Rain, rain, rain - for half an hour :P

Yesh! After having laughed my head off on Friday about the weather forecasters in Israel who promised us a stormy, rainy, very cold winterday while all Friday the sun was shining and it was hot.... FINALLY(!) this morning the rain started pouring exactly when H. and I were starting our walk. It was such a joy. Such a refreshment. I so thoroughly enjoyed it. It can't be expressed in words.

H. came on Thursday evening and stayed the weekend. It was nice. I always enjoy her company.

Following the photos with captions...

First Klaas who got wet:


and then tried to shake off the water:


He then made a grimace that I was lucky enough to catch on camera:


The leafs dressed in diamonds from Nature:






And the refreshed flowers:



Even a stray feather had drops on it:


We then went on to the 'animal prison'...

two turtles taking care that their species won't get extinct:



and a drooling ram - who didn't have success in his courting game...


poor old thing :(

A beautiful black duck that made the saddest, softest sounds:



and Mr. Emu again:


Four birdies in a tree (needless to say that after a half an hour of rain the sun was out again so as not to let us forget him)


so far for the animals in this post.

A strange flower that looks like the continuation of the leaves on the branch, but is not:


These are some kind of nuts I suppose and I'm trying to figure out their name in Dutch, English and Hebrew:


and the Foxtail... (I learned that's their name)


That's all. For this weekend.