Tag: summer

This week’s long run

Started out early in the morning, but not early enough — the heat was already pretty intense in the parts of the trail that weren’t in the shade.

Sea view

The sea was pretty stormy, and surfers and kayaks were out in force. It looks much windier than it was, though.

Ducks on grass with river in the background
Families of ducks were also out, grazing in the heat. I met them later on, swimming together.

Little egret in river low tide with reeds in the foreground

Little egret fishing on the Yarkon riverbed.

A row of colorful boats moored next to a small boathouse
Boats on the river, lazing in the sun.

Night hero and little egret perched on wooden railing with fisherman to their right side

Three fishermen — man, little egret, night heron.

A group of little egrets in low tide with Reading power station in the background
Little egrets fighting over fish in low tide.

10k nike running club screen capture
10k done — hot and humid summer run. As usual, I didn’t feel like waking up early and going for a run, let alone a 10k, but I’m glad that I did.

The acrobats

Summer is here and the street performers are trying to make a buck. 

This week’s long run

Yesterday was blistering hot, so I ran this morning instead. A lot of rowers were out on the Yarkon.


At the Daniel Center for rowing, stopped for a moment to admire the sky.


The sun was out in full strength, which made for some pretty dramatic lighting, with all the clouds.


Ducks and rowers (this was taken on my way back).


This cheeky little egret was waiting by a group of pretty terrible fishermen. They would toss it all their small fry, which is much more convenient than having to go fish for them itself. 


Monthly antique market at the port.


My cat, totally unimpressed that I ran 9K this morning. 

This week’s recommendations

Podcast: The Daily, by the New York Times. A 20 minute daily podcast that doesn’t sum up the news of the day, but instead gives interesting insights into a few top stories. There’s a very good reason that this podcast has become so popular even though it’s so relatively new.

Book: If you’re looking for an easy summer read, try M.C. Beaton‘s Hamish Macbeth or Agatha Raisin mystery novels. They’re dirt cheap, even in dead tree format, short, not too trashy, not too violent — the beach books.

Tea: if you haven’t watched this delightful YouTube TED Ed video by Shunan Teng, I highly recommend that you do. It briefly goes through the history of tea: youtu.be/LaLvVc1sS20

And also: Monument Valley 2 is out and it’s as awesome as the first one was. Really taking my time to enjoy it.

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Summer is here. Get thee to the beach.