Macro of the Giant Peach
OK, it’s a regular-sized peach, but I liked the title.
I bought these peaches at the farmer’s market on Friday.
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Uncle Sam and Baby Robin
Way back in May I took this photo of Uncle Sam at the Highland Park Street Fair. The fair always seems to announce, summer is coming, summer is coming.
My daughter and I enjoyed roaming Raritan Avenue and taking in all the many booths. As you can see from her pink sweater, it wasn’t exactly summer weather.
The highlight of my summer thus far is the nest of robins growing on our front porch. Here’s a shot of a baby from last week. This week the robins already have many feathers and don’t seem as scared as they did earlier.
Split Vav in Peace
Yesterday Rabbi Bassous talked about the split vav in the parsha of Pinchas. It is the only case in the Torah of a letter being split.
יב לָכֵן, אֱמֹר: הִנְנִי נֹתֵן לוֹ אֶת-בְּרִיתִי, שָׁלוֹם.
Wherefore say: Behold, I give unto him My covenant of peace;
The rabbi explained that it is to show us one cannot achieve peace through violence. (Of course, he said much more, but I can’t repeat what he said without misquoting or taking it totally out of context. So I will leave just this piece for you to ponder and explore on your own).
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Elsewhere in the Blogosphere
- My guest post on Color Theory and Blogging is now up on Emily Seuss’ blog. I hope you will visit and leave a comment.
- Emily wrote a guest post on freelancing and how to get started. Anyone care to respond to her freelancing ideas?
- I love Ilana-Davita’s photos of Arras in northern France.
- Rayna Eliana reviews Who Shall Live: The Wilhelm Bachner Story – “Bachner’s fierce determination and courage saw him through the most adverse of situations, and he never waivered when he saw an opportunity to save a Jew.”
- Hannah has a post on cooking meals for families with newborns. I am so grateful to those who cooked for me when I had newborns.
- Thank you to Ann Koffsky for hosting the July Jewish Book Carnival and including my review of The River Midnight.
Rudbeckia in the Hand
I had some shots of my rudbeckia (black eyed susans) even closer up, but I found this one in particular to be a charming composition. The black eyed susans grow all over my front yard. I encourage them (by not picking the little seedlings when the full grown plant self seeds).
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