Hike in Nakhal Amud

Yesterday was a lovely Shabbat here in northern Israel, so David and I decided to take a short walk in upper Nakhal Amud, which is just down the hill west of Tsfat. We started our hike where the road from Tsfat to Meron crosses the Nakal, somewhat north-northwest of Tsfat, and went down from there. Here are some pictures that I took along the way.

First, a view looking up this beautiful nakhal:

Here's a pretty yellow daisy:

Here's a nice red flower. I think it's a poppy, but it might be one of several other types of red flowers here that look very similar. I saw quite a few of these, but most of them had damaged petals.

Here are some nice lacy white flowers:

Here's a beautiful tiny pink flower:

We smelled these flowers before we saw any of them. They have a lovely sweet smell, something like start jasmine but a more full-bodied fragrance, I think:

Maybe this cow or one of her herd-mates was responsible for the damaged petals on the red flowers! In any case, she turned around when she saw us, and I was barely able to get this picture before she disappeared up the road!

We've bee seeing a lot of flowering trees like these recently. These particular ones are near the highway where we parked.