MAAYAN LEVI SEGOLI
born: 26 December 2003 in Beer Sheva
July
2024 - Award for excellence
Maayan is awarded a
certificate for excellence in achievement in physics studies at Ben
Gurion University.
See more pictures here and in the Archives.
November
2023 - Volunteering
Many of the Thai agricultural workers were
killed or captured or have returned to Thailand. Maayan helped to
pick
farm produce.
October 2023
-
The Segolis visited for a
weekend.
We were happy to see grandson
Maayan and to give him big hugs.
September
2023
Maayan Segoli is off to army basic
training. He is in a special programme which combines
university
education with basic army service (עתודאי). When he finishes his
degree he will spend extra time in the army utilizing the skills he
learned in his studies.
Rosh
Hashanah 2nd night - September 2023
In addition to Doreen's delicious pepper filet steak, Maayan prepared
"flaumen tzimis" from Doreen's cookbook which he going through and
making her recipes. Her recipes are linked to family and
friends' stories, and before each meal prepared from her book Maayan reads the associated story.
August 2023 - A vacation in
Bulgaria
See and read more here and in
the the pages of Lotem and Zoe.
May 2023 -
Maayan prepares tarte Tatin
After
hearing of a dinner where
Doreen had prepared a beetroot Tarte
Tatin (a kind of upside-down tart, see
Doreen's recipe) Maayan
decided to also try his hand. It was very successful.
Click on the pictures below to see the
video clips
Click here to see Doreen's recipe.
April 2023
- Pesach
During pesach we celebrated
cousin Itamar's birthday. Maayan baked a cake
for him.
But when it was time to eat the cake Maayan was diving, so Itamar cut his own cake under the direction
of
his friend, May.
Purim 2023
February
2023 - 28th Family Reunion
Click for pictures of the grandchildren Itamar,
Zoe, Lotem,
Amit, Lior,
Dani at the ceramic session.
More pictures on the 28th Reunion page.
December 2022
- Maayan's 19th birthday
We knew that Maayan was keen on having a genuine Megalodon tooth and
he had looked everywhere for one, so he was absolutely delighted when
we gave him one in excellent condition (that we bought in
Cyprus).
November
2022 - Maayan votes
in his first election.
Maayan
finished high school and is seen here with his homeroom teacher and his
mother Mikhal. He hopes to study physics before doing his army service.
The pupils had to prepare a display of the things that represent their
past four years. We were deeply moved that Doreen's cookbook, A
Potpourri of Recipes, was among them.
May 22 -
tennis swith Granny
Recently Doreen set herself two short term
goals: (1) Take tennis
lessons and play tennis with grandson
Maayan Segoli, and (2) obtain diving
insurance which normally is not valid after age 75. This
involves undergoing
many medical tests. This week she succeeded in both. Well done, Doreen
- your husband is proud of you!
Click here for another picture.
March 2022 - Adloyada
Maayan and Zoe enjoying the Adloyada
See here for other pictures
of the adloyada, and here for
a picture of Maayan's float.
December
2021 - Maayan's 18th birthday cake. A carrot cake baked in a bundt pan,
decorated with cream cheese frosting and chocolate worms by Zoe and
sugared carrots by Maayan/
See also here.
November 2021
Maayan helping us picking papayas.
October 2021 -
27th Family Reunion
The Castle, Kerem Maharal
More pictures: Archives, 27th Reunion page, and the pages of Lior, Itamar, Amit,
Lotem, Ilai,
Zoe
August 2021 - a morning at the pool.
August 2021 - Glass blowing
The Segolis spent a weekend with us and the highlight was a glass
blowing workshop.
More pictures of the glass blowing on the pages of Lotem
and Zoe and Miscellaneous.
Zoe's
9th birthday
Maayan preparing tomatoes, basil, mozarella and balsamic pearls as an
appetizer and another plate without the mozarella balls for the
vegans. Nearest Maayan is a bowl of Doreen's delicious
conch-style salad. See recipe.
March 2021
- Maayan's splinter
We looked after our Segoli grandchildren while Moran and Mikhal were
away,
and daughter Vered and Aviv joined us for what was supposed to be
an hour
or two on their way home from a visit to Eilat.
Unfortunately
grandson Maayan had stepped on a thorn and had a splinter in his foot.
Apparently when Maayan does something he does it all the way, for his
splinter
was embedded deep in his foot.
First I tried to remove it, then Vered dug some more, and even with
advice from
Aviv, Doreen and Zoe we were not succesful.
The local clinic was closed
so Vered took him to the clinic in Yeruham (30 minutes away) where they
also tried unsuccessfullly and sent them to the Emergency Room at
Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva (40 minutes away) from where they were
directed to another clinic
There two nurses and a doctor removed the
large splinter. In the picture on the right the nurse is holding the
splinter in a surgical pincer. You can see how long it was. An x-ray
determined that there was no remaining
piece. After another stop to pick up the prescribed antibiotics Maayan
came home.
Now THAT'S a splinter!
March
2021 - Adloyada 2021 at
Midreshet Ben Gurion (Sde Boqer)
Purim this year was "business as usual" at Midreshet Ben
Gurion, where the high school students prepared and staged their
traditional adloyada,
a carnival-like parade. Due to Covid restrictions this year
non-residents could not attend. The theme this year was "Dreams" (see the floats here) .
The adloyada is an
opportunity for the students to express their creativity and also to
let "their hair down" - see for example Maayan
enjoying himself.
see last year's Purim Adloyada
January
2021 - Maayan receives Covid Vaccine 1
December 2020 - Maayan's
17th Birthday
Doreen and I, and Vered and Aviv Ron, went to Midreshet Sde Boqer
to celebrate Maayan's 17th birthday. Maayan celebrated it by preparing
dinner for us all! At least he didn't have to bake his birthday cake
which the Ron's brought.
December
2020 - 26th Family Reunion - 56th Anniversary Granny and Saba Eitan
On 16/12 we celebrated the 56th Anniversary of Granny Doreen and Saba
Eitan, together with the 26th Levy Family Reunion. There are more
pictures on the Events page, on This Weeks Picture Archives,
and on the pages of Danielle, Lior,
Itamar, Lotem, Amit,
Ilai and Zoe.
We also went sand surfing on a high sand dune. Click on the picture
below to see a short video.
November
2020 - Master Cooking Class
The Segolis came for the weekend, and this was an opportunity for
Doreen to impart some of her experience to Maayan, by preparing poppy
seed crepes together.
Maayan loves cooking, and he has prepared many varied dishes. Just some
examples:
birthday cake, sausages,
dumplings, berry pie,
paella and stuffed
vegetables.
Lotem's 15th birthday
We made a quick return drive to Midreshet Sde Boqer to
celebrate granddaughter Lotem's 15th birthday. We ate Maayan's
delicious red velvet birthday cake covered with icing sugar with
Doreen's help, had a lovely meal and drove home again. Pictures here.
We took Joanie with us and she was rather too much interested in
the
Segolis guinea pig (Moses), hamster (Peaches) and rabbit (Ash).
Evidently it was also Ash's birthday.
See more pictures on the pages of Lotem and
Zoe, and miscellaneous
events.
October
2020 - Outings and picnics during lockdown.
In this era of lockdowns and restricted movement living in
Midreshet Sde Boqer in the Negev Desert has its perks. While us city
dwellers are confined to our built up areas, the Segolis and some
friends can go to the nearby wide-open spaces without any fear of
contracting or spreading the Corona virus. Moran sent us some pictures
of
their extended desert picnics and outings.
Here Maayan is starting the twirling of burning steel wool for a
fireworks effect.
There are more pictures of the Segoli picnics on the Miscellaneous page and on the
pages of Lotem and Zoe, and another picture of Maayan's
fireworks here.
March 2020
- Wall climbing at "Monkeys" in Netanya
March
2020 - Purim Adloyada
Maayan ejoying the adloyada at Sde Boqer.
See also This Week's Archives
and more parade pictures here.
January
2020 - The Segolis ski and glide
The Segolis enjoyed their skiing holiday in Romania. While
there Maayan enjoyed the skiing and also loved the hang gliding.
Pictures on the pages of of Zoe, and Lotem (and also here).
November
2019 - Maayan prepares an English Breakfast
Grandson Maayan continues to amaze us with his culinary skills. This
time he prepared a full English Breakast: Eggs Benedict with
Hollandaise sauce, English muffins and sausages, which
of course he made himself!
October
2019 - Maayan prepares Dumplings
Maayan continues his adventures in cooking. Moran reports that
the dumplings Maayan prepared were delicious.
July-August
2019 - Segoli family trip to Mongolia and Moscow
See more pictures of the trip to Mongolia on the Miscellaneous page, and on the pages
of Lotem and Zoe.
July 2019
- Moran navigating while diving
See another picture of Maayan diving
and of him diving with Itamar.
Family
Reunion in Italy at the Villa Prato al Sole - April 2019
For more pictures of the reunion
see:
February
2019 - still in Lisbon
Maayan
poses in a guard station in the walls of the Palacio da Pena in Sintra
For more pictures of the Lisbon visit see below,
the miscellaneous pictures, the
pages of Lotem, and the Archive
pictures here.
February
2019 - A visit to Lisbon
Eating traditional foods was very much a part of our visit to Lisbon
and we stuffed ourselves on the different kinds of custard tarts. But
enough is enough and here Maayan is enjoying noodle soup and Happy
Noodles.
See more pictures on Lotem's page and
Miscellaneous page
January 2019
Maayan's school
report card.
January
2019 - Maayan bakes his
birthday cake
While Moran was trekking we went to Midreshet Ben Gurion to help
with the children. Maayan, for his birthday, wanted to bake a special
cake. With a little help from Doreen he
baked a delicious 3 layered chocolate and orange birthday cake for
himself.
December
2018
Ten years ago, when Maayan was five, inspired by animal books by Pini
Amitai he wrote a book for Pini. When we reported this in This Week's Picture (Dec
27, 2008) , we wrote -
When
Maayan was younger, he used to
sleep with books under his pillow to help him fall asleep. He used to
choose a page with an animal that is "strong" but not "bad", and sleep
with that page open so that if he had a bad dream the animal would help
him.
When Doreen sent an email on his 15th birthday reminding him of
this, his father replied -
Today
he sleeps with his phone and computer close by to keep him ‘safe’ from
boredom before he falls asleep and when he wakes up.
Ah,
progress!!
Click
to see Maayan presenting his book to the author.
You can also read the book Maayan
wrote. (Use pgdn <down arrow> to go from page to page.)
October
2018
Maayan doesn't only cook - he bakes as well. Here he is with his mother
and the berry pie he made for sister Lotem on her 13th birthday.
September
2018 - On the way
to school - first day high school
August
2018: Helping at the Reniala Lemur Rescue Center.
On their trip to Madagascar, the Segolis voluntered to help at the
Lemur Rescue Center. Read Moran's
brief description,
See pictures of the children working at the center on the pages
of Lotem and Zoe.
Maayan cleaning the area.
August 2018
- The Segolis visit Madagascar II
The Segolis are having a great time on their visit to Madagascar.
Maayan went diving, Zoe ate chocolate and
Lotem went swimming. As can be seen by clicking here, life there is
not easy especially for Moran.
Maayan and dad Moran go diving
August 2018
- The Segolis visit Madagascar
The Segolis are continuing their trip to Madagascar and seem to having
a fabulous time. It looks like a perfect place for the nature-loving
Segolis. See picture here and on
the pages of Lotem and Zoe.
Maayan befriends a local lizard.
July 2018 End of year school certificate
June 2018 - see the Segoli pyramid
May 2018 - Shavuot at the Midreshet Ben
Gurion School
There is a modern tradition at the school attended by gradchildren
Maayan and Lotem Segoli. Each grade prepares a typical dance of a
different decade. It is good fun and the children enjoy it very much.
See pictures here.
January 2018 - 23rd Levy Family
Reunion
There are pictures of Maayan and all the family here.
January 2018
- Cooking paella with Granny Doreen
December
2017 - Maayan helps his
Dad at work
November 2017
- Maayan visits the spider webs of Nachal Soreq
The Soreq Creek near Jerusalem contains
nutrient rich water (from treated sewage) that attracts millions
of tiny non-biting midges that are an abundant food for
long-jawed spiders that spin large tapestry-like webs.
Read more
about this rare phenomenon in the Haaretz newspaper, and see more
pictures of the Segolis in the Archives
and on Lotem's page.
September 2017
- Rosh Hashanah in Eilat
During the Rosh Hashanah long
weekendin Eilat, apart from eating most of the time we also had time
for some other
things, including a visit to Coral World Marine Park.
August
2017 - The Segolis trek the Dolomites
More pictures here, and on the
pages of Lotem and Zoe, and in the Week's Picture archives.
July 2017 - click for a
picture of
Maayan and cousin Itamar helping granny cook.
June 2017 - Maayan's end of year school
report
June 2017:
Maayan continues his cooking - this time stuffed items.
May 2016 -
Maayan grills chops
Grandson Maayan is continuing his efforts in preparing various dishes
from different countries, and we understand that his grilled Mongolian
pork chops were asbsolutely delicious.
April
2017 - The grandchildren go horseriding
See more pictures on the miscellaneous
page, and on the pages of Ilai,
Itamar, Zoe, and Lotem
April
2017 birthdays
Our immediate family has 3 April birthdays: Itamar Levy - April 4, Zoe
Segoli - April 24, me - April 27. This year we celebrated at daughter
Vered's house where there was a near full house of children
and grandchildren. What made the event extra special was that grandson
Maayan, aged 13, cooked the delicious meal. The theme was Indian
cuisine and he prepared samosas, butter chicken curry and naan bread.
Maayan tasting the meal he prepared - it was delicious!
More pictures on the pages of Itamar
and Zoe, and on the Miscellaneous page.
April 2017 :
A visit to Paris with Saba Avraham and Savta Yael and
Enjoying a
traditional French breakfast of croissants
Go to Lotem's page and the miscellaneous page for more pictures.
April
2017 - Maayan's school hike
Maayan went on a school hike from Nachal Har Rehev (below) to Nahal Zin
March 2017 -
Maayan prepares Clam Chowder
Maayan is becoming an adventurous and acomplished chef. He prepared
clam chowder together with bread bowls for the family, who report
that the resuls were delicious.
Click here and here for
Maayan's previous successes.
March 2017
- The Festival of Purim
Click here for pictures of
costume/fancy dress for the Festival of Purim.
February
2017 - End of term school report cards
Maayan and sister Lotem got excellent
report cards with high grades and excellent remarks about behaviour and
cooperation.
Maayan also received Certificates of Excellence for Achievement in
Mathematics, click here,
and Behaviour, Attitude and Helping others, click here.
January
2017 - Maayan's barmitzvah.
On the Thursday before the Shabbat
Maayan also read from the torah in the synagogue of his tutor.
Click here for a picture of
Maayan at the Barmitzvah ceremony.
For more pictures see the Events
page and also the pages of Itamar,
Lotem, Zoe,
Ilai and Lior
December 2016 - Preparing for the barmitzvah.
December 2016 - Preparing Tiramasu
Maayan is continuing his food preparation activities. Here he
has prepared a delicious tiramasu.
(See previous meal prepared by Maayan.)
August 2016 - A visit to Sky Jump and the 3D
theatre with Granny
Maayan, Zoe and Lotem
enjoy the 3D theatre at Sky Jump.
July 2016 - A visit to the Galapagos Islands.
The Galapagos visit wasn't only about enjoying nature and the
Islands. Here Maayan is enjoying eating a lobster.
and
pretending to be a sea lion.
There are more pictures of the
Segolis in the Galapogos on the pages of Zoe and
Lotem, and on the 2016 Events page, and in the 2016 archives
June 2016 - The Segolis in
America
Dad
Moran wanted to photograph Maayan and Lotem with caribou (moose?)
horns. It didn't take too long before the children showed why this deer
has horns.
May 2016 - Maayan's
school trip
It's that time of the year -
just before
the summer break - when Israeli schools organize school trips for their
pupils. Grandson Itamar's trip was to the Negev desert (see pictures). Maayan's trip
was connected with his age group's
barmitzva year and was mainly
to the Jerusalem area.
On the
left above, Maayan re-creates a famous picture of Theodor Herzl,
the founder of the modern Zionist Movement.
May 2016 - Maayan's first
underwater dive
Maayan is the latest family
member to finish an underwater diving course. The Segolis are in
Eilat for the
weekend and Maayan made his first dive after the course with Dad Moran,
who reports that Maayan dived very well and was very calm in the water.
He certainly looks very calm in the water. Congratulations,
Maayan!
April 2016 - Maayan at
the seder
April 2016 -
Maayan and his class at the Education Fair
We visited Maayan at the Education Fair in Netanya
The Education Department, together with the Netanya Municipality
and other organisations, organised an open-air congress and fair where
various non-conventional teaching and learning meithods were presented
by the pupils themselves. Among the participants was Maauyan's class
which presented their model of learning in groups by personal
responsibilty.
In brief, this is a model that was developed with the full cooperation
of Class 6
pupils at Zin School, Sde Boqer Campus. The pupils receive tasks
concerned
with core learning. They have to fulfil these tasks, working in a
group,
while determining and controlling time, method of work, what to
emphasise, obtaining suitable learning equipment and so on.
This is a fuller description in Hebrew:
שם היוזמה: למידה באחריות אישית
בית ספר: צין, מדרשת שדה בוקר
תיאור היוזמה:
מודל שפותח בשיתוף מלא עם תלמידי כיתה ו'. הם מקבלים משימות
שנוגעות ללימודי הליבה וממלאים אותן תוך שליטה מלאה על חלוקת הזמן, אופן
העבודה, דגשים, השגת חומרי לימוד, ועבודת הצוותים. המורה משמשת כמנחה
המייעצת בנושאים הללו ויוצרת אינטגרציה בין היוזמות השונות. לאחרונה החלו
התלמידים להביא גם את המשימות עצמן ולא לחכות לקבלתן מהמורה. המודל נועד
לעודד ולפתח אחריות אישית של כל תלמיד ללמידה. בכנס יציגו הילדים את
מקורות המידע שמהם שאבו השראה לפיתוח המודל, ואת אופן עבודתם.
March 2016 -
Picking
lettuces
Maayan and Lotem pick lettuces
March 2016 - Adloyada
in Sde Boqer
Purim,
the festival of parades and fancy dress, is here again, and
the traditional adloyada (parade)
festivites took place at Midreshet Sde Boqer,
where the Segolis live. Click for a picture Zoe
at the celebration.
I presume this is Maayan!
March 2016 - 1st
prize Mind Olympics
Congratulations to Maayan on 1st place in the local Mind
Olympics! Next month he will represent his district in the Negev
Regional Mind Olympics. Good luck, Maayan!
February 2016 - Maayan
and cousin Itamar visit London with Saba and Granny.
With "Elvis Presley" at Madame
Tussauds Wax Museum; and enjoying mussels at Granny's favourite
restaurant, Belgo.
a selfie on the plane from Tel Aviv to London
A talk on Stonehenge; and cooking his own steak on a hot stone.
December 26, 2015 -
Maayan's 12th birthday
November 2015 -
Getting to know Twitter
See some more pictures here, and here, and on the pages of Itamar, Ilai, Lotem,
Lior and Zoe,
and a video here.
Rosh Hashanah
2015
For some pictures of the grandchildren on Rosh Hashanah see the pages
of Lior, Itamar,
Amit, Lotem,
Ilai and Zoe
September 2015 -
Controlling the traffic
September 2015 - Maayan
prepares a meal.
Moran defrosted two chicken
thighs
and legs and gave Maayan a project to prepare supper. Maayan looked up
various cookbooks (in Hebrew and English) and chose crispy chicken,
with rice, peas and two salads (one with cherry tomatoes with basil and
pinenuts, and one a special cucumber salad for sister Zoe.).
He cooked ands prepared everything himself, with no advice or help
(except for Moran removing the ready chicken from the hot oven.)
Moran reports that everything was absolutely wonderful and tasty.
See Archives for a picture of
the meal.
August
2015 - A visit to Technoda
Our Segoli grandchildren enjoy a visit to the Technoda Science museum
and Planetarium. Click for
pictures of Lotem and Zoe at the museum.
August 2015 - some
activities with Granny and Saba Eitan
More pictures on the Miscellaneous
pages and on the pages of Itamar,
Amit, Ilai, Lotem, Zoe and
Lior.
June 2015 - Decorating
birthday cakes for Aunt Vered and Uncle Aviv
There are more pictures on the pages of Itamar,
Amit, Lotem,
Ilai and Zoe;
and the activities page.
June 2015 - A
visit to the Tzippori National Park
There are more pictures on the
pages of the children Itamar, Amit,
Lotem, Ilai
and Zoe and also on the Miscellaneous Activities page.
June 2015
- Picking vegetables in Saba
Eitan's garden.
There are more pictures on the pages of Itamar, Amit,
Lotem, Ilai
and Zoe, and also on the Miscellaneous and Archives pages.)
May 2015 - Shavuot
holiday - a long weekend in Eilat
At the Extreme Sports
with cousin Itamar
For more pictures of the Shavuot weekend
in Eilat see also the year's Activities
page and the pages of Itamar, Lotem,
Amit, Ilai and
Zoe.
March 2015 -
Good Deeds Day
The Segolis grandchildren's school organized a fair to raise money for
Holocaust victims, as part of their observance of "Good Deeds Day".
Lotem sold drawings she had done (click here)
, amd Maayan sold coffee and bread he had baked (see above). The
children were very excited about the project and started preparing days
in advance.
December 26,
2014 - Maayan's 11th birthday
Maayan celebrated his 11th birthday in Netanya with all his Levy
cousins, and the next day they and Maayan's Segoli cousins all visited
the Superland Amusement Park.
Before dinner all are busy with their
digital appliances (except for Flopsy), with a break to give everyone a
chance to prepare a birthday cookie.
One-blow Segoli has no trouble blowing out all his candles, but he does
look a little nervous high up there.
December 27 - A
visit with all his cousins to the
Superland
Amusement Park
November 2014
Maayan and Itamar enjoying the TV
September
2014 - Picking a clementine with Lotem and Saba Eitan
A visit
to the Billabong Animal Reserve in Townsville
See also the pages of Lotem and
Zoe.
April
2014 - The Red Centre - continued
Enjoying pancakes at the campground, and holding a thorny devil by the
side of the road.
For
more pictures click here, and
also see the pages of Lotem and Zoe.
April 2014 The Red Centre of Australia
with Saba Eitan and Granny Doreen
For more pictures click here, and also see the pages
of Lotem and Zoe.
April 2014 -
Maayan learns Karate.
While Moran and Mikhal are hiking the Larapinta Trail Doreen and I have
been looking after our Segoli grandchildren. Taking Maayan to his
karate class and watching him was one of the enjoyable experiences.
March 2014 -
preparing Muffins with Granny Doreen
See also the pages of Lotem and Zoe.
March 2014
- Purim.
Click here to see purim pictures of Maayan and
the rest of the family.
March 2014
Three in a tub - the three Segoli
children, Lotem, Zoe and Maayan, enjoying a bath with lots and
lots of foam.
This picture reminded me of an earlier picture compare with "Five
in a Tub" from 6 years ago. Maayan and Lotem were also in that bath.
January
2014 - visit to Thailand
On the way back from Israel to Australia the Segolis
stopped over in Thailand and had a wonderful time. You can read a
little about it and see some fantastic pictures on the Segoli site
update
in Hebrew
or in English.
December
2013 - Celebrating Maayan's 10th birthday
at the Family Reunion at Ein Gedi.
December 2013
- 19th Family Reunion
We
celebrated the Segoli visit to Israel with a family reunion at the
desert resort of Ein Gedi, and also welcomed Zoe to the family.
We
climbed Massada, went on
a tour of the Dead Sea Salt Works, hiked in Nahal David, and most
important of all had a
great time together.
On the way to Ein Gedi Maayan and sister Lotem stopped for a camel
ride, and posed at the "sea level" sign.
More pictures of our Ein Gedi weekend are on the pages of Dani, Lior,
Itamar, Amit,
Ilai,
Lotem, Zoe,
and the Miscelleaneous Activities page.
June 2013 - A
trip to Lamington National Park and Fraser Island
More pictures here and on the pages
of Lotem. and Zoe
June 2013 -
Maayan's school project on the Bush Stone Curlew (a land bird endemic
to Australia)
Bush
stone curlew
Description:
The Bush stone Curlew has good camouflage
which makes it hard to see in its natural habitat. They are active at
night to
feed and wander around. They have grey bill, yellow eyes and long neck.
Their
knees can fold backwards while sitting and have no hind toes
Habitat:
The bush stone curlew lives in grasslands
with grass shorter then themselves, at day they shelter themselves
under the
trees on timber. Their uncommon habitat is sandy creeks, coastal
islands and
small forests.
Life cycle:
2 eggs are given birth to about 2 days
apart and are no bigger then a chooks egg. The eggs hatch between 22
days too 4
weeks. When just about to hatch the chicks make a small sound and the
parents
answer back. Baby curlews can stand when there just born
Diet:
Curlews eat most animals with exoskeleton
and some molluscs and small amphibians.
Threats:
Their threats are mostly foxes, people
causing logging and loss of habitat.
Assists survival:
Predator proof fencing protects curlews
from larger predators. Zoos protect them and help them breed.
Behaviour:
Bush stone curlews do loud calls at Night
time
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February
2013
- Looking after
joey.
Maayan looking after the kangaroo joey that his dad found at work.
More details here.
More pictures on the pages of Lotem and
Zoe.
December
2012 - Moran's rainforest poem.
This is the poem Maayan wrote for a school project.
Rainforest
I can see
Beautiful big river
Lots of animals easting plants
Rain drops splashing and animals shiver
The tiny crawling Army Ants
I can feel
The cold mud oozing through my feet
Warm wet water splashing
The big Bell birds going to tweet
The fruit falling and squashing
I can smell
All kinds of delicious ripe fruit
The sticky yellow palm sap
Moldy mud building in my boots
The big white electricity zap
November 2012
I
can see beautiful river
Lots
of animals eat my plants ...........
Maayan wrote a poem which was well received. Unfortunately
he lost it, but he has reconstructed the first two stanzas. Click here to read his poem
in his handwriting. <Later: See above for
the full poem>
October
2012 - dressed in Annandale State School school uniform in Townsville.
Note the hats, a compulsory part of the uniform to guard against the
strong sun and the "ozone hole" inn the area. Click here for another picture (with
Lotem wearing her hat!)
August 2012 -
17th Family Reunion
- Eilat
Oh oh, I'll have to jump to my right to get the ball
For more pictures of the Levy Family Reunion see the pages of : Daniel,
Lior, Itamar,
Amit, Ilai,
Lotem, Zoe,
17th Family reunion, Picture of Week archives
Doreen visits
Davis - May 2012. (More pics on the pages of Zoe
and Lotem)
April 2012 -
congratulastions to Maayan on obtaining his Proficiency in English
certificate.
December 2011 - Maayan celebrates his 8th birthday in Eilat.
October 2011 - Granny Doreen and
Saba Eitan visit San Francisco with Maayan and Lotem
September 2010 - Eitan's visit to
Davis
Pictures etc are on the Events page for
2010.
August
2010 - the start of school
Maayan at the welcome door of his new class.
See Lotem's page and 2010 pictures page for more
pictures.
March 2010
- Maayan discovers Scrabble
Lots of dictionary looking, and more a cooperative than a competitive
game, but I'm sure they're enjoying Scrabble just the same.
February
2010 - Purim
Lotem (front left) and Maayan (back right), in fancy dress, listening
to the reading of the megilla -
the Purim story as recounted in the Book of Esther.
February
2010 - Maayan and Lotem visit the Monterey Aquarium.
January
2010; The Segolis have some new pets - a boa constrictor called Licky (see This week's Picture and Lotem with the boa) and a tarantula. Who
could ask for nicer pets? Enjoy, Maayan and Lotem. We'll stick to
Flopsy and Lopsy.
Maayan and Lotem with their pet tarantula
October 2009
- Rock climbing at the Davis Farmers' Market
For Maayan, the highlight of a visit to the Davis Farmers' Market was
the rock climbing. He scaled the rock with no apparent fear, and then
repeated it twice!
(More pictures of the Farmers Market - Lotem
and face-painting.)
August 2009 -
Changing a flat tire on a California road.
August 2009
- 1st day at an American school.
Maayan's initial excitement gave way to worry about new friends and new
language. It'll be hard at the beginning but he'll be speaking English
like a native in a few weeks. See also This
Week's Picture of 29 August 2009.
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December 2008 - Maayan's 5th birthday party
Maayan's birthday is on December 26th, and when we phoned him to sing
"Happy Birthday" he pointed out that it was only his "date" not his
birthday. His birthday would be the next day - the day of his party.
We assured him that we would also sing him "Happy Birthday" the next
day at the home of Saba Avraham and Savta Yael in Mevaseret .
Most of Maayan's cousins were there - Nitzan, Rotem, the twins Ido and
Amit, Dani, Itamar (see Itamar's page)
and Amit (see Amit's page)
and they all enjoyed the special dinosaur cake that Granny Doreen and
Dani (see Dani's page) had baked
and prepared.
.
friend Peri was also there with Alma and Eviatar
Cousin Rotem had her birthday a few days ago so we also sang "Happy
Birthday" to her, and lifted her and Maayan 5 times .
December 2008
- A visit to Pini Amitai
Maayan's visit to Pini Amitai, author of numerous books on animals, was
full of interesting things
like furry spiders
and even snakes
Click here to see the book that Maayan
wrote for Pini. (Press the PgDn
key there to go from page to page )
December
2008: Chanukah at Maayan's
kindergarten
Maayan's kindergarten celebrated
Chanukah a bit early this year. Maayan had a wonderful time - in
the show they presented he had two roles -
He was a Maccabi soldier
...
... and
ALSO a candle!
This year, the parents also put on a play, and Maayan was proud that
his father was one of the actors.
Maayan is in the front row, second from the right.
Maayan also wants us to know that in addition to the show he also ate sufganiot (doughnuts) and levivot (traditional potato
pancakes).
October
2008 - Stretching exercises with granny Doreen.
A great thing about granny Doreen sleeping over at Sde
Boqer is the exercises in the morning. (see here also)
September
2008 - A family trip to Makhtesh Ramon - the Ramon Crater
August 2008 -
Welcome to the Yaniv twins
Maayan gives a congratulations kiss to Aunt Naama, who is holding one
of her new-born twins.
See also: This Week's Picture
(23 August 2008), Lotem's page,
Welcome to the Yaniv Twins.
June 2008 - End
of year party at Maayan's kindergarten.
April 2008 -
a week in Hofit
After the seder, Moran and Mikhal went back to Sde Boqer, and we
offered to look after Maayan and Lotem for the week. We had a most
enjoyable (and tiring!) time with them. Considering their ages (4 and
2) and that they were away from their parents, they behaved wonderfully
with a minimum of crying and moaning. They were kept busy
"helping"
Doreen cook (they made special passover muffins, see Recipe of the Month), going to a
children's
musical, helping in the garden (picking ripe loquats), picking
mulberries from some wild trees in the area, playing games, watching
TV, and listening
and singing to children's passover songs over and over again. They
enjoyed the petting and playing with Flopsy, and kept their distance
from Lopsy, who is too old to have any patience for kids (and who was
being "dogsat" while the Rons were overseas.). See also This Week's Picture and the
page of Lotem..
February
2008 - A hike in the Arava near Kibbutz Yahel
The Segolis - Moran, Mikhal, Maayan and Lotem - went on a two day hike
in the Arava desert in the region of kibbutz Yahel. The highlight was
the bulbusim (limestone
nodules) that are found in the area. These round rocks, called bulbusim
in Hebrew after an Aramaic word for potato, consist of limestone
containing unoxidized organic matter, and are dark in colour. When
broken (which you are not allowed to do as they are protected) they
give off the "rotten egg" smell associated with sulphur compounds.
There are some more pictures on Lotem's
pages, and in the archives of
This Week's Picture.
January
2008 - Playing in the snow in the desert
An unusually cold winter spell in Iasrael at the end of January caused
lots of damage to agriculture. The bright side was the rare snow that
fell in many places. Many Israelis have never, or only very rarely,
seen snow, and the white attraction drew many visitors. Jerusalem even
had a Snowman competition. The above pictures of Maayan with some
friends and their snowman was
taken in, of all places, the middle of the Negev Desert, in Mitzpeh
Ramon.
See picture of Lotem in the snow.
January
2008 A visit to a petting zoo with granny.
While Mikhal was overseas at a conference in Hungary, Moran stayed over
on his way up north with the kids. (see archives of This week's Picture).Doreen
took the opportunity of taking them to a petting zoo at kibbutz Givat
Haim. There are
also some pictures on Lotem's page.
January
2008 - Maayan's 4th birthday party
Maayan blew out his candles at the kindergarten on his birthday, but
the family celebrated his 4th birthday during a weekend in Sde Boqer.
Friday night was Sushi night, with everyone trying their hand at
rolling sushi; on Saturday we went for a hike in Nachal Zin and then
had lunch together.
Click here for more details and
lots of pictures., and here for This Week's Picture of 5
cousins bathing together.
There are also pictures on the pages of Danielle,
Lior, Itamar,
and Lotem.
Channukah
2007
November
2007 - Segoli Housewarming party in Sde Boqer
May 2007: A hike by Nahal Kina (near Arad)
After
a long hike, a cool dip in the pool. And when you're tired, you can
sleep ANYWHERE!
April 2007 - A visit
to Hofit, and to the Golan with
Granny, and waving the flag on Independence Day
April
2007 - Passover week
The Segolis stayed
over on 2nd Passover eve and Maayan poured the wine into our new "wine
distributor" contraption.
The next day we had a lovely
time in
Caesaria with the Segolis and Danielle and Lior. This picture is typical of Maayan. While
Dani, Lior and of course Lotem (with her big cousins) were
getting interested in an ancient column converted ibnto a water basin,
Maayan (at the back of the picture) was busy looking at either some
plants or most probably some ants or other insects. ( See also the pages of
Lotem,
Lior and Danielle, and the picture of the week.).
January
2007:
Although here he is playing "Noah's Ark" with his cousins, Maayan's
view of animals is not restricted to the usual 3 year old view. With both parents involved
in ecological studies with emphasis on invertebrates the
following story should
therefore come as no surprise:
Maayan, like all children, loves animals. The other evening
when Maayan was having difficulty falling asleep, Moran told him to
think about
giraffes, zebras and hippos and so enjoy sweet dreams. "No Abba," replied
Maayan, " I want to think about millipedes, isopods, spiders, ants and
the tiny ones" (referring to the very small harvester spider).
December
2006 - Maayan Segoli's 3rd birthday party.
We celebrated Maayan's 3rd birthday today
at Kibbutz Dvir. For an account and pictures click here.
October
2006 - A visit to Ramat Hanadiv
During the Sukkot holidays, Maayan went with Lotem, Abba, Granny and
Saba Eitan to visit Ramat Hanadiv. We had a nice walk, saw birds being
ringed, saw the ruins of an old bathhouse, and walked in the water of
an aqueduct that has been in use for over 2000 years, from the
time of the Romans. (See Lotem's page
for another picture.)
September 2006
- Yom Kippur
Here are some pictures of Maayan from the "Yom Kippur" long
weekend at
the end of September. For more pictures see the sites of
Amit, Itamar,
and Lotem
On the way down to Eilat, the Segolis stopped at Yotvata and met
Granny, Saba Eitan and cousin Itamar there for lunch. Maayan and Itamar
had fun together.
Sometimes boys' play can be a bit rough.
"O dear, Moran saw us, we'll have to stop, and listen to a lecture
about why
we shouldn't fight.."
Yom Kippur was spent at Coral World. There Uncle Aviv had to feed and
look after the animals, while the kids had a good time running around,
playing and swimming. Itamar and Maayan also helped Aviv. They
cleaned the turtles, and fed lettuce to them and to the fish. It was
lucky Itamar and Maayan were there - who else would have carried the
lettuce from place to place.
June 2006:
Blowing bubbles in the water
June 2006 -
with baby sister Lotem.
Reading a story to her; feeding her; and making her laugh.
April 2006 - Maayan visits
Istanbul with dad, saba Eitan and Granny
See report and pictures here.
See Moran's page here.
April 2006
Greeting an ibex, and hiding!
December
2005: Maayan's 2nd
birthday party (at
Kibbutz Dvir)
December 2005
Maayan is becoming an expert scooter driver.
November
2005
Dani took this picture of Maayan petting a beetle, while Itamar looks
on fascinatedly.
Maayan with
cousins Nevo and Itai
Nickel: "Smile for the camera"
Yom Kippur October 2005
It's now a tradition: This is third Yom Kippur we have spent at Coral
World, keeping Aviv company while he fed the fish, patrolled and
generally
made sure everything was running smoothly. The three M's, Moran, Mikhal
and Maayan joined us and we had a lovely relaxing time. Unfortunately,
Limor couldn't be with us as she was in hospital under observation.
During
Yom Kippur, in the absence of traffic, the streets are taken over by
cyclists.
Coral World was taken over by tricyclists. Itamar rode his most of the
day, whereas Maayan was more interested in the animals.
August 2005
Reading a postcard from Granny and Saba, and putting it on the fridge
with the other postcards.
In the Raanana playground with cousin Danielle, and with Auntie Vered
in the Monkey Park.
Underwater!
Picnic and sleeping on the beach in Eilat, June 2005
May 2005
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it Superman?
No, it's Maayan!
After all that flying, it's good to relax on the lawn at Perry's.
April 2005 - A visit to the Agamon Reserve and
Rosh Pina, with the Rons and Saba and
Granny.
April 2005: In Eilat, on the beach with cousin Itamar.
January 1st 2005: Maayan celebrated his first birthday (he was born
on 26/1203) at the Lahav Forest with family and friends. There are some
more pictures on Moran's Maayan
page.
December 2004: Maayan's first steps; and an interesting conversation
with
cousin Lior at Saba Eitan's and Granny's house.
November 2004
In Hofit with Daddy; babysitting Lior, Itamar and me.
November 2004:
Another hike - this time to Gishron Elyon on Mount Yoash, with
Mommy, Daddy and Granny. Can't they just let me play quietly with
blocks
or stones or sand or something?
End of October 2004
Here in Israel the rains have started. Flooding, and roads washed
away, in the south, up where we live just some light rain so far.
For Maayan it was the first time he's seen rain, and he was fascinated
by it.
Oh, well. The
fun has to end. Getting ready
for
first day at the day-care centre.
October 2004
A busy month: a hike to Mount Karkom in the Negev (see my father's
pictures), and a first visit to Jerusalem and the Western Wall
(Kotel).
About that hot desert sun when hiking in the desert: it
doesn't bother me!
August 2004.
Saba Eitan and Granny dropped in to say hello on their way back from
Eilat. Maayan wasn't feeling too well (he had a fever) but he was quite
happy to let Granny feed him and provide a soft spot for a sleep.
July 2004
Maayan went on a trip up north with mommy and daddy and Uncle Aviv,
Auntie Limor and Itamar. On the way they popped in to Hofit (Granny and
Saba Eitan were in USA) and sampled the fruit and vegetables that
Granny
and Saba grow, especially the delicious passion fruit.
Then he went for a dip at Hamat Hadar hot springs
with
cousin Itamar and Uncle Aviv (who was on his way to get alligators for
Coral World.)
June 2004
There are some lovely pictures taken by Moran on Maayan's
site.
In May 2004, Maayan, together
with his parents, moved from the
caravan
on the Sde Boqer campus to more comfortable student
accommodation. There there is much more space for playing .....
playing with Mommy
playing with daddy
playing with toes (and Alma, Perry and
Michal's daughter)
and even playing with nose and eyes!!
...... and there's so much room to read those scary stories like
Goldilocks
and the three bears .........
I'm really happy in my new home!
We know that
Maayan enjoyed
his first Purim party (he loved the
colors
and the sights and sounds, but slept during the dancing) as did the
other
M amd M's.
With so much attention being paid to Maayan on his
visit to Hofit (end
of March 2004), and the corresponding neglect of Flopsy, it looks like
Flopsy has decided: "If you can't beat 'em for affection, join 'em."
Both
seem very satisfied with the arrangement.
Climbing
at Timna with Daddy at the family reunion.
With proud parents, Mikhal and Moran. Age: 3 hours
5 days
old
With Saba Eitan and Granny
1 week old with Saba
Avraham
and with Saba Eitan
Having
a relaxing massage (4 weeks)
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