Getting all meteorological

Got an email from my sister yesterday - ''It's been okay here. Quite mild really and it doesn't feel like January!!''...OK Sue, who are you kidding?! I'm not going to depress you and spin off stories about desert heatwaves and the like, but it's been okay HERE, pretty well from the moment we got back up until tonight. As I speak it's chucking it down (mabul!!!), of course...I've added a weatherpixie to the lower right of this page, so you can always catch up with the latest meteorological delights in Israel.

The picture below might bring back a few wintry memories for any ex-Brits out there in sunnier climes, it was taken on our first morning back in England and that grass sure was crunchy and delicious...