Shabbat, 18 November 2017

I got up early this morning and met Hannah for a wonderful hike up into the hills. We went to the "picnic" table and flag with a great sweeping view of Eilat, Aqaba, the valley, the gulf, and, of course, the Jordanian mountains. There's also a nice view of White Mountain from there, in the opposite direction. Both of us took lots of pictures. The most unusual thing we saw was something that I would have missed if Hannah hadn't spotted it and pointed it out: a small wildflower — in November — BEFORE the first rains of the season:

We returned to my place from the walk, where we ate some breakfast and hung out for a while. Then we walked down to Hannah's place, where we hung out some more and also did our weekly study of the Torah portion. We also had a lunch of sorts, munching on grapes and bulgarit cheese.

Then I walked back home, where I basically relaxed for the rest of the day. I did talk to Joyce's husband, Richard, at 5:00. Joyce is still in the hospital and very week. They're expecting to move her to a convalescent home on Monday. It will be probably be quite some time before she gets her strength back, unfortunately.

I walked a total of 11.3 kilometers today.