Snow in Jerusalem

Snow in Jerusalem, Israel.

Is there anything else to share today?

Is there anything else people are talking about?

Yesterday the mayor called a special press conference

iamge Jerusalem prepares for snow

 to show the world the city’s new salt spreaders,

all gassed up and ready to hit the streets the with first flakes.

image Jerusalem snow

As the press closed around for their close ups,

the residents of Jerusalem were getting prepared.

image snow prep Jerusalem

This man was not going to get caught short of essentials.

image grey sky over Jerusalem

Today the sky clouded over as a grey fog came in.

Remember Varda?

image snow pep

She is all tied up in knots now.

image street clean up

City workers are preparing and cleaning streets,

as the wind is gusting and blowing harder.

image city worker

At least one city worker was getting her last shopping in.

image man running with a heater

And this man was running home with his new heater.

Cancellations are hard to keep track of!

Sure hope we do not lose power for a week like last year,

because if there really is so much snow,

how will we share those photos tomorrow?

Time for Tu B’Shevat in Jerusalem

Last week Jerusalem, Israel, was a winter wonderland,

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snowing hard enough that even friends from Norway and Canada commented.

snowman melting, Jerusalem photo

However, by Friday afternoon it had warmed enough that

 our snowman was not looking so good and had lost one radish eye.

Jerusalem after snow photo, Jerusalem photo tour

A few dirty old piles of snow and ice are still around,

Jerusalem photo, tree fallen

while piles of downed branches line many Jerusalem streets.

Jerusalem photo. tree dwon

Large limbs of trees fell near the Prime Minister’s residence,

Jerusalem photo tree down

and many large trees like this one came down because of the weather.

Jerusalem photo tree damage

In the Davidka Square, all the newly planted trees were ruined; 

only one branch was left dangling after the snow damage was cleaned up.

Jerusalem photo tree down

When the sun came out and temperatures warmed up, not everyone

seemed to be bothered by the branches that littered the sidewalks.

Jerusalem photo at night

Post-snowstorm,  there is still plenty to clean up on the streets,

 but if you are looking for ice,

fish store, Jerusalem photo shuk

 you’ll have to go once again to the Machane Yehuda market, the shuk,

where the fish shops are filled with fresh fish on ice.

shuk, market, Machane Yehuda photo

At the shuk, fresh figs were on sale yesterday ahead of Tu B’Shvat,

the New Year for trees, ten days from now:

a perfect time to plant new trees.