This month in Palestine marks the Olive harvest. We enjoyed ourselves picking olives in beautiful scenery together this weekend. The kids climed the trees and beat them with sticks to make the olives fall down so they could be gathered. Apparently it is a dry year here and so the olives aren't very big and were difficult to pick. I love that there are olive groves all around the town bustling with people anxious to get their bags full to be taken to the press and made into the years olive oil supply. I love olive oil...Palestinian olive oil is sooo rich and delicious. I am grateful that living here gives my children opportunities to participate in cultural activities they wouldn't be able to enjoy anywhere else!