From the monthly archives:

February 2010

What I have today

February 27, 2010

On the way home from the grocery I stopped to talk with a neighbor that has lived in our village her whole life. She tells me about how she would take long walks with her children in the forests around here. They would picnic and play in the forest before returning home. She tells [...]

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Courage

February 26, 2010

to tell you all that I am not perfect. That I have made mistakes. That I have put my foot in my mouth so many times that it is…laughable. That I am not always a good mother. That I am not always a good wife. That I am not always a good daughter or sister. [...]

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Video of Jura under snow

February 22, 2010

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Winter walk with a little spring

February 22, 2010

If you haven’t noticed before, I like trees. A lot. I take pictures of trees more than I care to admit. The tree with the knotted bottom was just so incredibly beautiful to me. Trees struggle and grow. When it starts to be warm trees bloom in a fit of new life. They are bare [...]

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Random photos from our walk today

February 21, 2010

When I opened the windows to air out the apartment this morning I could smell spring. It smelled so good outside and the sun was so warm on my face. I knew right then and there that we HAD to take a walk. So, we did. It felt great to be out in the mountains [...]

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Here’s lookin’ at ya!

February 20, 2010

I cleaned off my Lumix camera today and found a pic I had taken of Vilay as he was taking a pic of me with our Nikon. I had forgotten all about it. Notice Vilay has to hold the Nikon up to his eye to take the shot. Oh and my kid laying in the [...]

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Baitchai for children

February 18, 2010

The children in our village celebrated Baitchai again this year. They made as much noise as possible at each house until the owner of the house gave them money or candy to go away. :) There weren’t as many participants this year as in the years past due to Baitchai falling on a school break. [...]

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Lausanne is a city that is full of life

February 15, 2010

If I could choose any city in Switzerland to live in, it would be Lausanne. Lausanne is always so full of life no matter what time of year we are lucky enough to visit it. I love living in the the Jura but sometimes it can be so…Calm. Perhaps, too calm. I yearn for the [...]

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The Jura mountains are simply beautiful

February 14, 2010

Photos from a walk last week with my husband and son. The sky was so blue. The whiteness of the snow is a nice contrast against the sky. Look at how high up my son is when he stands on the snow. This should give you an idea of how much snow we have gotten. [...]

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Geneva (Part 2)

February 10, 2010

Here are the rest of the Geneva photos from this past Sunday. I think my youngest daughter is just starting to get over the flu. She has been out of school since last Wednesday. She did go yesterday but this morning she was back to being pretty miserable. My son has a terrible cold but [...]

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Sunday in Geneva, Switzerland

February 9, 2010

We took the train to Geneva to get out of our village for the day. It is always strange to leave our snow covered mountains to visit a city in the valley that is completely without snow only to return later in the day to all our snow. It felt good to stretch our legs in [...]

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Fun Carnival craft for kids

February 5, 2010

My first grader came home the other day with this cool craft she made at school for Carnival. It is a monster face that makes noise when you blow on it. It is ADORABLE. We really love Carnival and are looking forward to confetti EVERYWHERE. Yesterday, I found some from last year (or the year [...]

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