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Journal

I've booked a ticket to Istanbul for August 1. I want to get away for August, and wasn't sure whether to go east or west. But, from a journey I made almost forty years ago, I know that I like the city, and it serves as a hub, so I will decide what to do when I'm there; either spend a couple of weeks and come home, or, indeed to extend my journey. If D decides she wants to join me, it will probably be to Europe; otherwise I may decide to go to India.

Jerusalem - Ramparts Walk

While out on my morning walk, I had a spontaneous decision to take the bus to Jerusalem. So I walked down and got coffee at the Latroun petrol station. I then took the new minibus service bus 430 from the junction to its end stop at the National Insurance Agency.

Afternoon in Tel Aviv

It's raining hard, though no water is coming out of the taps due to some problem with the water supply. Rain at the end of May is unusual it unusual in itself in these parts, except at the end of a khamsin, the weather phenomenon we had yesterday, with grey skies and 33° C heat.

photos

I purchased an e-book, "X series Unlimited" by Dan Bailey and spent a few hours reading that today. I didn't learn a lot from it so far, maybe because my particular X series Fujifilm Camera is one of the oldest and simplest among them. But I did learn a couple of things, all the same. On my afternoon walk I made some new experiments with settings, and I think I got some slightly better results.

retreat

Returned from a mindfulness retreat at Kibbutz Inbar, near Mghar, in the Galilee. It was restful, and fairly intimate, with about 30 participants in all. I didn't photograph the retreat itself, but went for a walk this morning and took some photos on a walk around the kibbutz and nearby.

Independence Day Evening in Tel Aviv

Tuesday was my last day at work, so I'm now officially retired. I sat with Ira again, explaining a few more of the responsibilities and departed the office in the early afternoon.

My afternoon

In the afternoon I picked up from the local junction a Glaswegian photographer and sangha member doing a project over here (she sent the photo below from the bus stop at Latroun to make sure she was at the right one)

2022-06-04-photo-albums

By myself in the house for a few days, after taking D to the airport on Thursday. This presents an opportunity to spend time with my personal website project. The main challenge today was the photo galleries.

2022-03-08 - Photos | Big Tech | Registration Walls | Telegram

I posted a new photo album from our walk last Saturday.

Wind-killed trees

After a night of 100 km winds, our nearby pine forest sustained a lot of damage.