To the Mountains, Part Two

Arrival

In Andermatt, high in the Alps. The town is at the juncture of two crossing valleys. It is a major ski destination in the winters, but was fairly quiet at this time of year, before summer hiking season starts.

A church in town.

Old houses and new houses. Some old houses are from the 1600's.

There were a lot of bear figures. The area symbol is a bear with a cross.

This is the local version of the Bremerstadtmusikanten.

If you would like to buy a little place for yourself..... (The amounts are about the same as  $$$)

Grand views around the town.

A very old stone church built in the 1200's and still in use.

You get baptised at the entrance.

Restored in the 1940's and now protected.

That door is tiny, because people were tiny back then.

Then onward, past the town.....

......to see the landscapes.

To be continued.

To the Mountains, Part One

The Way There

Sometimes the journey is as pretty as the destination.

Polymer Play

Cleaning the Table

I used up some scraps on my workspace and made this.

Then I did a bit more on my little fellow. 

Cover Color

“Would you put something on here?”

I was asked to decorate a cover on a journal filled with confirmation messages from family and friends for our niece.

This is how it turned out, front and back. Katie, if you were here, I would have given it to you to do in your pretty layers.

Another Design

For a Card 

This Sunday has a Confirmation for a member of the extended family, so a couple more designs are in the works, for cards and a memory book.

Occasion Cards

Babies and Graduations

In our family we have been celebrating numbers of new babies and young people heading off to new phases of life. So, I have been making cards. Some got sent without photos being taken first, but here is sample.

Blessed Pentecost

And When They were All Gathered

The Holy Spirit Came

These are windows in Ireland.

In Appenzell, A Week Ago

Mother's Day Gift

This antique side table got a new finish and now looks beautiful.

When One Needs a Walk

And takes a new route, that goes far afield for a couple hours. But it was pretty.

ALL hills, everywhere.

Here we decided to take a new route.

On hillsides, washouts are frequent, so stabilising techniques are perfected here. This is a jute mesh, sown with seed, so the vegetation roots eventually hold the soil. 

Not just grass is planted. Little cut branches of willows are inserted at intervals., and willows being  what they are, they grow new shoots and make trees. Quickly. 

This is looking down on a slope with more growth in the mesh. That is a willow  in the front.

Always up...

And around

Your choice of bridges ....

Looking down a steep slope

Rest place along a trail. The water is drinkable for man and beast.

This was on the opposite side of the trail, an old water trough.

Home was back that way, across the big valley......

..... in there ......

Wanderwegs (hiking trails) go right through some peoples' farms. Follow the yellow signs.

Almost back.....

Hmmmm.... how about supper?

A Swiss platter supper with salad.