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Let's start with some "couleur locale": dawn at 6:30 ....
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.... and sunset at 17:30. Wow, what a colors.
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Sonja bought some "quickly ready" barbecue briquettes.
And indeed, in just 2 minutes the entire BBQ was on fire, and the building
as well.. .. (well almost)
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The huge flag on the other side of the gulf: 80 meters long, 40
meters wide, 120 meters high. Compare it with the vessels in front:
you could almost wrap these ships in the flag. Take away?
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Son and her friend Anat visit the zoo at kibbutz Eilot, to
cuddle with the rabbits.
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The children are having a ball, but the rabbits and guinea-pigs
do not fully agree. "Ready for take off......Heeeeellp!"
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Hot donkeys.....
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and camels, well off course, this is the Negev desert. The monkeys
and the bear have not been put on photo: they looked all too miserable.
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The painter is coming to repair the leakage damage. The big pieces of
furniture have been evacuated to the balcony, and all the other stuff to
the guest room.
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Our painter did not understand Sonja's choice of color, and especially
not the fact that it took her just 2 seconds to decide. But he became
more and more enthusiastic. Some walls are still white, but others now have
a soft yellow tone.
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And this is the result: all furniture back in place, clouds of dust
have dissolved, and the look of room has improved considerably.
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Even the dining room has a completely different look.
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Jip and Janneke postcards.
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The utility room that suffered the most damage, but is looking perfect
now!! Thank you painter, whose name should not be mentioned (for fiscal reasons
of course).
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Lucky shot: while strolling one evening, Henk saw some fluttering and
took a picture without even pointing. This little animal looks suspiciously
like a humming bird, but is a moth: a hummingbird hawk moth.
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And then this fellow came along, 3 to 4 inches long, and together with
a couple of million sisters and brothers.
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Saturday afternoon, locusts everywhere, we walked a few steps into the
mountains behind the building, and got surrounded by thousands of them. They
were quite shy and we could not get close-up, but since they are clumsy flyers,
Sonja got a few against her arm, and Ruth caught one in her hair.
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One mile down the road, near the supermarket, there were lots more: dense
clouds of locusts.
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Two pictures from the newspaper, taken somewhere in Eilat.
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A visit to the Bird watching center north of Eilat. It is not very warm
today, but the colors and shades of the mountains are stunning.
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