joy in your weekend!

… and Shabbat Shalom! 🙂

from Boulder, through US, CA, BR, FR, CH, IT, GR, DE, AT, RO, SE, UA, AU, to NZ

… hope you are having a GREAT weekend! 🙂

מקהלת ראנה – חד גדיא | جوقة رانة – حد جاديا | Rana Choir – Chad Gadya

“The newly independent all-female Rana Choir of Jaffa, a rare example of a successful coexistence project, sings in Arabic and Hebrew, as well as in Ladino and Yiddish” (By Judy Maltz, from Haaretz, April 10th 2016)

 

Zaha Hadid, architect (1950-2016)

Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan (from Wikipedia)

Library and Learning Center, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria (from Wikipedia)

Auden at 16 months …

He loves egg yolks, cars and trucks, books, cartoons, the moon, and Vovo’.

… a strong and beautiful voice for the Palestinians

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“Raise your Keffiyeh Raise it
Sing the Ataba and Mijana and enjoy it

Shake your shoulders tenderly
Jafra, Ataba and Diheya

And let guns contribute and make it more fun [interesting double meaning, the song so far has been describing a wedding where people are singing the Ataba and Mijana and doing dabka, traditionally those were always accompanied by shooting guns in the air]

Raise the flag in Ramallah and Mountains of fire [Nablus’s nick name]
your proud head band is a symbol of grit and determination [Keffiyeh as a head dress was traditionally associated with head bands 3qal]
The first bullet tells the story of the journey
When the time comes, we make what’s up go down [rearranging an old Palestinian proverb]

Raise your Keffiyeh Raise it
Sing the Ataba and Mijana and enjoy it

We grew figs and olives in the orchard
We brought the wheat seeds and the lemon trees

When you call my country .. we will be ready
Lighting the victory paths in the battle day

Raise your Keffiyeh Raise it
Sing the Ataba and Mijana and enjoy it.”

More about Mohamed Assaf at:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/e3c223c4-eb9e-11e5-bb79-2303682345c8.html

 

PLANTU – LES ATTENTATS DE CE 22 MARS À BRUXELLES.

By Plantu – Le Monde, Paris.

“…please send Lady Spring up here.”

Elizabeth asked “Where is lady Spring hiding?” on her excellent blog:

http://teandpaper.com/2016/03/19/where-is-lady-spring-hiding/

I am sending her and other friends up north some colors from San Diego. I will be looking forward to seeing their “payback” 🙂 colors when they will have the Lady there. Thanks much! 🙂

 

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… you all have a relaxing weekend! :-)

… and Shabbat Shalom to our friends who observe Shabbat! Have a great weekend!

California at a higher latitude, seen by Nicci.

“This photo was taken on February 27 2016 and shows the middle-grade boys division starting their race. It took place at Alpine Ski Club, which is located at Soda Springs, CA.” – Nicci Carrera.

As soon as I saw this photo, I immediately loved it! Nicci is a wonderful friend and has a very big heart. She is a writer, photographer, planner/project manager, editor, nature advocate, etc. –  yes, she wears many hats! Above all, she is a great human being.

She blogs at http://niccicarreraromance.com/

Thanks so much, Nicci! And cheers to our friendship at WordPress!