Pacific Northwest

Spring whipped by, and I'm feeling summer is going to do the same.

Some ideas that are relative to now, it's time for an attitude change.

1)  Keep working hard, you will reach the place your trying to go.
2)  Find the space that makes you happy, the only one holding you back is yourself.
3)  Stop pushing people out, know that you are loved.

I live in a cool place, I need to remember that.

Note to the viewer, I edited these images with the sun in my face.  I couldn't see what I was doing, but maybe that adds nicely to the mood of summer.  Except this last image, the colors at sunset really do look like that.

Israel, the Old and the New

Out of my entire week I had two days to go out and be a tourist, sadly.  I would go back instantly.  The first day I went to Tel Aviv, a hip, trendy, young, traffic filled city with a cool vibe and international feel.  The next time I had a moment to take off I went to Jerusalem, mostly because I knew everyone would ask.  Though it didn't last long, the other tourists and gift shops were too much to handle.

There is such an overwhelmingly huge market in tourism, that most old sites are under construction.  I wish I had made it to these places before their makeover.