I finished my first punch needle project! Punch needle is really easy and it moves along quickly. I think I could really get into this craft and into buying pretty colors of yarn. I watched lots of great video tutorials from punch needle guru Amy Oxford. I’m still not sure my fabric is the right…

And cookies.

Collected by Bea:

Well I guess Claire liked the interview format we did the last time she had a school trip because she kept asking “when are you going to interview me mom?” I guess it’s a tradition now. So here’s her interview along with some photos from her teachers: Me: Tell me about the place you went?…

Brian took the day off – wow that never happens – and we went for a hike. We went to a mountain area called Stoos and did a ridge trail hike. Unfortunately it was cloudy. Grrrrrr.  But it was still great to be out and we had a teeny tiny bit of clearing for a…

I’m still enjoying my sunflowers. They attract a lot of bees and lately birds too. The birds come several at a time. I love to see them bobbing around on the stems and pecking at the seeds. I don’t like it so much when the birds come right into our apartment. And further, the other…

We went for a little hike – to a mountain called Rigi. We started off and it was disappointingly cloudy. But then when after we got on the cogwheel train the clouds cleared. How refreshing it was to come out from the fog and be able to gaze into the distance and feel the sun…

We went to the Transportation Museum in Lucern over the weekend. The big map of Switzerland is one of my favorite spots. Everyone has to put big wool slippers on to protect the map. Claire took this photo. It’s hard to take a photo of Brian and me and not cut Brian’s head off.

There are nice trails all over the countryside and it’s easy for Brian to find us somewhere new but also close by. Often he gets an idea for where to take us while he is off on his bike. This little walk – not even a hike – was so pleasant. The air was cool…