Thursday 18 October 2007

The 17th Edition Of JPix!

Welcome to JPix 17!


Rabbi Shmuli Weiss shaking Lulav and Esrog with one of the Jewish Students at at McGill University - photo courtesy of Yossi from The Next Step


This edition of JPix is another great example of the talented photographers we have within the JBlogosphere!

About JPix:
JPix is a fortnightly carnival started by BagelBlogger, for Jewish bloggers and the photos they take. So if you're Jewish and you have photos you want to share, whether they be family, historical, art, funny, quirky, whatever, make sure you get them into the next edition of JPix!

Thank you to all the people who have submitted photos and please remember if you do not submit, you most likely will not be included - I only post what is submitted. (you can submit for other people)

The photos featured here in this post are just a small sample of what you will see in the bloggers posts - you need to click on the links to see all the photos!

Eretz Israel:

Akiva from Mystical Paths Blog & Emunah Paths Podcasts presents us with Life Guards a fabulos post which shows one of the IDF units which operate in, and around Jewish towns in the West Bank. They watch for movement where there shouldn't be and risk their lives to stop murderers far from peoples homes. This post includes some nightvision photos too.
Akiva has a few great photo posts up at the moment, another being a post of photos taken by his son - Hiking Tiberious - Safed. Also check out photos from Masada, taken from the top in Akivas post Masada - Topside.

Cosmic X in Jerusalem shares a great photo his son took during Rav Shapira's funeral procession as it passed through the Geula neighborhood in his post I Like This Picture.

A Mother in Israel and her family recently learnt about some of the local birds at the national park Afek near Rosh Haayin A Sukkot for the Birds .

Judaism:

Yossi from The Next Step has some great photos from Succot posted in: Succos Pictures Part 1, which were taken at the McGill University campus.

At Shiloh Musings Muse presents Easier Up Than Down, a photo post of the dismantling of the Succah after Succot.

Pop over to Planet Israel and make sure you have a look at this post - To Kill A Cluckingbird!

Occasions:

Teachers salaries have dropped in comparison to other sectors and Muse is on strike! Check out her post The Teachers Strike posted at Teaching English in Binyamin.

Muse has some lovely photos posted of her grandson, Yochai Arye's Brit Milah, posted at her blog me-ander. Mazel Tov!

Family:

Muse presents The Big Sisters posted at me-ander. As we know, her daughter recenly gave birth to a little boy Yochai Arye, and Muse had the job of looking after the Big Sisters - looks like they had fun!

While on the topic of family, Rafi G's family gained a new addition yesterday! Mazal Tov!

Out and About:

Mottel (the birthday boy) over at Letters of Thought presents The Industry of Wine - A Photo Essay after spending a week recently at a winery. He has heaps of cool photos, a must to visit!

Muse went Strolling in Jerusalem a few days ago and took some delightful snaps along the way, they, along with many other great posts, are over at me-ander.

Muse worries... Another Amona? posted over at Shiloh Musings.

Make sure you pop over to A Simple Jew and have a peek at The Photography Of A Simple Jew's Father - Part III - beautiful!

David at Temunot has found him! Yes he has found Nemo! Finding Nemo

Trips:

Evan of Planet Israel recently made a trip back to his old home in the US, but then came time to leave and return to his new home in Israel - Leaving Walnut Creek... he says goodbye once again.


That concludes this edition of JPix, thankyou to all who submitted posts. Sorry to anyone who has been left out of this edition. Make sure you submit your photo article to the next edition of j pix - jewish photo carnival using the carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

If you would like to host an edition of JPix please contact BagelBlogger.



.... Just another day ....

Monday 15 October 2007

Good-bye Girl


Needless to say, things have been kind of crazy in the past few weeks - hence the lack of blogging... I can't believe it has been a month since I last posted.

As many know, we are gearing up to do the 'big move'. We have a half empty house now - well, half empty compared to what it was... and trust me, it was pretty full! We have sold a lot of our things, but I feel like we have so much more to go and we are quickly running out of time to get rid of them.

About two weeks ago we gave our beloved pet dog away as we will be unable to keep her when we are living in Sydney (no backyard = unhappy dog!) Thankfully we were able to find a really good home for her, infact we couldn't have hoped for a better home for her. The people have another dog - same breed and same age, and they live on a really big property with a couple of dams so the dogs can go swimming whenever they like. It was a sad day, the kids were pretty upset, but, considering she has gone to such a good home makes it a bit easier for us, we know she is being spoilt!

So, today, I thought I would do a quick post to let my blogging friends know I am still around and everything is ok...

...Oh and don't forget to drop back in and check out JPix on Thursday, I am hosting - get your picture posts in!!


.... Just another day ....