Glad to be Back at Creative Arts Camp
I’m glad to be back on the shores of Long Lake for my 18th year of Creative Arts Camp.
We Drove my Sister’s Moving Trucks
Sometimes I think when we help someone else, it gives us more than it takes.
Pages from my Trip Art Journal
This trip journal was tiny but worked out well for our jam-packed adventure.
Chinese Cabbage Salad (Recipe)
I’ve tried all sorts of ways of cooking Chinese Cabbage and have decided I prefer it raw in a salad like this.
Home to our Garden, Flowers, Peaches, and Butterflies
We returned home to glorious weather, a burgeoning garden, seven foot flowers, butterflies galore, and a substantial peach harvest. Quite a welcome home! Our peach harvest from two trees. We made Peach Galette from our homegrown peaches and raspberries. Welcome … Read more
Chateau de Chillon (Castle/Fortress)
Chateau de Chillon is a castle/fortress that was undefeated until that advent of guns, so has remained undamaged and essentially unchanged for 800 years.
Ballenberg Open Air Museum
At Ballenberg, they have pulled together 100 historic Swiss homes from the 13th to the 19th centuries on 50 acres, which you can go through.
Black and White Photos from Switzerland
These were lots of great opportunities to take good black and white photos on this trip!
The Laüterbrunnen Valley
Lauterbrunnen valley is a quiet wonder, with beauty in every direction, and is most famous as the inspiration for J.R. Tolkein’s Rivendell in the Lord of the Rings
Trümmelbach Falls
Trümmelbach falls is the only outlet for the massive glacial melt-off from the Jungfrau glacier, flooding down the inside of the mountain at the rate of 5000 gallons/second, carving and sculpting magnificent caverns on its way.
Hike from Gimmelwald down to Stechelberg
A great day full of waterfalls, wild alpine strawberries and a rushing mountain stream as it gained momentum.
Hiking the Jungfrau Glacier
We walked way out on the glacier and it was windy, cold, and simply exhilarating.