Cafe Shefer in Tel Aviv

Cafe Shefer

8" x 9"

Watercolor

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If I stand on the top floor of my apartment and look across the street, 

this is the view I often see.

 This cozy cafe greets me every time I walk out the door, 

but this view is always fun because I can watch, unseen.

I especially enjoy this cafe in the evening 

because the tapping of spoons stirring coffee rise up 

and sound like delicate wind chimes.

Flowers on Rehov Balfour

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Transparent Watercolor  14x20 cm

Roses are in season right now, 10 sheckels (about $2.50)  for 10, so even though they barely last a week, I buy 30 at a time and enjoy the mass of warm color that picks up the color of the building across the street on Rehov Balfour so nicely.  Part of living near shuk haCarmel is the wealth of fresh flowers in addition to fresh vegetables all the time.  I love my life here.

Thanks to Karin Jurick for the inspiration. She posted a photo of some things she sees and loves every morning: a buddha and hydrangeas flowers.  I didn't really relate to her loved things, but I certainly related to loving to see them in the morning and just traded my "view" for her's.

Thanks, Karin!