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really, that"s truth - I am so very happy to see You (again! ), dear flickr-friends.... My sincere & warm (belated though) New Year-2008 wishes to You and Yours. Be very happy and be very healthy. Good Luck to each & to everyone! Well, sending You Good Sunny Vibes from Tel-Aviv.........an 1000 smiles - as ever.......

PHOTO:

November, 2007.

Taken in Tel-Aviv, Israel

1.
To have respect for ourselves guides our morals;
and to have a deference for others governs our manners.
-Lawrence Sterne (1713 - 1768)

2.
That's the secret of entertaining. You make your
guests feel welcome and at home. If you do that
honestly, the rest takes care of itself.
- Barbara Hall, (Northern Exposure, Northern
Hospitality, 1994 )

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PHOTO:

Home decor by Hermès. Boutique "Votre Maison
Paris", Kikar Hamedina. Hey Be "Yiar st.,
Tel-Aviv. Israel.

Composition by Cecile Haddad (General Manager,
Votre Maison Paris ) Taken with her kind permission.

19 October, 2007

Inspired by Mishima Yukio "Aoi-no ue" (葵の上 - Lady Aoi)
one-act play in noh-style

When you look at the world with knowledge, you
realize that things are unchangeable and at the
same time are constantly being transformed.....
- Mishima Yukio
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PHOTO-COLLAGE:

photo for this collage taken in "Christian Lacroix
boutique " & so on...(Kikara Ha-Medina, Tel Aviv)

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Aoi no Ue (葵の上) is a fictional character in The Tale of
Genji (Genji Monogatari). Her name is very roughly
translated as Lady Aoi. She was the first wife of Hikaru Genji.

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Aoi no Ue (葵上, Lady Aoi) is a Noh play written by Zeami
Motokiyo based on an episode in the Tale of Genji and
named for Lady Aoi, one of the novel's characters. It is an
example of the fourth category of "miscellaneous" Noh plays.

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Whether, as ever, it’s loneliness,
splashing a branch, like lace, on the window
or whether perhaps there’s a witness. ...

- Boris Pasternak. The Weeping Garden

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PHOTO:

site of Russian Ecclesiastical Mission

Saint Magdalena Monastery, on
Kennereth lake (Galileo Sea or Tiberian sea as well).

BTW, Kennereth-lake (or Galilean Sea or Tiberian sea
as well) - is the only source of fresh water in israel ,
however it disastrously dries..........

Tiberias, Israel

Taken 14 October, 2007

Svp, more details about Tiverias can be seen here

How lovely those journeys into quiet!
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Yes, it’s found.
There! Yes, that’s it all right, though....
- Boris Pasternak, the Steppe

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PHOTO:

site of Russian Ecclesiastical Mission

Saint Magdalena Monastery

Tiberia, Israel

Taken 14 October, 2007