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Painterly garden flowers in Nashville, Tennessee]]>
Santiago, Chile
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At The Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado]]>
Grand Teton National Park]]>
Drying Great Salt Lake in Utah]]>
Wild flowers in Southeast Minnesota]]>
Beautiful rose. Southern Chile]]>
Flat terrain contrasts to the steep mountains at Embalse Del Yeso in Central Chile]]>
Jeinimeni National Park, Chilean Patagonia]]>
Ears in a field in Montana]]>
Very old church looks like a mirage through the fog in Southern France]]>
At a street market in Santiago, Chile]]>
Beautiful flower. Winnipeg, Canada]]>
Flowers at The Leaf Botanic Garden, Winnipeg, Canada]]>
Road around Salt Lake, Utah]]>
Golden evening in Jerusalem, Israel]]>
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Yosemite National Park in winter]]>
"Silent river" Yosemite National Park, California]]>
Sunset at the Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado]]>
"Iconic waterfall" Yosemite National Park, California]]>
At Arches National Park, Utah on a stormy and rainy day.]]>
Old house in Cordoba, Spain]]>
Magnificent roman columns still standing in Beit Shean, Israel]]>
Landscape layers at The Grand Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado]]>
Interesting, curved flowers at The Leaf in Winnipeg, Canada]]>
Painterly rendering of garden flowers. Rochester, Minnesota]]>
Big mountain in Southern Colorado]]>
Evening light on bales in the fields of South East Minnesota.]]>
At The Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado]]>
Sunflower in Southeast Minnesota]]>
Beautiful rose. Sand Diego, California]]>
On the gardens of Cheekwood in Nashville, Tennessee]]>
Three rundown windows, Akko, Israel]]>
Front of an old house in Iquique, Chile]]>
Photographer at The Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado]]>
Landscape layers at Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado]]>
Calm evening in Porto, Portugal]]>
in Puerto Montt, Chile]]>
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At the National Arboretum in Washington, DC]]>
Garden flowers in Rochester, Minnesota]]>
The Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado]]>
At a garden in Rochester, Minnesota]]>
Painterly stream in the Rockies, Colorado]]>
Black asphalt road in arid Southeast Colorado]]>
Inside Belem's tower, Lisbon, Portugal.]]>
Amazing combination at The Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado]]>
Sunset at the Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado]]>
Early Fall in Rochester, Minnesota]]>
Evening light in Colorado]]>
Winter in Rochester, Minnesota]]>
Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado]]>
Some color on a cloudy day. Summerland, British Columbia, Canada]]>
Landscape in Montana]]>
Cloudy day at Rocky Mountains National Park, Colorado]]>
Rural Minnesota]]>
Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy.]]>
Tree standing solo in Colorado]]>
Flowers in Northern Israel]]>
Interesting light in a Colorado landscape]]>
Scene at Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio]]>
At the Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado]]>
Modern tall buildings in Tel Aviv, Israel]]>
Amazing and random looking rooftops in Andalusia, Spain]]>
Spring early morning in Southeast Minnesota]]>
Painterly image. Ozark National Scenic Riverway, Missouri]]>
Painterly image of an amazing view at Beartooth road in Montana]]>
Hazy morning due to wildfires at Grand Teton National Park]]>
Fall in Southeast Minnesota]]>
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado]]>
Intriguing history. Why did the Anazasi built there, and why did they abandoned it around the year 1200? More questions than answers at Mesa Verde National Park.]]>
A wildflower in central Chile]]>
Quiet on a Montana road]]>
Hazy day on the shore of Tel Aviv, Israel]]>
Late afternoon in Innsbruck, Austria]]>
Painterly image at the Cuyahoga National Park, Ohio]]>
Amazing constructions by the Anasazi abandoned around the year 1200. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.]]>
Tel Aviv, Israel]]>
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The Great Mosque in Cordoba, Spain]]>
Cathedral in Salamanca, Spain]]>
A twisted bud. Rochester, Minnesota]]>
Perfect decorating flowers. Tel Aviv, Israel]]>
Agriculture field in Southeast Minnesota]]>
A corner in the Montana landscape]]>
Landscape of Patagonia, Chile]]>
Tracks on the snow in Rochester, Minnesota]]>
A very narrow building in Porto, Portugal]]>
Old and beautiful window in Lisbon, Portugal]]>
Old wooden door in Tavira, Portugal]]>
The Shrine of the Book is a wing of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. It houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Aleppo Codex, among others.]]>
Serene Montana landscape]]>
Balcony at Windsor Castle, Balcony at Windsor Castle, England]]>
Beautiful orange flower. Rochester, Minnesota.]]>
Beartooth mountains in Montana.]]>
Evening in Cordoba, Spain]]>
Sculpture garden in Mizpe Ramon, Israel]]>
In downtown Nashville, Tennessee]]>
Rural road in Southeast Minnesota]]>
Badlands National Park, South Dakota]]>
Beautiful landscape evening, Montana]]>
In Southern Montana]]>
Tile roofs in Porto, Portugal]]>
Flowers at the National Arboretum in Washington, DC]]>
Beautiful Roman ruins in Beit Shean, Israel]]>
Famous big waves of Nazare, Portugal]]>
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Promenade at Faro, Portugal]]>
Rural scene in Manitoba, Canada]]>
High rises in Tel Aviv. Is that progress?]]>
Painterly rooftops at one of the Pueblos Blancos in Andalusia]]>
Traditional tiled roof in Carmona, Spain]]>
Somewhere in Montana]]>
Sunset at La Jolla, San Diego, California]]>
Boys in La Jolla, California]]>
Beartooth mountains, Montana]]>
Yellowstone River in Billings, Montana]]>
Street in one of the "Pueblos Blancos", Andalusia, Spain]]>
Mix of old and new in Tel Aviv, Israel]]>
Old buildings being replaced by modern ones in Tel Aviv, Israel]]>
Beautiful Autumn scene in Rochester, Minnesota]]>
On the Amalfi Coast, Italy]]>
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Brick wall and window in Southern France]]>
A (former) window in Guatemala]]>
Painterly rendering of a forest in Wyoming]]>
Castelo de Sao Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal.]]>
Painterly scene in a Minnesota State Park]]>
Abandoned building in Porto, Portugal]]>
Devil's Tower in Wyoming]]>
Yosemite National Park. Every day is different!]]>
Enjoying an exercise in Tel Aviv, Israel]]>
Landscape view at Mizpe Ramon, Israel]]>
Sunset in Porto, Portugal]]>
Driving on Beartooth road in Wyoming]]>
Tree growing on the rocks of Devils Tower, Wyoming]]>
Burned trees revive in Montana]]>
Beauty and calm Montana grassland]]>
Stairs at the main plaza in Trujillo, Spain]]>
Famous neighborhood in Castro, Chiloe, Chile. Painterly]]>
Tortel, a town in the Chilean Patagonia with no streets, only wooden walkways. Impressive place and people!]]>
Painterly rendering of early morning at Grand Teton National Park]]>
English Garden in Winnipeg, Canada]]>
Next to Beartooth Highway, Montana]]>
Fields in the Chilean Patagonia]]>
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Memorial bridge in Washington, DC]]>
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Layers in a Montana landscape]]>
Fading leaves in Autumn, Minnesota]]>
Intricate forest in Winnipeg, Canada]]>
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Horses in Montana]]>
Beautiful garlic in a market. Santiago, Chile.]]>
Corn field in Southeast Minnesota]]>
Wyoming scene. Vast and beautiful]]>
Evening at Yosemite National Park]]>
Fishing in Montana]]>
Landscape layers. Chilean Patagonia]]>
High at Beartooth Mountains, Montana]]>
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Painterly rendering of an amazing landscape in Northern Wyoming. Beartooth highway]]>
Beautiful landscape in the Chilean Patagonia]]>
Grassland in Montana.]]>
Painterly flower at the English Garden in Winnipeg, Canada]]>
The Mighty Mississippi. Slow flowing]]>
Part of the FDR memorial in Washington, DC. Frozen depression.]]>
Vast land in Montana. Grass and sky]]>
Painterly rendering of grass in a pond. Winnipeg, Canada]]>
Found this pointy flower in Montana]]>
Stairs in one of the many Pueblos Blancos in Andalusia, Spain.]]>
Painterly image of some beauty in a very old and ugly building. Tel Aviv, Israel]]>
Morning fog in Southern France]]>
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Street art at Barrio Yungay in Santiago, Chile]]>
Vast fields in Montana]]>
Southern France rural scene.]]>
Evening in golden Jerusalem]]>
Cityscape of Salamanca, Spain]]>
Combining great architecture with the right light in Porto, Portugal]]>
Inside Belem's tower, Lisbon, Portugal. Symbol of Portugal's era of expansion]]>
Painterly image of Fall in Rochester, Minnesota]]>
At Rice Lake, Minnesota]]>
Pasture fields in Montana]]>
A narrow street in Trujillo, Spain]]>
Montana's Capitol in Helena]]>
At the Museum of Human Rights, Winnipeg, Canada]]>
Horses in Montana]]>
Amazing view of Sevilla's Cathedral including the Giralda]]>
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Montana vast landscape]]>
Icons of US Federal Government: Washington monument, Congress and flags]]>
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Before sunset in Porto, Portugal]]>
A small corner of natural beauty in Montana]]>
El Capitan at Yosemite National Park]]>
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Scene at Tel Aviv Museum of Art]]>
A dilapidated building in Porto, Portugal]]>
House of Shells in Salamanca, Spain. This stately mansion built between the late 15th and early 16th centuries has a façade covered with carvings of scallop shells, the symbol of the military Order of Santiago.]]>
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Rural road between agriculture fields in Montana]]>
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Rural Montana]]>
Summer in Montana]]>
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Beautiful Montana landscape, from valley to mountain]]>
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Summer in the mountains of Montana. What a view!]]>
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Windy landscape in The Highlands, Scotland]]>
Afternoon sun illuminating the Upper Yosemite Fall at Yosemite National Park]]>
Painterly morning scene at Yosemite National Park]]>
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Amazing view from Beartooth Highway, Montana
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The cathedral of Salamanca, Spain. A mix of Romanesque and Gothic architecture as well as a long history. Imposing architecture.]]>
Bridge over Douro River in Porto, Portugal]]>
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I invite you to spend a few minutes enjoying wonderful music with worldwide images of the sea. (Note: it will not work on mobile phones).
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]]>The Elqui Valley wine region 400 km (250 mi) north of Santiago lies at the southern end of the Atacama Desert in the Coquimbo region. It is known for producing table grapes and other fruits, as well as pisco brandy, Chile’s most popular liquor. But it is also notable for being the most commercially viable wine-producing region of northern Chile. The region’s vineyards extend from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Andes Mountains in the east, and rise to an altitude of 2,000 meters above sea level (6,500 feet). Wine production began in the Elqui Valley in the 1990s when Chilean wine producers began to look at potential viticulture sites outside the Chilean Central Valley. The region is characterized by a sunny, desert-like climate, less than 70 mm (2.8 in) of annual rainfall, dry rocky terrain, steep valleys and temperate hills cooled by strong winds from the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains, producing excellent results for varietals like Syrah
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]]>In May 2011, B'nai Israel Synagogue-Dan Abraham Jewish Cultural Center of Rochester, MN became the caregiver congregation for one of those scrolls. This particular scroll was written about 350 years ago in Kolin, a small town in the present Czech Republic. It served generations of Jewish congregants, and miraculously survived the Holocaust even though its congregation did not.
Our community undertook the restoration of this Torah scroll. Each letter and each stitch was examined, revitalized, and restored by Rabbi Gedaliah Druin of Sofer. His old hands working in perfect concert with the antiquity of the text and the history of the parchment reflect the light that still shines through as scribe, word, and artifact become one.
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At times, a small corner of the world can have a great view. This sunset image was taken in my neighborhood, Cascades in Rochester, MN. The lake is a small artificial one, the sunset is natural and big. A beautiful surrounding for an evening walk around the lake, wild flowers next to it, and some geese swing in it. Just beautiful calm and serene.]]>
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Amazing how much an image from a little corner can show and suggest us!
Click here to see more of my images of Chile.
the fires in Canada and northern Minnesota. Beautiful still. Captured the last minute of a visible sun in Rochester, MN just outside my home.]]>
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Sitting in the corner, this kangaroo at the Koala Park seemed to be absorbed in his own thoughts.Koala Park Sanctuary in Sydney, Australia is a beautiful tourist retreat that allows up-front encounters with many native Australian animals. It was built in the 1920s and opened in October 1930 by the owner Noel Burnet. He established the sanctuary because he was concerned at the large number of koalas being killed for the fur trade, and hunting of the animal would ultimately lead to its extinction. He spent the remainder of his life dedicated to researching and preserving the animals habitat. Lately it has come in disrepute for some neglect of its animals.
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Bay the way, the "DEAD END" sign refers to the road only, without deeper inferences. Spring will eventually arrive.
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This would have been a miracle 75 years ago!!
Everywhere you go, there is beauty. Appreciate it and enjoy it, I do.
Late Autumn in South East Minnesota. The leaves are almost gone, the warm weather is gone, the beauty remains.]]>
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The pictures in this blog are my response to the Washington Post beauty ranking of US counties of some weeks ago. South East Minnesota counties ranked very low in their list. Whoever did the ranking didn’t see the fields that surround Rochester the way I did. Beauty is always around us, if we open our eyes and pay attention to what is in front of us!
These pictures were taken at the beginning of spring this year, snow is gone and colors start to reappear everywhere. Farmers plow, prepare and seed their fields. The feeling of live coming back cannot be more uplifting.
The Old City of Jerusalem, its Stones and its PeopleIn Jerusalem's Old City. every stone has a history to tell. Each person that lives there or visits, walks the streets lined with those stones, creating hos own story. This exhibit takes you from the external stoned walls of the Old City through the narrow alleys where people from all backgrounds and religions dwell, to the Western Wall, a wall built not just of stones, but of spiritual attraction and symbolism.
While in a visit to Jerusalem, I set out thinking I would be photographing the narrow alleys, the walls and the stones of the Old City. It soon became clear that the story of the Old city, all its various stories, lived as much in the people as in the stones themselves. Anyone who has ever been to Jerusalem discovers that the city is peopled by many groups, each with its particular dress, living side by side, in a mix unparalleled in any other city. As the days progressed, I came to understand that while each stone has a story to tell, the story comes to life because of the people who make these streets their home, who make these stories part of their lives and who bring the meaning of the stones and streets themselves to life.
Just as my realization moved from the outer walls to the inner understanding of the vibrancy of our holy city, so too will this exhibit take you from the external walls of the city, to its narrow alleys, to its people, and end at the Western Wall where the stones and the people together create meaning of the site.
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I spent a couple of days capturing its distinctive beauty.
My new pho-book "The Fields of South Minnesota" is a window to this beauty. Even it repeats every year, it is still a wonder!
(Note: click on the book title to see a preview).
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There are many sites to visit: small plazas, the Rabin square, picturesque streets, parks, cultural centers, a flea market, and the modern promenades and beaches -- all illustrating the focus on urban development that is the core of the present Tel Aviv.
It is the people of Tel Aviv, though, who bring these buildings and sites to life. They enjoy the parks and plazas, walk the streets, wait for a bus, sit in a café, stare at the ocean waves, or just take the dog for a walk.
The many human faces of Tel Aviv, overlaid on the many architectural faces, are what makes it such a vibrant place.