style="color: #274e13;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">They traded the Tyrian dye, which was very expensive and could only be afforded by the wealthy, thus providing the Phoenicians with a good livelihood. Then there was the Hellenistic period, in which the residents identified Reshef with their own god Apollo and renamed the city Apollonia. The Romans followed, and under their regime Apollonia flourished and </span><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">became a real city.</span></span></span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>In the Byzantine era, during the 5th-6th centuries, the city was known as Sozousa and</b> was populated by Christians and Samaritans.<b> It had a church and a glass making industry, as well as wine and
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">Later, during the early Islamic period the city was ruled by the Muslims, who gave it back the name Arsuf (Arshaf) and surrounded it by a wall.</span></span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en">When in the 11th century CE Jerusalem fell to the Crusaders their attention also focused on Apollonia. King Baldwin conquered it, and it was called Arsour. They strengthened the walls and dug a mount around them. In 1241 CE a fortress was built. But shortly after, in 1265 CE Arsour was attacked by the Mameluke Sultan Baibar and the crusaders surrendered. Baibar forced them to destroy and burn the fortress. It was never again inhabited.</span></span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="tlid-translation translation" lang="en"> Many pits and cisterns</span></span></span></b></i></span><br />
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Yaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693182864758766065noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797830648234336995.post-2236265647041472932019-04-06T08:15:00.002-07:002019-11-17T20:49:04.161-08:00NEW POUCHES - inspired by spring<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I think there are many ways to get inspired. An idea may come in the shower, or at a concert, perhaps in a dream, in the wee hours of dawn, while reading, or talking to a friend or a stranger, from a movie scene, a walk in the city, a night sky... Most definitely NATURE is very inspirational. The view of a particular landscape may trigger a great artwork or a creative craft.</span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Flowering spring meadows did it lately for me. After seeing the outburst of greens and flowers at the Jordan Valley some weeks ago, and the colorful carpets covering the hills of the Golan Heights, I remembered a basket full of treasures I had for a long time. There were pieces of old lace, short cuts of flower ribbons, tiny remnants of woven fabric from Peru and Guatemala, and small scraps of Bedouin and other embroidery with flower motives. So I made lovely pouches, each one different and each one with some kind of flowers on it, embellished with lace and ribbons, and adorned with a beaded zipper pull, and real leather grips.</span></span></b></i></span><br />
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Yaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693182864758766065noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797830648234336995.post-11513432351617186322019-04-06T05:37:00.003-07:002019-04-06T07:49:37.478-07:00BEAUTIFUL SPRING IN ISRAEL - Golan Heights<br />
Spring is in full swing here in Israel. The results of so much rain we had so far this year are overwhelming and nature shows its full glory.<br />
These photos are from a trip to the Golan Heights some days ago. The mats of the hills are covered with flower carpets in many colors.<br />
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Brooks and Wadis which are dry the remaining of the year are flowing lovely with fresh bubbling water.<br />
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Sea of Galilea (Kinnereth) and Tiberias<br />
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This is the time to go out as much as possible, just to get filled up with so much beauty and serenety...<br />
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Photos by Uri Eshkar.Yaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693182864758766065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797830648234336995.post-65595803072611272432019-03-10T12:54:00.000-07:002019-03-10T22:35:06.514-07:00SPRING AT THE JORDAN VALLEY - אביב בבקעת הירדן<br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Spring at the Jordan Valley - with an almost unbelievable abundance
of wildflowers - such as I have not seen before, this was just the top
of the top. We had so much rain this year here in Israel, surely that contributed to the growth of millions of flowers. We went to visit at the valley today, and took much more photos than
these, it was impossible to stop. All the colors were present, yellow, red, purple, white, blue, pink, orange - and even black, because the Gilboa Iris is almost black. Here we are at Maale Efraym which is in the middle of the
Valley. That was truly a glorious and magic day! </span></span></b></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #073763;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I know these are a lot of photos, but don't stop, please view till the end! </span></span></b></i></span><br />
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היום בבקעת הירדן. כל הארץ פורחת לאחר גשמי הברכה של החורף, אבל הפריחה
בבקעה עולה על כולנה. עושר של מינים וצבעים מרהיב עין. המינים הבולטים:
עכנאי זיפני, שלח ספרדי, נורית אסיה ועוד מינים רבים </span></span></b></i></span><br />
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של צבעים</span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">All photos by my husband Uri Eshkar.</span></span></b></i></span> Yaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693182864758766065noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797830648234336995.post-56026732576926669202019-02-09T07:24:00.002-08:002019-02-09T07:25:33.071-08:00FISHING AT JAFFA PORT<br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The port of Jaffa is said to be one of the oldest ports in the world and is still used by local fishermen, who go out with their boats in the early morning to the Mediterranean sea. Many restaurants there prepare menus from what they bring in. Fish and seafood like oysters, shrimp, crab and calamari, fried or grilled, together with a selection of the typical small salads of Arabic culture, a plate of humus with pitas, and a cool beer, make a super tasty meal for lunch and dinner. Israelis and tourists as well love this historical place. A walk along the shore gives a view of many old and new boats and ships, and of the gorgeous sea with the skyline of Tel Aviv in the distance.</span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<br />Yaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693182864758766065noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797830648234336995.post-34969187026122933002019-01-06T05:37:00.000-08:002019-01-07T18:55:05.554-08:00BOTANICAL GARDEN KIBBUTZ EIN GEDI<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today it is raining, windy and cold. I mean for here it is cold, still well above minus, but we are accustomed much more to warm, and mostly hot weather. We do not have too many cold days here in Israel and the winter season usually is not very hard. Also the weather changes quickly, and even on a rainy day, the sky may break open and the sun comes through for an hour or two.</span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">So yes, today it is stormy, but yesterday the weather was gorgeous and I am glad we took advantage of it. We went south to the Dead Sea and visited the Botanical Garden at Kibbutz Ein Gedi, which is on the road to Masada. Actually there is not a botanical garden AT the Kibbutz, but the ground of the Kibbutz IS the botanical garden. And that is truly amazing!</span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kibbutz Ein Gedi exists since 1952, and the garden was created by Kibbutz members, some of the early ones tend to the garden till today.</span></span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">All the design, the planning, the development and the maintenance is done by Kibbutz members, and what they accomplished is almost unbelievable. They brought into existence a green paradise, an oasis above the Dead Sea. Surrounded by the rugged desert mountains this garden, incorporated into the village, is very beautiful. It is renowned worldwide and has won many awards. Trees, shrubs, cacti and countless other plants, from tropical and subtropical places in the world, were brought here, and more water saving and heat resist plants are introduced, and thrive in the stunning environment under the dry desert conditions.</span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We had a marvelous, what is called in German "Spaziergang", a leisurely stroll of about two hours on the paths through the village, along and in between the houses of the people who live there. We small talked to some of them and the mood was very friendly. Throughout the garden there are benches to rest on, under magnificent trees, or at the margin of the garden to the open view of the Dead Sea, or to the mountains. The place is calm and peaceful. Definitely worth a visit!</span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">There are a lot of opportunities for an outing here in Israel. The landscape is versatile and changes from the north to the south. Mountains, forests, plains, valleys, rivers, wadis, the Mediterranean sea, the beach, the Sea of Galilee, the Dead Sea, the Judean Desert, the Negev Desert, all with an abundance of flora and fauna at all seasons, but especially in winter and spring.<br />The cities also welcome to a tour, a visit to Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Beer Sheva lets us experience the different flair of each one.<br />From mount Hermon in the far North to Eilat in the deep South there is a lot to choose from, to discover, learn and enjoy.<br />And then there are the historical sites, plenty of them and everywhere, often in ruins, not at all or only partly excavated, almost hidden, and many dug up expertly and prepared for the visitor to explore.</span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">So yesterday we decided to go to Shivta, an unwalled ancient Byzantine town in the western Negev, about 40 km southwest of Beer Sheva. Shivta is part of a chain of settlements along the Incense and Perfume Road (that includes Avdat, Haluza and Mamshit), which started in Oman and Yemen and passed through Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the Negev on its 2400 km long way and ended in the port of Gaza. From there it entered the Hellenistic and Roman world. It existed roughly from 7th century BCE to 2nd century CE.<br /><br />We started early in the morning, the weather was wonderful, sunny but not hot, a clear winter day.</span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Our last trip there was in October 2010. I have a blog post about it, that can be accessed here, it includes a lot of information.<br /><a href="https://pazzapazza2.blogspot.com/2010/10/shivta.html">https://pazzapazza2.blogspot.com/2010/10/shivta.html</a><br /><br />When in the last century BCE and the first century CE Nabateans came to settle, the desert was probably a bit less dry and more humid than today, but still waterless, no springs existed there and the only source of water was rain.<br />But we know that the inhabitants of Shivta grew a diversity of vegetables and fruit trees in the surrounding valleys, pomegranates, plums, apricots, figs, carob trees, olive trees. <br />Even grapes, and there was serious wine making. How was this possible? <br />They very cleverly engineered a system to channel rainwater over surface to their terraced gardens and fields directly, and collect it in reservoirs to be available when needed.<br /><br />Archaeologists today consider Shivta to have been a Byzantine city, some Roman ruins have been unearthed there, but almost all of the antic findings date to the Byzantine period. In the 4th to 5th centuries CE, when Christianity came to the area, many Nabateans converted. Shivta began to flourish, and the inhabitants were engulfed in the Byzantine culture. They continued to get their main livelihood from farming. At this time the use of the Incense Road had declined.<br /><br />Then in the 7th century CE came the Muslim conquest and Shivta's residents gradually deserted their homes, some of them closed the entrances with bricks, maybe in the hope to return one day, but in the 9th century CE, Shivta was completely deserted.<br /><br />There are three churches at Shivta, a main one, very large and two smaller ones. And there is a mosque built next to a church, seemingly operating at the same time. It may teach us, that the Muslim conquest was maybe not so harsh and destructive, and that maybe the Christian inhabitants continued for a while to live somehow peacefully with their new neighbors. But maybe not.</span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">At a large mansion near the town's water reservoir the archaeologist Dr. Yotan Tepper noticed in 2015 a threshold stone, on which one has to step to enter the house. A rosette and two crosses were discovered on it, and a Greek inscription that read: "the atrium of the holy church". No Christian would ever step on such a "holy" stone. <br />It was probably taken from one of the churches and disdained to nothingness, either by a new Muslim owner of the house, or by the original dweller that had converted to Islam.</span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Anyhow, there was no real destruction of the Negev cities by the Islamic conquest, and Shivta continued to exist into the early stages of the Muslim regime. But what let then to the abandonment of the site is not completely clear, maybe earthquakes, droughts, and catastrophes like plagues?<br /><br />Shivta is in ruins, but was not destroyed, excavations were very successful there and a visit gives a good feeling of how life and culture existed in antiquity.</span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The view of the landscape around Shivta is truly breathtaking, the hills and dunes of the desert are calming and peaceful.</span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">All photos by my husband Uri Eshkar. </span></span></b></i><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Some weeks ago a friend brought me lavender from her garden. I hung it to dry for many days and then harvested the seeds. I got plenty, and the scent is... you know
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Playtime with colorful small fabric remnants left over from various projects or gifted to me by friends. I love making these softies!</span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">After returning home from a trip to the Mosel area of Germany, I made
this drawing, inspired by a visit to the Rheinisches Landesmuseum of
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<br />Yaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693182864758766065noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797830648234336995.post-82650874182979356882018-09-07T03:49:00.002-07:002018-09-07T03:54:05.748-07:00HAPPY NEW YEAR - SHANA TOVA<br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy New Year - Shana Tova</span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">sunat jadidat saeida<br /> Gliklikhe tsukunft<br /> sentak chadhra<br /> Yoi shin'nen<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> labs jaunais gads<br /> khoroshiy novyy god<br /> Gutes neues Jahr<br /> bonne année<br /> dobry nowy rok<br /> Hyvää uutta vuotta<br /> melikami ādīsi ‘ameti</span></span></span></b></i></span>Yaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693182864758766065noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797830648234336995.post-42149383111144955152018-05-06T11:06:00.001-07:002018-05-09T20:41:35.595-07:00MORNING WALK<br />
<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was not well and house bound for a little while. This morning I went outside into the sun for the first time after three weeks. There was so much to enjoy,
so many things to see, small and modest and gorgeous, and oh so pretty - we had a
great walk, lovely Ella and I, just around the neighborhood and through the meadow...</span></span></b></i><br />
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Yaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693182864758766065noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797830648234336995.post-54493153213559236092018-05-06T02:50:00.000-07:002018-05-06T03:02:10.341-07:00GOOD BYE SPRING - till next year<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Spring is over almost everywhere here in Israel, prevailing only in the mountains. At our highest one, the Hermon in the north, spring has even not arrived yet. But in the flat land and the valleys the celebration is mostly over. The days are starting to be hot and the colors change into hues of brown and beige. This does not mean there are no wildflowers at all to be found anymore, but the dramatic nature concert of the last months has slowed down to a quieter and softer melody.</span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is a very small selection, there is a tremendous variety of Mediterranean flora here and I had a hard time to decide on the photos. They are all taken by my husband Uri Eshkar.</span></span></b></i>Yaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693182864758766065noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-797830648234336995.post-79332157250097329052017-11-24T06:57:00.001-08:002017-11-24T07:00:15.140-08:00Branch turned into stick turned into art<div dir="ltr">
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">As we do almost every year at this time in autumn, we went yesterday to look for these yellow and pink greeters of fall, the Sternbergia and the Crocus.</span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="rightSideBody" data-font-size-type="px" data-font-size="14" data-line-height="17.2px" dir="ltr" lang="en">Colchicum feinbruniae, </span><span class="rightSideBody" data-font-size-type="px" data-font-size="14" data-line-height="17.2px" dir="ltr" lang="en"><span class="rightSideBody" data-font-size-type="px" data-font-size="14" data-line-height="17.2px" dir="ltr" lang="en">Feinbrun's Autumn Crocus, sitvanit ha tashbez, </span></span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">סתוונית התשבץ</span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="rightSideBody" data-font-size-type="px" data-font-size="14" data-line-height="17.2px" dir="ltr" lang="en"><span class="rightSideBody" data-font-size-type="px" data-font-size="14" data-line-height="17.2px" dir="ltr" lang="en">The flowers are nestled between the rocks of the forest and are just so beautiful.</span></span></span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="rightSideBody" data-font-size-type="px" data-font-size="14" data-line-height="17.2px" dir="ltr" lang="en"><span class="rightSideBody" data-font-size-type="px" data-font-size="14" data-line-height="17.2px" dir="ltr" lang="en">The weather was wonderful yesterday, warm and sunny with blue sky, another happy day!</span></span></span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Photos by Uri Eshkar</span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A Shabatt visit to Park Canada, located north of Highway 1, to explore the ancient ruins of Hurvat Eked at the top of the park. </span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Encircled by an impressive stone wall at the highest spot of the hill, are the remains of a settlement and a fortress from the Hellenistic period more than 2000 years ago. The fortress was constructed by Bacchides, the Seleucid
general, who fought against the Hasmonean kingdom.The construction of the fortress was the beginning of the establishment of the city of
Emmaus/Nicopolis, which later relocated several kilometer to the west. </span></span></b></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We had a gorgeous day, all three of us, me, the photographer (my husband Uri Eshkar) and Ella. :-) </span></span></b></i><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Already? Wow! :-)</span></span></b></i></span><br />
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