COME for a Tour with Me!

SHALOM – have your water bottles ready, because the weather is hot and going all the way up & down these steps will take a lot of liquid and stamina!

“Yemin Moshe is a picturesque, beautifully restored neighborhood – an architectural treasure and one of the most elegant addresses in Jerusalem. There are no shops, but [...]

Bougainvillea in Yemin Moshe, Jerusalem

This Bougainvillea in such vivid purples at the setting sun is in Yemin Moshe, Jerusalem, where I spent my holidays for the past few weeks. I will write on the holz, when I recover a bit more…
Tis for now. Riihele xx

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.

The Best Thing About: THURSDAY

The Best Thing About THURSDAY?
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FRIDAY!!
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the character Arthur Dent says
“This must be Thursday. I could never get the hang of Thursdays“. (Wikipedia)
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Thursday Island – Australia

POPULATION Approx.: 2300

“Thursday Island is the administrative centre for the Torres Strait islands which [...]

Alien Corn in an Alien Land – Shavuot

Perhaps the self-same song that found a path

Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home,
She stood in tears amid the alien corn;

Source: Line 65 of the Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats (1795-1821)
The story of Ruth is a story of an alien in an alien land as she originated from the [...]

Mum’s The Word!

MUM YOU ARE…

Someone who cares

when others care less,
Someone who encourages

when others ridicule,
Someone who defends

when others condemn,
Someone with patience
when others are impatient,
Someone who appreciates
when others fail to notice,
Someone who gives security
in a world of insecurity,
Someone who is accepting
when others reject.
You are a friend
for all time,
to cherish
and
protect,
and your achievements
will linger
for generations.
I LOVE YOU.

This moving and poignantly [...]

For Your Vision – EUROVISION

I wrote last year and I am quoting: ”Would you believe that Finland is taking part in the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest* this year with a song – read: a show – that could actually get somewhere? I am not a fan of this kind of performing, but nevertheless, I am going to [...]

Irish Humour: PUT THE KETTLE ON!

In Ireland years ago, when the workmen came to
do their jobs in one’s home,
the very first thing they’d say was:
*Put the kettle on*, Missus!!
They would not do a tap without a pot of freshly brewed tea first!
Nowadays, they are far too busy – as in ‘time is money’ – to do that.
Aaaah, ‘times they do [...]

Da Blonde Ponders On: Education

‘This is lovely but WHEN does it end?’ *
Heli – my Baby Girl – age 4 on her first day of school in Ireland.
Once the children begin school, the time takes wings, and before one has hardly had time to blink, out they come off the education system, and move on into [...]

The View from Here

This view is in one of my favourite cafes in the vicinity. The vista is still rather on the bleak side – waiting for the sun to shine, the leaves to burst out in their summer wear of the fabulous greens of all shades, tones & hues, and the multitude of the [...]

Dignity: Personality Test

DIGNITY ~
Definition: excellence, nobility
Antonyms: lowliness.
iN BRIEF: n. – The quality of being worthy of esteem or respect; Formality in bearing and appearance; High office or rank or station. (Word Tutor)
I do not usually take ‘tests’ online, but I took a test on this site, called, Tickle.com. There is the sister company in the UK. [...]