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Archive for March, 2008

My corner of paradise

Posted in the Alps, tagged , on 15 March, 2008 | 17 Comments »

 
Yes, our blue skies are back again. I know I’m rubbing it in, but being English means that I have been endowed with a lifelong fascination with the weather. I just can’t stop talking about it. Think of it as an inherent need that us Brits have, to prove to the rest of the planet [...]

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Standing room only

Posted in Counting Sheep, the Alps, tagged , , on 12 March, 2008 | 10 Comments »

Even though they live in a sheep barn that’s big enough to play rugby in, the lambs always seem to snooze piled on top of one another. At night they will seek out their mothers for company, but during the day they have slumber parties where the sole aim is to cram in as many [...]

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Illinois was great but…

Posted in the Alps, tagged , , on 9 March, 2008 | 9 Comments »

There’s no place like home. Even if I was born in a place that is as flat as Illinois and with a similar climate (well at least as far as the rain is concerned), there is no beating the 300 days of sunshine of my adoptive home in the Alps.
We don’t have any tornado warnings [...]

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What a difference a day makes

Posted in Family Stuff, tagged , on 1 March, 2008 | 10 Comments »

From this…..

to…
well, if I hadn’t forgotten my camera leads you would probably be looking at a photo of beautiful rural Illinois by now, or on second thoughts, maybe just a picture of Walmart.
After much discussion, my husband and I have decided to go global with the sale of our lambs and of course, we can’t hope to conquer [...]

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