New Year's Walk

We started out the New Year by going for a really nice walk in the foothills of the Jura mountains. The ground is very coarse and bleak, but there's a rough beauty to the scenery.

Looking out across Lac Leman are the Alps.





They almost look like they're hanging from another world.In spite of the cold there are lots of birds around. We saw a kestrel hovering, intent on his hunt.


To the casual observer it would seem there was little happening on the mostly frozen hillside. Looking close though we saw rabbit droppings, mouse trails dug into the soil through the dry grass and many freshly turned heaps of soil.











Some of the trees retain their green, contrasting nicely with the blue sky above the Jura.












Others have lost their leaves, but the intricacy of their branches is fascinating.



The delicacy of a tree's construction is amazing to see.




The slopes are a great place to walk and enjoy the views.
The snowy Jura are fantastic and refreshing to see. The air coming across them is very cold, but also replenished with clear oxygen. It's revitalizing.






We went again today. It was totally different from yesterday: there was no sun, the sky was grey, clouds were low and it was even colder and no one else in sight.

But it felt so good to us that we plan to walk there, or nearby, most days from now on. So we're starting the year with a new thing.

This is also the 101th post on DweezelJazz blog.

Here's to a good start to 2008: Happy New Year!
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