Three Panoramics

Jerusalem

Bethlehem
The View from the top of Kibbutz Tel Katzir

Here, there, and everywhere.

Sunsets in Israel

Dinner With Salech, Violet, Russia, and Boschiach

We were told we should go visit this particular family on the kibbutz. They are Arab, and it's apparently perfectly normal to just show up right around dinner time in their culture, which is what we did. I would have felt comfortable with this, but there were five of us, and I wondered if it wouldn't be pushing our welcome. I was quickly proved wrong. It was a wonderful evening, and neat to experience their culture, food, and wonderful children.

Mmmmm. Kabob. And yes, that is spaghetti. It seemed a little out of place amongst all the other diverse foods.

Bekah "enjoys" some Arabic coffee; black with sugar and cardamom. I am growing fond of it, as we are often treated to it from people around the kibbutz while we are working.

This barbeque was periodically kept going with a hair dryer.
Electric bellows...what a great idea!

Zippori Panoramic

Chickens!

Wheeling them in. We dumped a couple hundred thousand...
they 'll eventually have a quarter of a million chicks!
Tossing 'em in. Their bodies are soft, and combined with the sawdust
on the ground, they're not hurt by this.
Behold, the masses!
The yellow round things are feeders, the red ones are drippers.
These are raised and lowered at appropriate feeding times.
These chicken barns are about a football field long (and there's 6 of them!).

A Couple Random Pictures

Rebekah floating the dead sea. It is such strange and unique feeling. You can easily take a paper or book out and never get it wet, as you never go deeper than a foot or two.
This is a picture of the sunrise from the top of Masada. This was preceding the panoramic photo below...

This is on top of the Golan Heights, right by the Syrian Border.

We saw this desert owl when we were traveling through the Jezre'el valley.