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Review After Shavuot

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As you can see, I haven’t had time to blog a lot recently. I do have photos of some curried chickpeas and curried zucchini – hope to post recipes soon.

Elsewhere in the Blogosphere

• Ilana-Davita: Interview with Rabbi Phyllis aka ImaBima
• KCC, the Kosher Cooking Carnival, is hosted by Jewish Boston.
• Rayna Eliana reviewed Miriam’s Kitchen: “Ehrlich presents a strong message for the Jewish kitchen, memories and familial connections.”
• A Mother in Israel asks: Who is Responsible for Your Children’s Homework? Of course, it’s my kid who owns the homework – but who is responsible for making her doing it before 9 pm at night? (sigh)

Review with Mime

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The BIG GIGANTIC news today in our household is that the RPRY team of middle son (5 of them) won the Torah Bowl Championship. They previously won the New Jersey division, and today they beat New York schools SAR and HALB. Torah Bowl is sort of like Jeopardy – they get asked questions about certain parts of the Torah, and they have to answer quickly.

Elsewhere in the Blogosphere

• I got a kick out of this video of the preparation of a health salad. But he never does explain why he doesn’t think you should wash vegetables if you grow them in your own garden.
• Ilana-Davita conducted an interview with Rabbi Josh Yuter.
• Rayna Eliana reviewed City of Dreams, a historical novel that takes place in Amsterdam.
• I enjoyed chatting with Mrs. S. last week about Netanyahu’s speech to Congress. If you haven’t watched it, I recommend it. It’s historical.
• Sparrow Chatter has some exquisite shots of a florist’s window.
• Batya talks about problems with the new trains in Jerusalem and a certain politician who created many of the problems.
• Robin is starting Summer Stock Sunday 2011 – and these mime photos are my first entry.

Here’s my daughter and the mime – he had motioned toward her so she could get her picture taken with him. He did that to anyone who put money in his bucket.

I posted these mime photos as part of Straight Out Of the Camera -I have a bit of time online on Saturday night. On Sunday, I’ll be marching down 5th Avenue in New York City with my kids’ school.

June Rhododendron

This photo is actually from May, as is the one below.

It’s good I took photos in the middle of May, because if you look below, you will see what is left of my rhododendron flowers in early June.

Maybe it was the heat wave, or maybe they just don’t last very long. I’ve never paid much attention to the blooming of my rhododendron – it’s good I’m playing the First of the Month theme so I can observe.

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Nature Notes: Asbury Gulls

There are many gulls sitting on these rocks at the Asbury Park beach. But you will see at the end of the post, the humans out number the gulls.

One lone gull (is he a gull? See this list of sea birds) flies away from his friends. This one appears brown.

A brown gull flies by the active waves. Crafty Green Poet writes: “the brown bird is probably a young gull, most species of gull have I think three years in brown plumage (slightly different each of the years) before they take on adult plumage” – thank you!

A few brave souls sit on the rocks at the beach. My kids both went dunking into the freezing May waters. I just put in my toe. My husband relaxed on the beach – too cold for him.

This photo should give you an idea of how crowded it was on the beach. And economically, this is good news. Asbury Park was very depressed in the past thirty years. My husband grew up in this area, and he saw the decline. About one hundred years ago, it was quite a fashionable place. People may no longer walk in fancy dresses and suits, but the new restaurants and shops are upscale. I hope the gulls don’t mind.

Pictured in the crowded beach photo are the Asbury Park Theatre (see it in my Asbury post from last year) and the Berkeley Carteret Hotel.

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