Afternoon outing....

Everyday we end work at 1:30 pm, have lunch at 2 and then have free time until 4:30. So some of us take advantage of this time to sleep, read, use the internet and some of us go out for long walks. I favor the long walk!!!

On the way too we pass a small police shed. This is where they sleep. Sometimes more than one person fits into this!!!

We walk along a dirt road lined with power lines that pollute the air with high electrical voltage sounds. I am always a bit nervous walking near and through these lines.

The walk is surrounded by fields of tomatos, eggplant, grasses and grains. Trucks pass full of men, women, children picking their crops or preparing the land.

I was able to catch a photo of a Hoopoe bird. Recently it was declared as the national bird of Israel. Once viewed as a sacred animal to ancient Egyptians. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoopoe
They make a sound exactly as their name is pronounced. Crazy!!!