My daughter’s first grade teacher retired after 24 years of working at my kids’ school.

Featured in the Spring Review 2009 Edition of JPIX are Apollonia, shuk, a stencil of roses, dried flowers in Shiloh, Robin, Batya, The Jewish Side, Ellis Island, stained glass at Congregation Etz Ahaim, Shavuot, Soccer Dad, India, Occidental Israeli

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. Soccer game was in Johnson Park off River Road in Piscataway next to Highland Park.

A pink snapdragon, a clothing drive at Congregation Ohav Emeth, Gilad Shalit is still in captivity after three long years and Women in Iran

A rainbow appears in the skies of Edison, New Jersey, perfect for a SkyWatch Friday post.

Instead of grass and weeds I planted chamomile and basil in my front lawn. May the deer and groundhogs stay far away.