Down by the river...

It's time, time that is to dust off the keyboard and post another post. It is also time to check up on my old blogging buddies, must drop by on quite a few blogs! I hope everyone is well.
Everything has been going really well for us here, we are all healthy and very happy. All of us have adjusted well.
I haven't really had a lot of time to take many pictures even though we are out and about far more now that we used to be, I usually forget to take my camera!
These pics I took a couple of months ago down near the train bridge at the river.... enjoy! :)










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Funny how life changes.

I grew up in Melbourne, moved to Sydney when I met my other half, had a family, moved to the country, started a blog (because I had nothing else to do) where I constantly whinged about living in the middle of nowhere, until the day I moved.... and then...
Now I live back in the city again, and instead of my daily complaints about living in the country and having nothing to do, I find that my life is now far more fast paced - like everyone else's in the city. I spend my time running around after the girls and working amongst other things. I just haven't found the time to blog very much since we moved. So I was just thinking... one day I might actually do a post and update this here blog!

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Heath Ledger Dead At 28

I can't say I have ever been a real 'fan' of Aussie born actor Heath Ledger, but when I turned the TV on this morning to hear his death announced on the news I was very shocked - he was only 28, far to young to die.
From the way the reporters described the 'scene' with pill bottles strew around the room, his naked body found in bed, they suggest suicide. His family disagrees saying he was not that kind of person. Whatever the reason for his death, it is very sad - especially for his 2 year old daughter Matilda. Such a shame, such a waste of life....

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The Drought Has Broken

....The blogging drought that is! Three months have past since I last posted and I must admit, while I am busy typing this and thinking what I can write about, I really wonder if anyone will end up reading this?? How long away from blogging is too long? For how long do blog readers return to see if you have posted yet? And, just how much have I missed out on in the blogging world in the past 3 months?... I don't really know the exact answer to any of those questions, but I do look forward to catching up with all my favourite bloggers.

I would just like to say how glad I am that the past few weeks are over! Moving house is a real drag - especially when you are going so far. I would love to share all the ups and downs over the past few months, but to be honest I wouldn't know where to start - everything seems like a blur.
SO, how about we start from now instead and I spare you from the boring details and just post a couple of photos of Amber (top pic) and Ruby (bottom pic) I took at the shopping centre today :)



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The 17th Edition Of JPix!

Welcome to JPix 17!

Rabbi Shmuli Weiss shaking Lulav and Esrog with one of the Jewish Students at at McGill University - photo courtesy of Yossi from The Next Step

This edition of JPix is another great example of the talented photographers we have within the JBlogosphere!

About JPix:
JPix is a fortnightly carnival started by BagelBlogger, for Jewish bloggers and the photos they take. So if you're Jewish and you have photos you want to share, whether they be family, historical, art, funny, quirky, whatever, make sure you get them into the next edition of JPix!

Thank you to all the people who have submitted photos and please remember if you do not submit, you most likely will not be included - I only post what is submitted. (you can submit for other people)

The photos featured here in this post are just a small sample of what you will see in the bloggers posts - you need to click on the links to see all the photos!

Eretz Israel:

Akiva from Mystical Paths Blog & Emunah Paths Podcasts presents us with Life Guards a fabulos post which shows one of the IDF units which operate in, and around Jewish towns in the West Bank. They watch for movement where there shouldn't be and risk their lives to stop murderers far from peoples homes. This post includes some nightvision photos too.
Akiva has a few great photo posts up at the moment, another being a post of photos taken by his son - Hiking Tiberious - Safed. Also check out photos from Masada, taken from the top in Akivas post Masada - Topside.

Cosmic X in Jerusalem shares a great photo his son took during Rav Shapira's funeral procession as it passed through the Geula neighborhood in his post I Like This Picture.

A Mother in Israel and her family recently learnt about some of the local birds at the national park Afek near Rosh Haayin A Sukkot for the Birds .

Judaism:

Yossi from The Next Step has some great photos from Succot posted in: Succos Pictures Part 1, which were taken at the McGill University campus.

At Shiloh Musings Muse presents Easier Up Than Down, a photo post of the dismantling of the Succah after Succot.

Pop over to Planet Israel and make sure you have a look at this post - To Kill A Cluckingbird!

Occasions:

Teachers salaries have dropped in comparison to other sectors and Muse is on strike! Check out her post The Teachers Strike posted at Teaching English in Binyamin.

Muse has some lovely photos posted of her grandson, Yochai Arye's Brit Milah, posted at her blog me-ander. Mazel Tov!

Family:

Muse presents The Big Sisters posted at me-ander. As we know, her daughter recenly gave birth to a little boy Yochai Arye, and Muse had the job of looking after the Big Sisters - looks like they had fun!

While on the topic of family, Rafi G's family gained a new addition yesterday! Mazal Tov!

Out and About:

Mottel (the birthday boy) over at Letters of Thought presents The Industry of Wine - A Photo Essay after spending a week recently at a winery. He has heaps of cool photos, a must to visit!

Muse went Strolling in Jerusalem a few days ago and took some delightful snaps along the way, they, along with many other great posts, are over at me-ander.

Muse worries... Another Amona? posted over at Shiloh Musings.

Make sure you pop over to A Simple Jew and have a peek at The Photography Of A Simple Jew's Father - Part III - beautiful!

David at Temunot has found him! Yes he has found Nemo! Finding Nemo

Trips:

Evan of Planet Israel recently made a trip back to his old home in the US, but then came time to leave and return to his new home in Israel - Leaving Walnut Creek... he says goodbye once again.

That concludes this edition of JPix, thankyou to all who submitted posts. Sorry to anyone who has been left out of this edition. Make sure you submit your photo article to the next edition of j pix - jewish photo carnival using the carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

If you would like to host an edition of JPix please contact BagelBlogger.

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Good-bye Girl

Needless to say, things have been kind of crazy in the past few weeks - hence the lack of blogging... I can't believe it has been a month since I last posted.

As many know, we are gearing up to do the 'big move'. We have a half empty house now - well, half empty compared to what it was... and trust me, it was pretty full! We have sold a lot of our things, but I feel like we have so much more to go and we are quickly running out of time to get rid of them.

About two weeks ago we gave our beloved pet dog away as we will be unable to keep her when we are living in Sydney (no backyard = unhappy dog!) Thankfully we were able to find a really good home for her, infact we couldn't have hoped for a better home for her. The people have another dog - same breed and same age, and they live on a really big property with a couple of dams so the dogs can go swimming whenever they like. It was a sad day, the kids were pretty upset, but, considering she has gone to such a good home makes it a bit easier for us, we know she is being spoilt!

So, today, I thought I would do a quick post to let my blogging friends know I am still around and everything is ok...

...Oh and don't forget to drop back in and check out JPix on Thursday, I am hosting - get your picture posts in!!


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JPix call for submissions

JPix is due up later this week, if you are a Jewish blogger and have any recent photo posts make sure you submit them here!

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L'Shana Tovah!

I had my Rosh Hashanah post all ready to post when my browser colapsed and I lost my post, so this time I will keep it short!

L'Shana Tovah, may you be inscribed and sealed for a good year!




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Hoping For A More Peaceful Night!

Just thought I would post a random photo today, it is not really related to this post... but anyway.

I had a terrible sleep last night, Amber has croupe again so I pretty much slept with one eye open - ready for a coughing fit from Amber and ready to leap out of bed and down the stairs in the darkness to see if she is ok. Thank goodness she was ok last night although I think she will be worse tonight.

Apart from having a restless sleep, once I did fall into a sound sleep I woke to our dog's incessant barking at 2.30am. I ended up having to go outside into the cold misty night to call her back home and to get her to stop barking, which, she pretty much ignored once I went back inside.

The last time I looked at the clock it was 4am, the next time I looked at the clock it was 7.30am and time to get up - needless to say the night was too short.


Here's hoping tonight will be a more relaxed and peaceful night!


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The 15th Edition Of JPix!

Welcome to the 15th Edition Of JPix!

Photo courtesy of Sara With No H... wishing you all the best for the future...

Well it is that time again... time for another edition of JPix! This edition is bursting at the seams with wonderful photos for you to have a look at. We have had a few new submitters to JPix this fortnight which is great!

About JPix:
JPix is a fortnightly carnival started by BagelBlogger, for Jewish bloggers and the photos they take. So if you're Jewish and you have photos you want to share, whether they be family, historical, art, funny, quirky, whatever, make sure you get them into the next edition of JPix!

Thank you to all the people who have submitted photos and please remember if you do not submit, you most likely will not be included - I only post what is submitted. (you can submit for other people)

The photos featured here in this post are just a small sample of what you will see in the bloggers posts - you need to click on the links to see all the photos!


Mottel from Letters Of Thought shows us he is not just a talented photographer but indeed has many talents including being a great cook in his post A Lithuanian Summer In Italy VII -Coda del Lituania.

In this post, the last in the series of seven posts, Mottel shares some wonderful photos from the last night of camp and of the journey home.

If you have missed the past installments of this journey, you can catch up on them here: Parts one, two, three, four, five and six of a Lithuanian Summer in Italy, they are all great and certainly worth looking at each of them.

Batya over at Me-Ander shows us she is great at Multi-tasking, and what a great ending to a busy day! Pop over and check out the wedding photos - Mazel Tov!! Weddings mean Presents! and Batya has a few Weddings to go to in the coming weeks.

In another post, Batya claims 'I didn't buy anything'... although I am not sure how she managed!


A Simple Jew presents some beautiful photos taken by Jack Klein in A Hachnosas Sefer Torah In Tsfat. He also shares with us his two most recent Black & White Picture Of The Week - Sunflower and Mixer Attachment, which are as usual simply stunning.

Last year A Simple Jew posted some gorgeous photos taken by his Father in The Photography Of A Simple Jew's Father - once again we are shown where ASJ gets his photography talent from in this new lot of photos from his Father; The Photography Of A Simple Jew's Father - Part II - breathtaking shots!

Willy Wonker comes to Israel??... The Streets Of Jerusalem has some interesting snaps of The Malcha Technology Park Elevator - very cool!

Rafi G from Life In Israel recently went to the Championship game of the Israel Baseball League, he has a great photo post up of the day - We win! We Win! We Win!

He also has a photo post of yesterday's shchita, but be warned, if you have a queasy stomach, then you might want to skip this one.

Now if I was to tell you to go and have a look at a photo of a rock Snoopy the Goon at Simply Jews has posted you would wonder why. Right? Well this isn't just any rock, this is Shiprock at sundown and it really is quite spectacular.

Looks like poor Snoopy needs to have more for lunch in future too, check out his post Another critter.

Planet Israel's Evan always has great photos posted, and this week presents us with Selfish? Moi?, in which he has some impressive shots of Shiloh.

Josh's Photos has posted a beautiful sunset in Caesaria Sunset.

Littlebirdies considers the future musical talent of her two children ZB and SD in her post Flute, looks to me like they have natural talent!

She also shares some great snaps of their outing to the Beach - looks like they had a great time!

Frumhouse from Little Frum House On The Prairie has some pretty photos in her post Rainy Days, go have a look!

Sarah over at Sarah's Images presents us with Phone Pics: Kite Surfers.

After spending the first 21 years of my life in Melbourne, I can't ever remember the sky so blue in winter. Amazing weather! Enjoy!


Israel In Photos shares more great snaps in Images of Israel and Images of Safed, beautiful!

Psychotoddler shares with us his only in Israel experiences in; Only in Israel #1, Only in Israel #2, Only in Israel #3, Only in Israel #4, Only in Israel #5.

Tamara Eden presents us with My Achey Breaky...LEGS and also Yes, This Really is a New Blog Post... which has some very cute photos! :)

Therapydoc has some good pics in his post The 4th Carnival of All Substances-Therefore, Choose. . .

And last but not least, we say good bye to another Jblogger Sara With No H. She shares her final blog thoughts with us in It's been an Experience.

Oh and in case you missed it, I also posted Through The Stormy Clouds a few days back, check it out if you haven't already.


That's it for another fortnight, thanks to all who submitted their posts, I hope you enjoy the round up.



It is about time some new people put their hand up to host an edition of JPix, if you would like to host an edition of JPix you can contact BagelBlogger here.

And don't forget to submit your or someone else's photo posts to be in the next edition of JPix!!

Have a great weekend!
Shabbat Shalom!

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