Some comments on the pictures below:

Spring has sprung. That means the almond trees are blossoming, like the song says. They lie like snow on the tree branches and make me think of Montreal. The days are also getting longer which means we can take the boys to the park after school. They are becoming such good co-conspirators - I like the picture on the bottom, where Lev is looking at Benjamin in disbelief, like Augustine looked at Ambrose of Milan when he saw the latter reading to himself - whoaaa - you mean you can do that?

It is a relief to have the war over for now, and the weather is guiltily delicious - guiltily since the country needs rain. But elections are here to provide daily doses of bathos and idiocy. Recently Barak accused his rival, Lieberman, of "never even shooting a man" - as if that was a necessary criterion for political office. And Lieberman himself wants to require all citizens to take a loyalty oath to the state or be stripped of their citizenship, and he's under trial for financial corruption, and has a criminal record including indictment for hitting the classmate of one of his sons. Because you have to show them who's boss....