S. Lawrence

The past 2 days I went to see my physiotherapist. The ankle and shoulder pain were so painful I could not sleep for the past week. And when I get up I have this terrible headache all day from the spondylosis and shoulder. After getting the inflammation down, he tied me up with kinesio tape. That helped alot because for once I could sleep without pain. But I know after a day or 2 when I remove the tape, the pain will be back.

The enormous nursery 

It's been very humid the last 2 days. But luckily once in a while a cool breeze would blow. That help alot because the kinesio tape can be quite uncomfortable when it's hot and humid. I had a chance to visit a very large nursery after my physic session. The community wanted to buy some plants and went to the city of Herzliya where there's this enormous nursery with almost all types of plants for summer and autumn. It was incredible. I bought 2 coreopsis which are beautiful yellow flowering plants that can survive the heat of August.

Locally bad news as the night before, Gaza fired over 150 missiles into Israel. Israel bombed Gaza killing 3 people. Yesterday the govt. announced that a war with Gaza will soon start and the israelis living around the border will be evacuated. It's frightening ... another Gaza war ... the 4th. There's talk that negotiations are going on to avoid this war ... and we all know Gaza will lose. But the number of casualties will be enormous and not worth a fruitless fight.

Today we celebrated the feast off St. Lawrence the deacon, who famously brought out the poor people of Rome to brigands trying to rob the church. He famously said "Here are the Church's treasures" and showed them the poor.