Oh that's much too warm.

No, it's not. Thanks ever so, but you can keep the... uh... ice. *shivers at the thought*

Of course, the countryside around your place will be green when our hills are brown during the summer.

The icon is a pic of an area not too far from where I live, taken a few years ago when we'd had a LOT of rain. The hills won't be that pretty this year, I'm afraid -- we haven't had much rain at all.

You get a three day weekend, too, don't you? *bounces*