Sky Watch Friday is a photo meme with photos of sunrises, sunsets, blue skies, gray skies, pink skies, dark skies and any other kind of sky posted by bloggers all over the planet.
Rudbeckia or Black-Eyed Susans against the crisp blue New Jersey sky
One has to bend down to get a snapshot of rudbeckia against the sky. They are tall for flowers, but not quite as tall as a tree. I have many growing in front of my home.
A rose-like climbing flower against a cloudy fluffy sky
I took this shot in late June; I don’t know if it’s a rose or some other rose look alike flower that climbs on a fence at my daughter’s friend’s home.
Baskin Robbins Fairytopia Birthday Ice Cream Cake, viewed from behind
My daughter turned seven. The fairy birthday party went well; thirteen fairies arrived, made fairy wreaths, received fairy wands and diplomas, went on a lost fairy hunt, played fairy freeze dance, put on three fairy skits about magic wishes, and enjoyed pizza and Fairytopia ice cream cake.
The theme for this week’s Thursday’s Challenge is CELEBRATION (National Holiday, Independence Day, Commemoration, Party, Fireworks,…).
Oak Leaf Hydrangea Turns Pink; Heuchera on the Side
Life has been busy. Birthday party on Sunday morning went well, and we (husband, middle son and I) went to see a movie about the 12th century scholar Rashi on Monday night (Rashi: A Light After the Dark Ages). I am trying hard to keep up with my work, so less time (and energy) to blog right now. Do I have anything interesting to report? Yesterday my car didn’t start in the Middlesex County College parking lot (it was lot 11 – they have lots of parking lots there) with three kids in the car. Triple A (AAA) fixed it – it needed a new battery – but while we awaiting AAA’s arrival, the girls (my daughter and her friend) found a little artificial stream to play in. They claimed to have seen two beavers, one a baby beaver. I was glad I didn’t have my camera, because I needed to focus on the matters at hand (getting the car fixed!).
A little less than a week ago I thought about writing a post called “Disagreeing Respectfully.” But then life got so busy, I can’t remember what I was going to say on the topic. Could be my subconscious need to avoid conflict.
Haveil Havalim, the blog carnival of the Jewish blogosphere, was hosted by Toby of Efrat in the Rolling Hills of Judea, The 4th of July Weekend Edition.
Did you have any car problems this week? Any other problems you want to talk about? Or you can just enjoy the oak leaf hydrangea with a bit of pink in the petals and the waving dotted heuchera (coral bells) next to the hydrangea flower.
Echinacea (cone flowers) with Rudbeckia (yellow spots) behind
My block is full of beautiful summer flowers: these echinacea are in the front of my neighbor’s house (two doors down), and the yellow “splotches” you see in the photo are the many rudbeckia (black-eyed susans) blooming in front of my home. I had echinacea growing in my backyard, but they were chewed up, either by deer or by our resident ground hog. Yesterday morning I yelled “get out of here” at the ground hog. I just bought a solar mole chaser. We might buy a love trap. My neighbor down the block caught 11 last year. What can I say, the ground hogs love living in Highland Park.
For more Summer Stock Sunday posts, visit Robin at Around the Island.
Sky Watch Friday is a photo meme with photos of sunrises, sunsets, blue skies, gray skies, pink skies, dark skies and any other kind of sky posted by bloggers all over the planet.
We went down to the Jersey Shore on Sunday, to visit my in-laws. I took photos of sunset while my kids and their cousins played in front of the house.
I took photos of some kids down the block who were staring at me taking photos of the sky. I then took a photo of the kids, sitting on their bikes, looking at me. But I don’t want to post kids I don’t even know. Too bad, it’s a cute picture.
Because I take photos of the sky, my own children have become more aware of the sky and the changes in the sky. I think my nieces were excited to watch me take photos of the sky. But the youngest really wanted pictures of herself; she had climbed high up in a tree.
Lots of people enjoy the Jersey Shore; my in-laws live a few minutes drive from Bradley Beach, New Jersey. Seeing small planes in the sky there isn’t unusual.
My daughter’s first grade teacher retired after 24 years of working at my kids’ school. To show appreciation for her, two of the mothers organized a surprise party last week at lunch time. Many of the parents chipped in toward the party, and some of us showed up for the lunch, but I was so happy that these two parents did so much organizing. One of the presents was a scrapbook with each page devoted to one child in her class. She spent ten minutes (or more) with the children looking over the scrapbook.
Only two other teachers have been at the school longer than she has. My daughter, when asked her favorite teacher from first grade, named all her teachers, including the assistants. She enjoyed them all. Not bad for a child who struggled with school and is finally learning to read.
For more photos with a little or a lot of red, visit:
Welcome to JPIX, the blog carnival of Jewish photo bloggers from around the world.
Batya:
Robin:
Ilana-Davita, G6, and Rahel:
Maya and Mike in Midwood:
Devo aka Pesky Settler and Proud Mommy:
Occidental Israeli, TRS and Mottel
Soccer Dad and Mrs. S.:
CosmicX:
Mother in Israel, Rafi and Imabima:
Baila and Jew Wishes:
Jewish Side and Mimi:
Leora:
If you see a photo you like, please click on it to visit the blog from which it came. You may find other photos you like as well, and perhaps an explanation of the photo. In particular it is always nice to leave a complimentary comment on the blog of the photographer about the photo. You can also leave the photo blogger questions about the photo on his or her blog.
Unless someone volunteers to host JPIX in the next few months, the next addition of JPIX will be in December. Batya has volunteered! See below.
I played with this photo in Photoshop so it is more about the motions of the soccer game than the individual faces. I was working toward achieving a painterly look. The soccer game was in Johnson Park off River Road in Piscataway next to Highland Park.
In this version I pixelated the photo and then used the history eraser tool to bring the figures back to a clearer image.
For more Summer Stock Sunday posts, please visit Robin’s Around the Island.
JPIX will appear on this blog on Sunday morning, so please come back and visit.
Upcoming in Highland Park: a clothing drive for Yad Leah in Israel from 9:30 AM until 12:30 PM. at Congregation Ohav Emeth
(someone remind me on Sunday to bring in some clothes for them)
Elsewhere
Gilad Shalit was three years in captivity on Thursday:
A Soldier’s Mother: A Son of Israel (a huge applause for her in all her hard, hard work in getting Gilad to be #3 in Trending topics in Twitter – I was honored to participate – it’s about letting the world know)
Iran: Its About the Women (hat tip: Ilana-Davita)
When we heard Dr. Kedar speak in Highland Park a few months ago, he had a similar message in general about Islam — they don’t want women to have freedom.
Sky Watch Friday is a photo meme with photos of sunrises, sunsets, blue skies, gray skies, pink skies, dark skies and any other kind of sky posted by bloggers all over the planet.
