Another week, another day to decide what to share about the Jerusalem streets.
This week had more challenges, personal and professional.
For sure, no one knows what will happen next on the Jerusalem streets.
However.
The beginning of the summer season is good for vividly colored sunsets.
The summer season has brought serious forest fires. Again.
We could smell smoke last night.
This is a new photo of past fire damage along Route One into Jerusalem, Israel.
Traffic was moving so slowly on the day I went to Ra’anana for a meeting.
Better to see the construction along the highway, from afar, where new communities are growing,
than up close in Jerusalem’s Talpiot.
Getting to Hadar Mall by car, bus, or on foot is not easy or safe.
When the light rail is completed it will be a day for celebration on the Jerusalem streets.
One section of Herzog Street has new lines painted. A miracle? No traffic for a minute to take a photo.
Sitting in traffic was also a time to take a photo of the new entrance of the Botanical Gardens.
One day, both areas should be popular when the light rail construction ends.
While there was enough unpleasant news to share, I want to do a bit of the positive.
This was a very pleasant surprise to find.
The Community Garden in Baka has really progressed.
New plants were planted and have grown.
The shaded sitting area has also been developed.
The library in this photo from two years ago is still looking good.
I was glad I wandered away from a 6-year-old birthday party to take a quick look.
Last week was Jerusalem Education Week.
The end of the school year now approaches with endless events.
The annual Hebrew Book Week, June 9-18, will take place again in Kikar Safra, Jerusalem’s Municipality Square.
First Station, where the book fair was for many years, is another huge construction site.
Another week, we carried on.
Birthday celebrations and a bar mitzvah, where the father got out of miluim for the week.
Yes, along with protests, traffic nightmares, and pre-election pontification.
Always something happening on the Jerusalem streets.
It is possible to find the positive if you look around.
Hope to see you this year in Jerusalem!