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Joanna Maissel

The answer to life is simply found in nature

Nov 2, 2023, 10:46 PM

Nature offers us a glimmer of hope. On 7th October our lives were irreparably changed, our foundations were shaken and the war infused our consciousness and every part of our bodies. Everything we knew, we did, we felt, we thought,...

Nov 18, 2021, 8:22 PM

The last blooming flower of the summer!

Blooming in November – False Yellowhead or Strong Smelling Inula or Tayun Hadavik November and barely any sign of rain. We feel it even more so this year, as the festival of Succot ended in September, and we’ve been expecting...

Oct 12, 2021, 1:55 PM

Sun, sea, sand and flowers

Blooming in October – sea daffodil or sea pancratium lily or chavatzelet hachof. Growing up in London a visit to the beach was a big deal. It was at least a two \-hour drive, there was often terrible traffic, the...

May 20, 2021, 6:05 PM

Natures’ salute to the resilient workers in the south

Natures’ salute to the resilient care workers in the South This blog is dedicated to all the workers, therapists, welfare social workers, psychologists and volunteers in all the communities around the Gaza border region who go out every day, despite...

Apr 28, 2021, 12:09 AM

The beauty of Route 6

Who has been stuck in a traffic jam on Route 6 recently? A better question is probably who hasn’t? Unfortunately, since Corona, the traffic has built up so much that every drive is becoming unbearable. However, even being stuck on...

Feb 8, 2021, 11:24 AM

Seeing red! The calanit (anemone) is blooming everywhere.

In our modern era red is a sign of danger or warning. A red traffic light means stop, a red city means way too many corona cases, the new health warnings for too much sugar are in red. In...

Jan 27, 2021, 4:12 PM

Wake up and smell the almond blossom

One thing Olim miss most in Israel is the changing color of the leaves on the trees. We don’t have a true autumn experience here. No landscape of greens turning to gold, turning to red and then floating down...

Jan 7, 2021, 3:13 PM

Featured Post

The cyclamen (rakefet) is blooming now – let’s learn humility from it.

Go for a walk in any wild forest or green landscape in Israel right now and you’ll see the distinctive ’rakefet’ plant that became King Solomon’s crown

About Me

Nature is my passion and I am fortunate to have turned it into my career. I am a freelance nature guide at Neot Kedumim Biblical Nature Reserve and Park Ariel Sharon. I believe that everything we need to know we can learn through nature, we just need to take the time to experience it with every sense in our body (and there are way more than 5 senses). I was born in London and made Aliyah in 1991. I have never for one second wanted to live anywhere else. I live in Modiin with my husband, dog and various changing combinations of my three children.

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