Frogs

• On the sidewalk outside each building, against the faceted-stone wall but, in many cases, too large for the niche built to accommodate earlier models, stands a green bin like a small "Dumpster." Israelis call them "frogs." They are for garbage, but not glass bottles, plastic bottles, or newspaper. The notice on the bin says which days of the week its trash is collected.
• Glass bottles (with a few exceptions) go back to the grocery for return of the deposit. On almost every block is a wire receptacle for plastic bottles.
• The green cylindrical bins are for newspapers. Most say "for newspapers only," but a few say, "paper." Perhaps these are for office paper.
• "So where are the mailboxes?" a visitor asks. Look for waist-high, rectangular, metal boxes painted bright red. Some date from the time of the British Mandate, before the State of Israel.
• http://jerusalemblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/two-horses.html , http://jerusalemblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/gazelles.html , and http://jerusalemblog.blogspot.com/2006/06/cats.html have more about animals in Jerusalem.