In the summer of 2006, I moved with my family to the Golan Heights, the northeastern most region in Israel. Growing up in Long Island and immigrating to Israel in the 1990s, I have lived most of my life in suburbia; however, at the young age of 28, I embarked on a new chapter of life, a new adventure, a new type of living – country livin’. Follow my experiences, encounters, and observations of life on the northern frontier on this blog.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Spring is here

With Pessach just less than two weeks away, spring is everywhere you look in the Golan.

The rolling hills and cliffs coming down the Golan on road 87 from Qatzrin are as picturesque as one can find: rich green grass dotted with lovely yellow flowers (I really should know their names by now). The past few mornings, I've seen a few storks gliding through the northern air; although, not as many as I've seen in recent years. However, even a novice bird watcher like me can know that you must be patient. And besides, there were also a couple of vulture spottings.

Yes, spring is really here - tonight we change the clock and next week I'll be coming home from work in daylight. O' winter, where have you gone?

3 comments:

Bethami said...

Do you really think so? Its still cold here, often, and I feel as if I need to hunker down for another month of rain and wind. I'm pulled between the desire for warmth and sun and spring, and the knowledge that our country still needs more rain and it would be nice if we got it.

Anonymous said...

A picture is worth a thousand words. Put up some pics!

freesia said...

Hi, happen to stumble upon your blog. I was in Israel in early march this year and i saw alot of the yellow flowers. My Israeli tour guide told me that it is call mustard flowers. Maybe you can help to confirm if it is really mustard flowers (the bible mention about mustard seeds and i had never see it before)