Next Year On The Balcony, Tel Aviv T-Shirt

A famous Hebrew song holds the promise of summer on the balcony, surrounded by only good things. I think of it as I stroll through a quiet residential area of Tel Aviv, the air cool after a squally shower. Yet spring is coming and the air is redolent of jasmin, pine and oleander. I love the architecture of the apartments, a meeting of concrete and modernism, once smart white walls stained and eroded by the salty sea air and furnace-like heat of the summer. Patches of shadow and the reflection of the sky on glass. And of course the balconies sit empty, awaiting next year perhaps, when we shall sit there surrounded by good things. We only need to wait and see. This work is rich in realism and detail and is a perfect gift, a great addition ...