Taking my camera on a walk around Emek Refaim street in Jerusalem, you never know what little gems you’ll see.
This is the wonderful architecture the German immigrants built in the mid 19th century. Included of course is local tile.
Close up, this is straight from the Izniq tradition in Turkey, for all I know, these tiles may have come from there. At the time Israel was part of the Ottoman empire.
A beautiful rondel.
No, not an operating fountain, love how it’s askew. An orange tree in the background doesn’t hurt.
I think this is a mailbox.
Clock, streetlight. This is the old Switch station at the train station, now a restaurant.
Love this bird, I should turn this into embroidery.
Love the painted wagon.
And a wagon wheel.
I’ve said this before, what photography has done for me is forced me to really look around at my surroundings and find the unique this is around all of us.
Leah
Beautiful photographs, Leah! The tile knocks me out!
The vibrant color, as well as the style, as well as the period they were made (mid to late 19th century) leads me to believe they are actual Izniq tiles, go to wikipedia, you’ll see that is the height of Turkish tile production.