Winter's back

Painters in the street

Though I'm much better today, I still have to be careful. There were a couple of sniffles but no sneezing during the day. But it's not getting worse. That's good news for me. Been washing my hands all day, alcohol sanitising and keeping away from crowds.

It rained quite heavily for a short while yesterday afternoon and it drizzled a couple of times during the night. The temp. dropped and the morning was cold. It drizzled a few times again in the afternoon. So yes ... winter came back again. It's confusing everyone. No wonder people are catching colds. You never know what to wear. Too much ... too little.

There was a nice sight along El Wad street this morning while I was on my way to work. A couple of artists were painting the street. That's usually a summer thing ... but the artists were wearing thick coats. El Wad (meaning "valley") is the ancient Tyropean Valley that leads north-south across the Old City into the Pool of Siloam. It's so historical ... but most people just walk along it are oblivious to it's significance.

There's been no news about the border tensions. I guess the coronavirus is occupying too much of the headlines. 3 israelis onboard the cruise ship has contracted the virus and while they've been evacuated from the ship and on their way to Israel, we've been told they'll be quarantined in a hospital in Beer Sheva. Let's hope they'll recover soon.

And by the way, the number of viewers of the blog has returned to normal ... 12 to 20. That's a huge difference for the 1,360 last week.