Monday, March 12, 2012

Trails - Trails - Trails

 Gotta love the head of the trail.  
Park your bike and your jacket and they will be there when you return.  
Oh, we love it!
 
We are so fortunate to have an incredible network of well-marked, beautifully groomed trails in Switzerland.  This weekend we all headed out for a walk in the woods and stumbled across a fabulous trail for Noah.  At the start of the trail was a carved owl and from there, all along the walk, we spotted animals, gnomes and the Seven Dwarfs.  Noah had a wonderful time searching for new animals and we loved that we could all be in nature together!

To inspire more outdoor activities with your children, please look at Last Child in the Woods,by Richard Louv which is a fascinating book that discusses the vital importance of having children spend adequate time in nature and coins the term, nature – deficit disorder.


 Start of the trail





 Where all the carving takes place!



Richard Louv's Site:

Thursday, March 08, 2012

 Oh, the confetti, the piccolos, drums, oranges, Mimosa, flowers, sweeties and noise.  
All symbolic of Fasnacht and days past.  
We had a lovely time this year - a lovely time in deed!









Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Fasnacht Fever I

 Fasnacht was in full swing this year!
Robert did a fantastic job of capturing the brilliant colors and festive moments.