Monday 13th

Big uproar when stone from the Wailing Wall are found to be on sale on eBay!!! The Wailing Wall rabbi is furious!  http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/ebay-sale-of-western-wall-stones-prompts-outcry-in-jewish-world-1.412687   Welcome to the world of relics ....

And terror alert as Israel's embassies in New Delhi and Tbilisi are attacked. The diplomat's wife in Delhi was wounded by a bomb.  http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/wife-of-israeli-diplomat-wounded-in-car-blast-near-new-delhi-embassy-1.412661

Garbage pile at Mea Shearim

An eyesore and health hazard

But what really upsets everyone is the uncollected garbage piling up in the streets. When the wind blows, the stench of rotting refuse wafts through the air. And plastic and paper fly all over the place. The main streets in the City look like a war zone with all the litter strewn everywhere. People tiptoe over and around the slop and gooey waste. Utterly unpleasant.

The weather has been unbelievable today! 26 degrees! Summer arrived? Well the forecast is for cold and rain from Wednesday onwards. It won't be nice but we need the rain. The wild flowers will benefit from it. And researchers at Ben Gurion University have confirmed what I always knew - plants do communicate with each other.  http://www.jpost.com/Health/Article.aspx?id=257558  I wonder what the flowers say when they have uncollected garbage surrounding them ....