mist

This is not the season to photograph glorious sunrises. The sky is too misty. It heralds the first signs of winter. In Israel we only have rain in the winter. Summers are very dry, especially until the middle of the month of Av, Menachem Av. Av is a sad, tragic month. No surprise that Disengagement was in Av. It's also known as Menachem Av, since we should be comforted in Av, too. Maybe that's why the dew gets heavier, and the mists dominate the sky in early morning. It's to remind us that the dry, dead dry summer is drawing to an end.

Water is needed for life, and G-d willing it will rain this winter. The mists, which dull the sunrises I so love, are just the "coming attractions."