At 05:40 PM 8/2/2006 -0500, you wrote:
We heard from Miriam. How about Avital....??? Any one else in Israel?
.......And I complain about a little hot weather.
Loving regards
BarbE
Thanks for asking, Barb!
The weather had been great. Within the past few days the temperature
has been slowly going up until it's now in the 90's just like what
you guys have. In Jerusalem, it's not humid, so it's not so bad. We
do have a/c.
OK, that's not what you asked about....
The northern parts of the country (and the very far south, near Gaza)
are the areas being bombarded with rockets and missiles. I'm in
Jerusalem and Avital is in a suburb of Jerusalem, where, so far, it's
been quiet. Here and in most locations in the center of the country
and I imagine in the south, too, we are hosting refugee families from
the northern cities. About 1/2 of the citizens of the north have
gone south, rather than stay cooped up in the bomb shelters.
We have a separate entrance, small guest room. The mother and young
children of a family are staying in a girls dorm in my community, and
the father is staying in our small room. I don't even know what his
name is! We were matched up by one of a number of people that have
volunteered to match up the offers with the seekers.
It happens that he can stay downstairs only for another week, as we
have many guests coming from out of the country for my daughter's
wedding in 2 1/2 weeks.
To keep this needlework related. I am working feverishly on the
chuppah (wedding canopy) for the wedding. I started this several
years ago, intending it to be a family heirloom. I've worked on it on
and off over the years. This will be it's first wedding. When they
got engaged less than three months ago, I estimate it was about
80-90% done. But, it will be down to the wire.
There's no lace on it. I made some crochet lace for it, but decided
against using it. There's some patchwork and appliques, but it's
mostly embroidery and beading, done with silk ribbon and silk
threads. You'll see pictures of it one day, I suppose.
Debbie in Jerusalem
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