Yes it’s what you think it is. In May, Vaud had an expo of apprentice confectioners. The theme was haute couture. Now this is my idea of good fashion.
Aug 172011
Aug 162011
It’s that time of year in Switzerland. The farms roll up their balls of hey and stack them neatly in the fields. I was fascinated the first time I saw it. I still am.
Aug 152011
“Princess, avert your eyes!” I don’t know what it is, but there’s a high degree of PDA in Switzerland. Not just among teenagers. I didn’t notice the couple making out in back of the dogs until I processed the images on the computer. This was the least explicit photo of their activities. We may be [...]
Jul 172011
In May Mr. Wild Dingo, a friend and I all visited Chateau Gruyères (entry to the chateau above photo) in the canton Fribourg. I expected a very long drive so I took my iphone for entertainment. About 30 minutes into the drive, I looked up and saw the beautiful rolling green hills and blue skies. ”Damn! I feel [...]
Jul 042011
I love this country. If I could, or had to, I would live here forever. But every now and then, its blemishes show up.
Jun 082011
As I was looking over the charges on the flight to London I booked yesterday, I noticed that Switzerland charged a “noise tax” but the U.K. didn’t. That’s so Swiss. I took this shot above one evening in our backyard while the dogs were rompin’ in the twilight. I think they should just call it an [...]
Jun 012011
This month’s masthead is dedicated to my inability to shut my bottom jaw anytime I’m walking the villages and vineyards in Switzerland. Someone needs to pinch me because sometimes I can’t believe I live here, even if it’s only temporary.
May 262011
“Oh hey Daddy-O! It looks like lunch time!” I know what you’re all thinking Internet. That I have a screw loose. Well, that’s probably true. However, how was I supposed to know those cows were grazing behind us, 100 feet from the Lake Leman where Loki was just learning to dunk, err, I mean, swim? Cows in Switzerland turn [...]
May 172011
I’ve been spring cleaning my computer lately. In the last two weeks, I cleaned off about 90 Gigs of data and photos from my hard drive. I told you my photo composition wasn’t great. Here’s a beautiful shot of the mountains– with a trashcan that is so prominent, it looks like it was Photoshopped. It’s [...]
May 052011
Loki and Juno are forging new friendships and found a great hiking pal in Marley who is also an American ex-pat. We got together with Marley and his Mom for a hike in the parks and hills above Lausanne at Chalet Gobet. Ah gee! Another chalet and another set of gorgeous parks and woods to hike [...]
May 032011
The Challenge: find something rusty. I found this rusty gate (and rusty smeared retaining wall) at the Lavaux vineyards on my Saturday bike ride. Little did I know it would serve as a metaphor for my bike riding abilities.
May 012011
One of the favorite places for the Swiss to getaway is Lugano, one of Ticino’s most beautiful natural features. The striking thing about it is that the lake surrounded by the mountains right on the shoreline. The hotels are literally built into the mountain in some cases and right on the lake. I had heard about it enough to put it [...]
The day started innocently enough. We stopped by the Tulip Festival again this week so I can try one more time to get a photo of Juno’s yellow eyes next to some yellow tulips.
Apr 212011
A few weekends ago, Mr. Wild Dingo and I visited Chateau d’Aigle, a museum of vine and wine that featured a renown collection of wine labels dating back as far as the 1800′s. Unfortunately, that exhibit was closed due to relocation, but the chateau and museum did not disappoint.
Apr 152011
Tempting Fate: That’s what Mr. Wild Dingo calls this series of photos.
Apr 142011
On the way to Ballens. The farm on the right has lovely band of 20 or more frolicking horses. I was re-writing the About page the other day because Wild Dingo used to be a Web site that was for my consulting business and blog. I had to update the information because people still contact [...]
Apr 122011
Our cultural trainer and advisor recently emailed me to follow up on how we were doing. She was pleased to hear I had started cooking and finding my creativity again. She was writing from Milan where she had taken time to appreciate ”the sweet life” and “la bella figura.” She herself had been inspired to ”refuse to live ugly”–in the [...]
Apr 052011
I call this crackey. The Swiss call it “joie de vivre.”
Apr 042011
Romainmotier, Switzerland’s oldest abby, established around 500. A 14th century bell tower faces the front of the abby. It’s a quiet Monday morning. You could hear a pin drop in the town of roughly 500 people.
Mar 232011
Mr. Wild Dingo and I paid a visit to the Foundation de l’Hermitage last weekend. It’s a 19th century estate with a small art collection of 800 or so paintings, mostly impressionists. There were a few Degas and some Picasso and a whole bunch of artists I have never heard of.
