Carly has decided she is going to make Aliyah on the 4th September 2023. Making Aliyah is the process for Jews from anywhere in the world to ‘go up’ to live in Israel as a citizen. Carly has chosen this particular date for a number of reasons. It is a Monday which is the first …
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Playing around with some more Barbies
Barbies twizzle around on a chandelier Galina gave me a cream chandelier she found. I keep meaning to throw it out. But today was the day. With three Barbies slotted into the bulb socket and a candle where the electrics are housed hung from a hook in my ceiling. Barbie is released from the golden …
36 Carly Shifts to the Stow
Carly had really enjoyed living in Highbury. And, for her, there was no reason to move. But her landlady wanted to move in and no amount of crying, remonstrating or other tricks by Carly to get her to change her mind resulted in Carly’s desired outcome. Staying in Highbury was no longer an option. And …
35 Sometimes Carly Finds It Tricky to Follow the Rules
Even, and maybe especially, in a pandemic, Carly can find it troublesome to follow all the rules. Partly because the rules, she thinks, are silly or don’t really apply to her. They are really more like guidelines. One, in particular, is the wearing of masks. Carly is a doctor and has been able to work …
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City Factory Sculpture Exhibition
Ruth who had encouraged and allowed me to set up the Jaffa Port repair cafe, told me about City Factory run by artist Itamar. He wanted to showcase over 4000 sculptures made from discarded toys. He wanted anyone over the age of 15 to drop in at his site next to the Barby music venue …
The Barbie Dog Walkers
Germaine gave me a square large frame and I painted it with a lilac/purple spray paint. Then I decided to use the snowflake as stencils for the black sky, wispy leaves to represent branches for the large middle grey section and for interest as a resist in the white section at the bottom I used …
Art at Amiad Gallery December 2025
I love the open exhibitions here. Here are photos of the ones I liked the most!
Barbies on Gold
I found 4 A4 canvases in the UK. Michael C brought out three and one was a painting Betsy had from Georgia which came on my shipment. I had 4 spray paints but the fullest was the gold. Simple. Spray them all gold. Oh and a pringles pot. And Lucy gave me a frame for …
Laurence Ziv – a wonderful art exhibition in the Jaffa Museum November 2025
Lawrence Ziv died 10 years ago but that did not stop him welcoming everyone into his bedroom in 2025! Using AI. He was a fashion icon, artist, made sculptures and opened night clubs on the West Coast of America. I went with my first cousin, once removed, Judy. Amazing versatile talent.
Esmerelda Barbie trots around Emek Hefer
Ayala and Leah had spent ages making my large bike bag into a explosion of all things Barbie for my 60th. It has lights and they gave me four real Barbies. Yehoshua called this one with the sequin dress which is pink when the sequins face down and blue when they face up, Esmerelda.