Learning with our Feet

 we walked through the ripening grain

harvest has begun

this is Pentecost time (Feast of in-gathering)

 Going around the long way

(to avoid looking at the sign)

we went down

There Todd asked us:

What is it???

I didn't say anything for fear of looking foolish

looked like bird's nests to me

It is a Columbarium - a place where they raised pigeons

we also saw an olive press but it fits better later in the story

We saw a lot of sheep

 and a shepherd, throwing stones to sheep that ventured

to far from the flock

So nice to walk the road less traveled

 a locust tree = the food of John the Baptist

I remember drawing these winged insects as his food

I guess we have to get new pictures once in a while

It was the seed of the locust (carob) tree that was his food

John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.