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One rainy day in La Chaux-de-fonds

May 11, 2010

Last year, La Chaux-de-fonds and Le Locle received recognition from UNESCO for outstanding universal value.  These two cities that almost touch one another were built completely around and for watchmaking. The Musée International d’Horloger is located in La Chaux-de-fonds.  We still haven’t visited this museum dedicated to horology. I can’t for the life of me [...]

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Bits and pieces of today

October 2, 2008

I fell in love with these fallen leaves.   My five year old daughter took this photo.  She even captured the water sitting on the petals after the rain. My photo that I took right after her.   Bits and pieces of autumn. It rained today which made everything all shiny. More pieces of fall. [...]

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Singing in the rain

September 14, 2008

We took a walk in the rain yesterday. I drug out the winter coats for the kids which are waterproof and warm. With the rain it is starting to get cold outside.   Last night, we shut our bedroom window for the first time in months.   What the mountains look like during a light [...]

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La grêle (hail)

June 11, 2008

Two days ago, we had a huge storm. It had threatened to rain all day. Around dinner time the hail started without much warning. Luckily, I had taken down my laundry from the lines outside only an hour before. We found out the next day that six cows were killed by lightning in a neighboring [...]

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Watch out for those worms!

April 10, 2008

The kids had a blast walking to and from the bus stop today. The entertainment? Worms. Worm after worm dotted the walk because of the rain. In the photo above, Petite Clown almost squished one. She looked up at me with a big smile and said, “Boy, that was a close one!”, in perfect English. [...]

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Pirate rain boots

February 14, 2008

…for navigating the waters of life. The back of the rain boots have reflectors for safe navigation! We found these rain boots at Dosenbach (a shoe store) where I found my comfy Swiss slippers about a month ago. We have bought many of our families shoes and boots there since moving to Switzerland. Petite Clown [...]

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After the rain

May 23, 2006

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