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Winter Weather in the Jura Foothills

DweezelJazz — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:00:00 +0000

We went for a walk in the hills last Saturday. This was the sun through the foggy morning mist.It made for a very atmospheric view of our regular walking place. All of the photos in this blog post were taken with a mobile phone camera, as I hadn’t brought the normal camera.You can see how it looks without fog in the previous post, New Year’s Walk, which shows photos of the same scenery.There were tiny mushrooms nested in the grass.The colors were beautiful.This dirt road looks like something out of a fantasy scene, disappearing off into the unknown.Yesterday we went for a drive a bit higher up. Even though there was snow on the ground in places, it was warm in the sun. It almost felt like spring with the sun being out. The muted mellow colors were very pretty.But for now it is still winter and the trees are standing like bare sentinels waiting for much warmer weather.

Crystalline Trees

DweezelJazz — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:00:00 +0000

Shortly before Christmas we had a snap of very cold weather. The trees turned into beautiful crystalline entities.Each one displayed a unique structure.Some of the trees looked like they were especially created just for Christmastime.And when the sun shone pale through the mist it lit up the hillsides to display a fairyland……of sparkling woods.

New Year’s Walk

DweezelJazz — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:00:00 +0000

We started out the New Year by going for a really nice walk in the foothills of the Jura mountains. The ground is very coarse and bleak, but there’s a rough beauty to the scenery. Looking out across Lac Leman are the Alps.They almost look like they’re hanging from another world.In spite of the cold there are lots of birds around. We saw a kestrel hovering, intent on his hunt.To the casual observer it would seem there was little happening on the mostly frozen hillside. Looking close though we saw rabbit droppings, mouse trails dug into the soil through the dry grass and many freshly turned heaps of soil.Some of the trees retain their green, contrasting nicely with the blue sky above the Jura.Others have lost their leaves, but the intricacy of their branches is fascinating.The delicacy of a tree’s construction is amazing to see.The slopes are a great place to walk and enjoy the views.The snowy Jura are fantastic and refreshing to see. The air coming across them is very cold, but also replenished with clear oxygen. It’s revitalizing.We went again today. It was totally different from yesterday: there was no sun, the sky was grey, clouds were low and it was even colder and no one else in sight.But it felt so good to us that we plan to walk there, or nearby, most days from now on. So we’re starting the year with a new thing.This is also the 101th post on DweezelJazz blog.Here’s to a good start to 2008: Happy New Year!.

Merry Christmas!

DweezelJazz — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:00:00 +0000

It’s Christmas time! There’s snow on the mountains and it’s cold and frosty outside.It’s nice to be indoors, warm and dry with a pretty Christmas tree. This is our little tree – well, it’s not your usual Christmas tree, but our ficus tree agreed to have lights and tinsel put on his branches. And it makes for a lovely warm sight, with a bundle of prezzies underneath. Jazzy too likes to unwrap prezzies. Last night we all opened a present just to celebrate that Christmas is nearly here and start the festivities.We have also sampled one or two Christmas season goodies to get into the fun of things: almond cakes, Italian panettone, Spanish turron, almond with honey, persimmons and all sorts of special things.Wishing you a very lovely Christmas and that 2008 brings you many good things.