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this moment
A single photo capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment to pause, savor and remember. Inspired by SouleMama. (And if you have a blog yourself, feel free to join in and leave a link … Continue reading
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attempt to escape
If it is only half past eight in the morning and you already feel that you are going crazy, there is only one option: out, out, out! In this case, out and off to the indoor gymnastics. It’s a new … Continue reading
a very diligent Samichlaus…
This christmas season is the first one that the little one actively celebrates. So far, it has been a great time both for her and for us. She as a little one learns about all the beautiful traditions that come … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, Switzerland, the little one
Tagged Children, christmas, nikolaus, Samichlaus, Switzerland
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COOKIES…
Yesterday was the day! Our annual bake-athon. As last year, and the year before, and the year before that year, we met our friends for a whole day of christmas cookie baking. It does get more challenging every year, on … Continue reading
Posted in culinary bits and pieces, Family
Tagged baking, Children, christmas cookies
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it’s all a phase…
Never trust a smooth-running weekend. A moment later everything comes down, starting with a vomiting daughter in the morning who, after not keeping anything inside all morning, fell asleep on the floor for more than two hours. Unfortunately, it wasn’t … Continue reading
from autumn to winter
The last few days have been full. Full of activities, full of preparations, full of excitement. On Friday, the unusual nice and warm weather turned the other way round. It was rainy and stormy, so stormy that you could hear … Continue reading
milestone
Celebrating Karsten’s milestone: three exhausting field seasons, two stays in Finland, hours and hours working with R and two children later, a French chocolate cake with no less than nine eggs seems appropriate for his first publication 🙂 (“Looks about … Continue reading
Arth-Goldau wildlife park
Is it really November? It surely feels like early October with temperatures around 18° C, colored trees and clear blue sky! With my mother in law staying with us and hence a car available, we decided to enjoy yet another … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Switzerland, the little one, Travel
Tagged Arth Goldau, autumn, deer, Switzerland, Tierpark Arth Goldau, wildlife park
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autumn days in Freiburg (late)
Piles of laundry, dust in the corners, a sore throat, no blog posts….gee, time really is scarce right now! But on the other side: another pumpkin pie on the table, brunch with the little one’s playgroup, medical check-up for the … Continue reading
autumn
Autumn is probably my favorite season of the year, together with spring. Brisk air in the morning, occasional mist, the smell of leaves, the warm colours. Hot tea, pumpkins, chestnuts (from the one and only chestnut tree in town) and … Continue reading
familial entropy 