Veranda

J is slowly recovering from the virus she picked up a few days ago, but she still lacks energy so evenings are spent on the veranda rather than going out 'clubbing'. I am passing the veranda moments serenading her on my guitar - 'Blackbird' by the Beatles is now just about recognisable! The other bonus is the view. P

Always On Call

The wonders of modern communication means 24 hour contact. Jane has had a bug which has confined her to bed, but how to summon nursing help? Answer: call 'husband assistance' on the mobile-phone and he'll come running. Jane is slowly improving, and hopes to be better next week so that the Orange mobile phone network can get back to normal again. P

Tourists

When you live and work in an area you take places for granted and you often fail to see the things that are on your doorstep, so this weekend we are taking a long weekend in Jerusalem at the Anglican Cathedral Guest House - a well deserved break!!! The temperature is rising so staying in the Judean Hills (2,500') is much cooler than travelling down to the coast, Galalee or the Judean desert - we'll have to save that for another time. P

The Lolly-stick Dilemma

During the visit of our friends from the UK we cooled off with some ice-lollies, but then found ourselves with a dilemma: throw the sticks onto the rubbish along the street or hold onto them until we finally found a litter-bin. Any open land is a licence to throw litter. Four lolly sticks wouldn't have been significant but we held onto them until we found a litter-bin, which had an open piece of land immediately behind it full of rubbish - I felt guilty making the litter-bin untidy because there was nothing in it! The picture shows some of the open land behind our apartment which is typical of many places here. The moral of the story is buy an ice-cream cornet then there is no lolly-stick dilemma. P