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May 17, 20232 min read
MAY: Roses
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" - William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet. I come from a family of Roses. My mother’s...
May 9, 20232 min read
MAY: Wisteria
I don’t recall seeing a wisteria growing up in the Philippines, although now I can see that they do grow in the tropics but not that...
May 3, 20232 min read
MAY: Peonies
Of the genus Paeonia. The name goes back to the Greek physician Paian, who is said to have healed the wounded god of the dead Hades,...
Mar 8, 20232 min read
MARCH: The Cresta Run
Switzerland’s Cresta Run is a natural ice toboggan run first built in the winter of 1884/5. It is built from scratch every year with...
Mar 2, 20234 min read
MARCH: Tobogganing
I will come to grips with the terminology. SLED (American) and SLEDGE (British) are both from the Dutch sleedse. While TOBOGGAN is from...
Feb 23, 20233 min read
FEBRUARY: The Ski Mom
That's right. The Ski Mom - the Swiss equivalent of a Soccer Mom. Having been a Soccer Mom before moving to Switzerland 3 years ago,...
Feb 17, 20233 min read
FEBRUARY: St. Moritz
St. Moritz (photo 1) in Engadine in the canton of Graubünden is 2-1/2 hours southeast of Zürich. It has a reputation of being a...
Feb 16, 20233 min read
FEBRUARY: Boys at the Barre
Men in tights. A bit of shock the first time you see it on stage. First, the tights tend to be white in classical ballet. Then white...
Feb 4, 20233 min read
FEBRUARY: 50th Prix de Lausanne
The Prix de Lausanne was founded in 1973 by Swiss Industrialist Philippe Braunschweig and his ballet dancer wife Elvire. The annual Prix...
Jan 26, 20232 min read
JANUARY: Shovelling Snow
I moved to Switzerland in 2012. That was their coldest winter in 30years. It started snowing in October. Even P was caught unprepared...
Jan 19, 20233 min read
JANUARY: Cats in the Snow
My son M has 2 Balinese cats. He was promised rabbits when we moved to Switzerland. The back corner of the house next to the trampoline...
Jan 12, 20232 min read
JANUARY: Too Much Snow?
I read some of the British papers and it’s always dire news when they have snow. I guess they never used to get so much, not enough...
Jan 5, 20232 min read
JANUARY: Let it snow!
Snow is late this year. Usually it’s possible to ski by Christmas. Not in 2022. People were skiing on narrow strips of artificial snow...
Dec 1, 20221 min read
DECEMBER: A Zürich Christmas
I walk more in December than in the other months because I love looking at Christmas decorations. When I was living in Hongkong, the...
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