Israel: Northern
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Stunning Views From The Car On A Golan Heights Road Trip
Imagine seeing a snow capped Mount Hermon as you are driving down the road? Yes my friends, that was in fact the case on our road trip across the Golan Heights just before Passover, and there were so many great sights from the car window that I just had to share them with you! This…
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A Walk To See The Stunning Hilltop Views From Moshav Keshet, Israel
A stunning snow-topped mountain with a lovely pond and blooming fruit trees in the foreground, mingling with rolling green hills? It doesn’t get much better than that, especially on a cool spring day with blue skies! A few weeks ago we were able to work really hard preparing the house for Passover and take a…
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We Spotted The Rare Golan Iris, In The Golan!
On Shabbat HaGadol we spent a glorious three nights at a Moshav in the Golan called Keshet. The weather was spectacular and the walks just outside our door were wonderful and so very inspiring as this was an area of Israel with which we were not really acquainted, though it is just an hour’s drive…
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Cyclamen Bloom In The Golan Heights!
This past week we spent three nights in a lovely Moshav (agricultural community) by the name of Keshet, and wow, all the flowers in bloom made our stay even more lovely. Many of the stone walls were home to bunches of cyclamen in bloom, and while they may have been planted and are not wild,…
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Judas Tree Blooms In Keshet, Israel
One of my greatest pleasures when spring comes to Northern Israel are the abundance of flowering wildflowers, bushes and trees, in addition to orchards full of fruit trees! The Judas Tree, or Red Bud tree, or in hebrew klil hahoresh blooms with bright pink flowers and native trees dot the landscape with pops of color…
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Red Crown Anemones Now In Bloom In Northern Israel!
The stunning red crown Anemone, which is a native Israeli flower, is now in bloom and just as lovely as ever! I took these photos at the end of the day, so the flowers were mostly closed, but will head out again this week, as the combination of these lovely flowers and the blooming almond…
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An Almond Tree Blooms Next Door, In Northern Israel
The almond trees are now in full bloom in Northern Israel, and while I missed it last year, this year, no way! I forced myself to grab the camera and get out of the house for a little photo shoot, this time to capture one of the trees growing just up the street, which I’ve…
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A Vacation Rental Under The Grape Vine In Kibbutz Harduf
This past summer we has the great pleasure of, once again, enjoying another successful airbnb vacation rental. I will say that I really do my homework before reserving, and this really pays off. Renting someone’s personal home is always a bit of a risk, and can be strange, but in this case the home was…
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A Visit To Kibbutz Harduf, In The Lower Western Galil, Israel
This past summer in place of traveling to the USA we stayed put in Israel, so I tried to find some vacation destinations that would feel like a totally new experience, though only an hour’s drive away from our home! We totally lucked out with our first location, Kibbutz Harduf, which is not far from…
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A Touch Of Fall Color In Northern Israel!
Fall has certainly arrived here in Northern Israel, and I’m grateful for even one little tree proudly displaying its fall color! So sweet really, as it can be seen from afar, which is why I ended up taking a walk with camera in hand to begin with! Of course there are many bare trees and…
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Stunning Views From Kibbutz Harduf In The Galil
This past August we had the great pleasure of a 3 night stay on a kibbutz in the southwestern Galil, by the name of Kibbutz Harduf. I chose it because, well we’d never been to that area, and I was craving mountain views, something new, and within an hour’s drive from our house. The vacation…
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Stunning Coral Vine With Tiny Pink Blooms In Harduf, Israel
This past summer we has the great pleasure of a three night stay on Kibbutz Harduf, (more about that soon) in the Southwestern corner of the Galil, and I saw a lovely vine with tiny flowers that I did not recognize. Fast forward, today I finally had to chance to do a bit of research…