HAIL in Jerusalem!

On Friday, we drove about an hour from Jerusalem to Kochav Yair where spent Shabbat with wonderful friends, Sam and Adina Cooper. We got to their neighborhood, dropped our bags, and went to the pool. The girls swam for a couple of hours
while Noam and I played in the field outside the pool. The weather was glorious - a perfect day for a swim.  We lounged around all of Shabbat. The kids bounced on their trampoline, we mozied over to their local zoo, and lounged around their yard trying not to get too sunburned. We passed Shvil Yisrael, the national hiking trail which crosses the entire country, and it was covered in cyclamen.

The rosemary lamb was a brilliant creation, the Coca Cola Chicken was a treat for everyone.

And then we returned to Jerusalem after Shabbat under the cover of night.  We woke up this morning to a desert sand storm, followed by blustery rain, followed by ... HAIL!! It's been hailing for hours now. Big pelting, noisy smashing, tinny tapping HAIL. 

And poor Noam keeps getting woken up with a start by each clap of thunder. My Baby Barometer is not happy, to say the least. The skies are rumbling and he's roaring.  Poor guy. 

I think we'll go back to Kochav Yair.  Fast.