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How to Preserve Family Memories with Scrapbooking
The scrapbook is a fantastic way of showcasing and protecting precious family memories, photos, souvenirs, and heirlooms. A scrapbook can be your way of telling the people in your life, as well as your future generations, the story of your family and the proud heritage you are passing on. Immortalizing family memories can be a daunting task at first glance, but if you put your heart to it, and do it with patience and love, you’ll find it rewarding. A scrapbook can also be a wonderful way to give thanks for all the good in your life, to work through issues from the past, and to develop a creative style,…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! I am rushing to finish this, so just wanted to wish everyone a very happy new Jewish month of Tammuz, and get that summer crafting going! Lots and lots of great inspiration from last week’s party, enjoy!
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What To Do With Your Family’s Old Photo Albums?
There’s a strange reality coupled with technological advances that fundamentally changes how we live and how we view things from the past. Not that anyone intended to change how things used to be, it is just a side effect of the advances. Just as folks didn’t need horses once the car was introduced, or washing boards once the washing machine became a common household item. Today one of the most obvious changes is internet and online shopping, and the end of malls. Who would have believed that? Because there’s a huge marketplace with often better deals online, the hassle of driving to, parking at, walking through, and spending money at…
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Wildflowers Bloom On Mount Arbel, Israel In The Spring
On our visit to Mount Arbel, just a 40 minute or so drive from our home in Northern Israel, we were in awe of the views, which you can see here, and in awe of the archeology, some of which you can see here, though I also realized that this was indeed a very special place as far as nature and ecosystems are concerned, as it is a plateau mountain just above the lowest fresh water lake in the world, which means all kinds of things. It is home to a diversity of plants, birds, and cliff-dwelling animals, and I did discover on the National Parks website that in fact…
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A Visit To Mount Arbel On The Shores Of The Sea Of Galilee
I have passed by the cliffs of Mount Arbel numerous times, (and we even see a sliver from our home 45 minutes away) or rather many many times, and it never occurred to me that the area on the top of the mountain would be a national park, silly me. So grateful to have at last made this realization and taken some of my family for a little visit this past Passover. Wow, wow, wow, a must visit my friends! Mount Arbel is located in the eastern Lower Galilee, with monumental cliffs, and a plateau that offers a breathtaking view of the Jordan Valley, the Sea of Galilee, the Golan…
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The Ancient Caves Of Mt. Nitai In Tiveria, Israel
The ancient caves of Mt. Nitai in Israel just next to Mt. Arbel.