And on the subject of USA/UK, here’s an interesting comparison — this is what my garden looked like back in London:

Astonishingly, despite popular belief, these pictures were actually taken in January (2012) — and yes, it was a (slightly) sunny day! Though bloody cold 🙂

And here’s the Tudor “residence”, at Oakwood, in Mountain View, CA:

And yes the sun is real and it’s also there all the time 🙂