Spring is in the air… “Carmel in Spring” according to “the Land of Israel”,chapter XXI, a journal of Travels in Palestine (1865) by Reverend Henry Baker Tristram * (1822 – 1906) The last week of March was devoted to a thorough exploration of all the nooks and dells of Mount Carmel… Then the ground, wherever […]
Dora Rain pool Nature Park, שמורת דורה, נתניה July 18, 2009. ***************************** Dudaim Forest, Goral Hills, גבעות גורל, יער דודאים March 22, 2009. ***************************** Jarisa Mound – Napoleon Hill, Ramat Gan, natural kurkar hill, תל גריסה, הר נפוליאון, גבעת כורכר טבעית March 20, 2009. ***************************** Givat-Hamoreh, Hamoreh Hill, Little Hermon – Nebi Dahi, , נבי […]
Dora Rain pool Nature Park, שמורת דורה, נתניה July 18, 2009. ***************************** Dudaim Forest, Goral Hills, גבעות גורל, יער דודאים March 22, 2009. ***************************** Jarisa Mound – Napoleon Hill, Ramat Gan, natural kurkar hill, תל גריסה, הר נפוליאון, גבעת כורכר טבעית March 20, 2009. ***************************** Givat-Hamoreh, Hamoreh Hill, Little Hermon – Nebi Dahi, , נבי […]
Hararit, Lavra Netofa (Lower Galilee, Misgav) overlooking the Sea of Galilee הררית, מבדד נטופה Lavra Netofa is a community of monks who lead a life of prayer, contemplation, study and labor in simplicity and silence. It was founded by Father Ya’aqov Willebrands – Born in the Netherlands and from 1936 was a Cistercian (Trappist) monk. […]
Jarisa Mound – Napoleon Hill, Ramat Gan, natural kurkar hill, תל גריסה, הר נפוליאון, גבעת כורכר טבעית March 20, 2009. ***************************** Givat-Hamoreh, Hamoreh Hill, Little Hermon – Nebi Dahi, , נבי דח י,גבעת המורה March 18, 2009. ***************************** Mountains of Gilboa, שמורת אירוס הגלבוע March 12, 18, 2009. ***************************** Poleg Gateway Nature Reserve, שמורת טבע […]
Spring is in the air… The Iris Nature Reserve near Netanya’s southern exit (Ben Gurion Blvd.). The Irises Park contains the world’s largest population of iris atropurpurea. The iris blossoms from February to March. And today…Februar 2-2008, not even ONE Iris, but a Gazlan at the entrance and some flowers! photos were taken February 2, […]
The Betah Mountain הר בטח The Betah Mountain is near Ain Yakov (Ein Yaakov), Jacob’s spring, a moshav (cooperative settlement) in the Western Galilee. The source of the name is the Blessing of Moses, a poem that appears in Deuteronomy at 33: So Israel will live in safety (בטח) alone; Jacob’s spring is secure in […]
Fieldtrip Mount Meron, summit trail, שמורת הר מירון, שביל הפסגה December 6, 2011 ***************************** Fieldtrip Mount Carmel Reserve (after forest fire December 2-5, 2010) March 2, 2011 ***************************** Fieldtrip SPRING AWAKENINGRoad 3415, Gad Hills (Givad Gad) March 3, 2011 ***************************** Golan Heights, Nov Wetland Reserve and Road 92, 789, 98, 808 and 87 northeast of […]
Spring is in the air… The Iris Nature Reserve near Netanya’s southern exit (Ben Gurion Blvd.). photos were taken February 8, 2008 the first irises in the Iris Nature Reserve this year; see as well photos from February 2, 2008 and February 11, 2007 Anagyris foetida, Mediterranean Stinkbush, צחנן מבאיש LINK: Anchusa tinctura, Alkanna tuberculata, […]
Mountains of Gilboa, שמורת אירוס הגלבוע March 12, 18, 2009. ***************************** Poleg Gateway Nature Reserve, שמורת טבע פולג March 8, 2009. ***************************** Hararit, Lavra Netofa (Lower Galilee, Misgav) הררית, מבדד נטופה March 6, 2009. ***************************** Carmel, Hurshat Ha’arbaim,חורשת הארבעים February 21, 2009. ***************************** Bene Zion Nature Reserve Orchis papilionacea,Orchis caspia, Pink Butterfly Orchid, סחלב פרפרני […]
Bene Zion – Haruzim Nature Reserve שמורת בני ציון, March 12, 2010 ***************************** Golan Heights, Irus Bizzot Nov Reserve and Odem Forest, March 9, 2010, ***************************** Netanya, Sergeant’s Grove נתניה, חורשת הסרג’נטים January 29, 2010, ***************************** Mount Carmel Forests יערות הכרמל January 15, 2010. ***************************** Bene Zion Nature Reserve” שמורת בני ציון January 2, 2010. […]
Dora Rain pool Nature Park, שמורת דורה, נתניה July 18, 2009. ***************************** Dudaim Forest, Goral Hills, גבעות גורל, יער דודאים March 22, 2009. ***************************** Jarisa Mound – Napoleon Hill, Ramat Gan, natural kurkar hill, תל גריסה, הר נפוליאון, גבעת כורכר טבעית March 20, 2009. ***************************** Givat-Hamoreh, Hamoreh Hill, Little Hermon – Nebi Dahi, , נבי […]
Poleg Gateway Nature Reserve, שמורת טבע פולג March 8, 2009. ***************************** Hararit, Lavra Netofa (Lower Galilee, Misgav) הררית, מבדד נטופה March 6, 2009. ***************************** Carmel, Hurshat Ha’arbaim,חורשת הארבעים February 21, 2009. ***************************** Bene Zion Nature Reserve Orchis papilionacea,Orchis caspia, Pink Butterfly Orchid, סחלב פרפרני January 30, 2009. ***************************** Betah Mountain near Ain Yakov (Ein Yaakov), […]
Bene Zion Nature Reserve, January 2, 2010. ***************************** Mount Hermon, “Gvaot HaKrav” , הר חרמון,גבעות הקרב” November 6, 2009. ***************************** Dora Rain pool Nature Park, שמורת דורה, נתניה July 18, 2009. ***************************** Dudaim Forest, Goral Hills, גבעות גורל, יער דודאים March 22, 2009. ***************************** Jarisa Mound – Napoleon Hill, Ramat Gan, natural kurkar hill, תל […]
