February in the Valley: Photos of Snow and Fog and Toblerones
inter is still lingering in the northern hemisphere!We've had lots of fog, due to living in a bowl between mountain chains, but drive up a few hundred metres and there's sunshine and snow
These photos are from last month, when it snowed down in our valley, too, and then there are some shots of fog, and bonfires and other traditions...:
Pizza in Lausanne!
Love the name of these bottle sizes (shown below):
Magnum, Jeroboam, Reoboam, Methusalem, Salmanazar, Balthazar, and Nebuchadnezzar
Founex street
Richard Burton's grave
Welsh anthem
Street in Rolle, which reminds me of Montreal and Quebec City in this shot
Rolle castle. Small person for scale.
Toblerones!
The Toblerone Trail is a military defense line built over 10 km during World War II.
The concrete blocks were meant to serve as tank traps, just in case.
Cowbells
Cuckoo clocks
Sketch of a former Roman villa in Nyon
Annual Christmas tree bonfire!
There are also some sausages roasting in tinfoil...
Sauron-esque
ROW80 is going well!
My schedules are arranged by month, at this moment.
In between blogging in advance for the A to Z Challenge (yes! I have a theme! And only 10 more posts left to schedule in advance!), and beta reading, and other life and family and work stuff, February is devoted to reading The Charm of Time on paper.
March is allocated to entering all those edits. April, I should ideally be sending The Charm of Time to betas while working on revisions to Druid's Moon suggested by the beta round for that story.
I've also got to write a synopsis, since it's one of the submission requirements for the small publisher I'd like to query...
Is winter or summer nearly over where you are?
Or are you dreaming of escape?
Comments
The little one is growing - bet she enjoy the snow - I guess it's her future life ... Canadian snow! Wonderful photos ... and glad you're so well organised with your blogging and writing life - glad you're doing the A-Z ... good luck with all things! Cheers Hilary
Now those are real pizzas.
Hooray for having your theme and plan for the A to Z. I can never get myself organized for that challenge in time. Though... I probably should try it one of these days. I'd be with some really awesome company, such as yours truly.
Love the photos. So interesting to see Richard Burton's grave. Where is it actually? And your daughter is looking so grown up!
Denise :-)
Eventually, we may live in Oregon's Willamette Valley, where snow is much less common, and tends not to stay. I guess the "someday" is enough of an escape.
My a to z theme this year is something I've been trying to figure out how to write about for years. I've got all my posts drafted, but have slowed down some with the editing, embellishing, and finalizing details. But since it's on my February goals list, I expect to be done with it or nearly so by month's end.
Love all the pictures. We used to roast rabbit in our campfires, before the children were born and we had pet rabbits!
I love, love, love your photos. And your daughter is so grown up now. We are in such a hot humid weather at the moment that I wish we were somewhere where we could get some snow.
Glad to hear that you are preparing for A to Z. I've been mapping out a tentative theme, but no writing yet. Par for my course.
Arlee Bird
Tossing It Out
Denise, his grave is in the cemetery behind the village of Celigny. I've shared photos on the blog before, not sure if they come up if you Google it? There might be a few photos floating around of the funeral service in the 80s, and Elizabeth Taylor's secret visit...
Ooh, Neurotic, apply, apply! Lausanne would be a great place to live and work!
So glad you all enjoyed the photos!