better view

Friday, when I was hanging out the wash, a friend walked by and stopped:

Come, walk with me. The weather is glorious!

I decided quickly.

Just another couple of things to hang, and I'll join you.

So I did. The girl I tutor on Fridays had called to ask to start later, so I had the time. I took my camera along. I got a better shot of the valley, looking very late winter. And at the end of my walk I visited a neighbor and photographed the Shiloh Cemetery.

Now I'm in a rush. Instead of going to bed on time, I'm welcoming my married daughter and family, since their heater spewed kerosene and the place stinks.

Good that they live nearby.

Shavua Tov

Not quite what I had planned...

Just as I was getting myself organized to go, I got a call from "the boy from the Bronx" telling me that something else came up. So I didn't go to Jerusalem. G-d willing he'll come for Shabbat, but only if G-d's willing, of course.

So, I had to get out of the house, and I did. I took a walk, not in my usual direction.

Most of winter's over, and we've just had a few very rainy days. Of course I took along my camera. I took the new cellphone, too, but I don't know how to send the pictures to the computer. But I did figure out finally how to correct the date!!! We're making progress! It's only a phone, and I'm not that retarded.

The only thing not great is that when I got back, I saw that somehow the camera was on "portrait" rather than "automatic." So the pictures won't be as good as they could have been. Sue me!

Now I'm waiting for the pictures to load onto flickr. Goooiiinnnnng veeerrrryyyy sllooowwwllyyyyyyy.


This rose bush looked better "in person."


The almonds are startying to bloom!


Winter bulbs blooming.


Winter rains soak the Valley of Shiloh.