Saturday

Potpourri of muscari and nasturtium

Tensions continue in the streets yesterday evening. Groups of arab men stand in street corners, frantically calling relatives, looking for missing sons, brothers or fathers .... probably arrested by police during the afternoon riots.  http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israeli-police-palestinians-clash-at-al-aqsa-mosque-in-jerusalem-1.508209   and  http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=305755

But it's not all that bad. This is after all Israel. Things blow off within a couple of hours. In fact the number of tourists have suddenly surged. Over a thousand tourists and pilgrims come to our place everyday now. The streets are packed with people making the Way of the Cross. Reminds me of the 2000 Jubilee Year.

My row of flowering pots

I'm enjoying my flowers blooming in my "garden" - actually several flower pots up on the terrace. Freesias, muscari, nasturtium are the first to flower. A couple of anemones have also opened ... striking red against the yellow freesias.

Anyway my flu symptoms are fading away after 5 days of Tamiflu. Only problem is my asthma. Found out it's caused by my nasal problems. Must get that operation done.