Friday, December 26, 2014

Olive wood Nativity Scene


Hello all,

Today we enjoyed beautiful weather and decided to visit the
miniatures exhibition in Jaffa together with friends who were unable to go
there before.

Afterwards we took a walk down to the Jaffa flea market.  Jaffa is a part of Tel-Aviv
where the population is a mixture of Christians, Muslims and Jews. It's also very old
with several ancient cathedrals and churches as well as a sea port. It's one of the sites we
love exploring and take visitors along  with us.  Being always on the look out for miniature
finds, one of the shops caught my attention.  Look what I found....















We didn't make it to the flea market.  It got late and our friends preferred going to lunch in
one of the local restaurants.

I want to share with you photos of the works of an extremely patient artist who uses toothpicks
for building materials.


https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/from%3Aamieilat%40netvision.net.il/14a808c61d482a8c?projector=1

I hope you are enjoying a wonderful holiday, just as we are here.
Hugs and blessings

18 comments:

  1. Pretty find! Good to know you had a good time with your Friends. :) Hugs

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  2. ¡¡¡Felices Fiestas!!! Gracias por mostrarnos esas fotos tan bonitass

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  3. Best wishes for the New Year. Thanks for wonderful posts of tiny things throughout the year

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  4. Very beautiful !! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. a hug, Marisa

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  5. Es un nacimiento maravilloso, un auténtico tesoro! Un abrazo

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  6. Se ve que pasaste un dia estupendo y el misterio muy bonito, besos:-)

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  7. Merry Christmas Drora! That is a beautiful nativity!!

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  8. That is precious! Sounds like you had such a wonderful time. Happy holidays to you too Drora!
    hugs♥,
    Caroline

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  9. Wonderful. Happy holidays and new year. Mona

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  10. Happy new year!
    The nativity scene is very cute! And the boxes I see looks wonderful!
    Hannah

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  11. Un maravilloso Nacimiento . Es maravilloso oir que hay zonas donde conviven Cristianos, Judios y Mususlmanes. Feliz Navidad y Año Nuevo.

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  12. Sounds like you've had a great time... and that nativity is a wonderful find! It looks beautiful - but I must admit you wouldn't have got me out of that shop without having a very close look at those incredibly beautiful boxes... ;O)
    Hugs
    Birgit

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  13. A great day out, and oh the wood carvings are lovely the inlaid boxes are just fantastic!
    The little nativity is wonderful~!
    Hugs~J

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  14. What a gorgeous nativity scene!
    Geneviève

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  15. Beautiful Nativity, I really like things made of wood.

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  16. Nice find, Drora! Your shopping excursion with friends sounds fun! xo Jennifer

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