Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
6.15 am Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight Red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning Hmmm….we’ll see if that’s true today Helen
The view from the hill
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Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
Unfortunately due to my total inability to cope with the heatwave we’re currently suffering enjoying, levels of creativity here have dropped to an all-time low. My sewing room / office is in the roofspace of our home and right now its a million degrees up there. So sewing is on a break for a day […]
Heat
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Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
I have two teenage daughters. I’ve probably told you that before, but maybe not that the pair of them are like chalk and cheese. They are less than two years apart in age and when they were small they were inseparable. The younger one always wanted to wear what her sister wore and do what […]
Unexpected harmony
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Monday, August 22nd, 2011
School goes back this week – my son today and my daughters on Wednesday. Life will slowly get back into the old routine of early mornings, appointments, dance classes after school, keeping the show on the road… My son attends a church school in Zürich. He just started the first year of Secondary school this […]
Reflections on an ordinary life
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Friday, August 19th, 2011
Wouldn’t you know. School goes back on Monday and summer has finally decided to arrive in Switzerland. Today we are somewhere over 30 degrees and by the middle of next week it is supposed to be 33. I know that to those of you living in the deep South this is peanuts, but factor in […]
Slowing down to a stop
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