Wednesday, 26 May 2010

May 20, 2010

And finally, we get to see the sun too!! I sat out on the balcony and it felt so good to feel the warmth on my skin again.

May 19, 2010

Well, some people in the valley got to see the sun today.

May 18, 2010

A little corner in our apartment. The clock was a wedding gift from my aunt, so we could always know the time in Switzerland, Australia and Hong Kong. The photo on the wall was taken before my sister's wedding, just a few days before our Dad lost his battle with cancer.

Tuesday, 25 May 2010

May 17, 2010

I scattered some flower seeds across the hill in front of our apartmen today. Let's hope we come back from Italy to some new colour.

May 16, 2010

A fun new display in the local Manor (kind of like David Jones).

May 15, 2010

After weeks of heavy rain, we are starting to see lot's of snails. This one was the single biggest snail I have ever seen.

Sunday, 16 May 2010

May 10-14, 2010

There's only one thing I want to remember about this week, and that's that I have an incredible husband, amazing friends, and a family that I simply couldn't live without.
Thank you to all who helped Karl and I make it through this week.

Sunday, 9 May 2010

May 9, 2010

Walking down to the village shop for some bread a milk before the dreaded midday closure, I passed one of the dreaded hills in the village. Look at the path up to the left. It doesn't seem too bad in the photo, but I would only dare attempt this path in the summer, and even then, I can barely breath by the top. Nothing like altitude and steep mountain footpaths! But hey, that's why we get to eat all that chocolate.

May 8, 2010

An impromptu trip to Ikea to help Jodi plan for her new apartment. Elizabeth and Jodi tried out the mattresses.

May 7, 2010

We got some very happy news today. Will wait to see if it all pans out before I blog about it, but it was a good day. In the evening, I had dinner with Jodi and Elizabeth. Elizabeth nearly got more than she bargained for when a large piece of timber fell out of the ceiling and missed her head by centimetres!

May 6, 2010


I went up to Anna and DJ's place tonight to help Anna set up her new office. All went without a hitch until this last drawer. Anna and Elizabeth were getting a closer look at the problem.
Oscar was our site manager, and kept a watchful eye on proceedings from his office.



May 5, 2010


So the fog is still here. Two minutes after I took this photo (on the road to Les Ecovets), I couldn't see three metres in front of the car.


May 4, 2010

The valley is so green at the moment, it's really incredible. Maybe it is only so
impressive after months of seeing bare trees and ground covered in snow.

May 3, 2010

One of four massive fish tanks in our local shops, just down in the valley.

May 2, 2010

In rolled the fog.
It can stay for days up here, and they are predicting a long foggy, cold spell for us up on the hill.

Sunday, 2 May 2010

May 1, 2010

After raining all day, the fog finally cleared from the village (for ten minutes anyway) and we could see the cloud below us in the valley.

April 30, 2010

Another beautiful day, so I took a walk through the village.

April 29, 2010

A suprise bunch of tullips from my husband. Thanks baby!

April 28, 2010

I took a walk out towards Solalex since the day was so beautiful.

April 27, 2010


Two photos, I know, but I wanted to show the change in the view, now that the spring is here.

April 26, 2010

Fresh Lilac from the farmer's markets today. The apartment smells incredible.

April 25, 2010

In the summer the sunsets throw amazing colours over the hills.

April 24, 2010

Breakfast at Cookie, one of my favourite things! Yumm!