Crazy Weather

Ok…everyone else is talking about the weather today, so I’ll show what it’s like here in Jerusalem.  Last week we had something fall from the sky that was a cross between hail, snow and ice. It looked like little white styrofoam pellets.  I had forgotten to get some towels off the drying rack on our upstairs balcony, and this is what it looked like.  It makes me cold just to look at this picture!

Now the last few days have been a totally different story.  Today it was sunny and 70 degrees.  Absolutely perfect weather.

I really love the Israeli climate, because it is so much like the climate where I grew up in Texas.  The only difference is that it’s incredibly dry and dusty. Just over the hills to the east of Jerusalem is the Judean desert. (I have to dust almost every day.)

I can’t close this post without showing how cute my grandkids are in the snow in Texas.  They have had a record-breaking snowfall in the last 24 hours….approximately 12 inches.  Everyone is out building snowmen.  This is what 4 of my grandkids built.  I think they made it bigger after this pic was taken, but they are so adorable!

I love my babies so much. It will just be two short months until I get to see them in Belgium!  Yay!