Some Log ('er Lag) Ba'Omer Pictures

The Proud Creator


Hey! We Found some Wood to Burn!



Here's How it Starts



Really Hot!

Friday Outing to Ein Kaleb

Ein Kaleb in Gush Etzion


Pretty Cool, Eh?


Look closely and you can see the receding tail

Let's Go Fly a Kite...

I know it's there 'cause I can feel the pull....


Doesn't get any better than this, does it?


I can barely reach it!


I think this just might work!

Some Talk About This Web Log (#1)

Today I'm gonna tell you a bit about this web log; some of its technical aspects as well as some of its personal aspects.

Other Voices From My Neck of the Woods
You may have noticed some links in the right collum under this heading. These are other web logs that I would like you to read.

treppenwitz
jerusalemrevealed

They aren't the only other blogs I read. I chose them because they both say things that I would like to say about life, love, relationships, parenting and this wonderful little (sometimes I wish it were bigger...) country we live in, but they say better. They are both very talented writers and put enough of themselves into their writting to walk the tightrope between entertaining and enriching all of us readers on the one hand and embarrasing themselves and their loved-ones on the other.

I'm really hoping that neither of them falls off!

Web Pages referring...
At the very bottom (or "foot" if you consider this a reference to a body part) of the page you'll find a little note indicating what links people have clicked in order to get to this website. This tells you which websites are helping people find my blog. With this feature I found out that there are a few Jewish bloggers who have added me to their list of links. There were two. Sorry you two. I can't remeber who you are right now.

Sometimes, I will comment on someone elses blog and leave my url. Sometimes people click those to get here and the name of the webisite I commented on will show up.

My biggest referer is the Efrat wikicitiies website, which seems to be down at the moment. Thanks David for listing me over there. I figured it was you since you listed yourself second but wanted to do something nice for me so you listed me first!

Rememberance Proposal

We just had Yom Hashoah and Yom Hazikaron Lehalelei Tza"hal. These two days are important for marking the sacrifice made by so many.

One way honor is given to the 6 million who perished in the holocaust and the thousands who died in battle defending the modern state of Israel and its people is by sounding a siren for a full minute as a signal for everyone to stand quietly and respectfully for the duration of the blast.

This year I noticed something that I never noticed before. The dogs in the neighorhood wined in pain because of the high pitch of the sound.

I think something should be done about this.

As far as I know, and I searched my memory for a few minutes, there is no Jewish law or custum that causes pain to animal. Dogs in particular are singled out by the Torah as worthy of kind treatment since they restrained themselves from barking the night of the Exodus from Egypt. The rabbis of Blessed Memory tell us that it was as a sign of gratitude that dogs are awarded treif meat by the verse in Exodus Chapter 11.

So I say, next year we should have that siren re calibrated (is that the right word) so that our actions to bring honor to humanity do not cause pain to furry friends

I Wanna Hold Your Haaaaaaaaand!

Snake Attack(ed?)

Look What I Saw on the Way to Work This Morning

Well its not exactly earth shattering news. But at least its timely.

I know what you're thinking. When is that guy gonna start posting things of interest to a wider readership? He's still writing about trivial things he encounters in his mundane existence! But you've got to admit a dead snake is a but more interesting than a frozen puddle and then a thawed puddle, and then a dried puddle, and then a littered puddle....


The Big Picture

Here you get an idea of the size of this beast. Do you notice the wound? There must be a story behind that wound. Let't take a closer look...


A Closer Look

You can't look at this without wondering what happened on the night of April 2 in thr grape fields behind the tennis courts of Gefen Street?

Any guesses? Write yours as a comment on this post!

For you Dog Lovers

Those of you who love reading about dogs and imagining that they have human-like emotions will love reading what my neighbor wrote today.

Take a look at David Bogner's Three Dog FortNight and have a good laugh!