LILY'S LOG

Gorgeous sunny day

All of us go skiing rather than snowboarding. Sarah and Laura do rather well despite not standing on TWO sticks for many years.

Seven delighted in the deep snow again

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Following our hardened snow shoe steps from last week, we work hard to not sink into the soft powder snow thigh deep to our picnic spot.

We could not ask for a more beautiful sunny day!

Rods goddaughter Sarah visits us in Arosa. First day we take the gondola to top of the Weisshorn and walk down for 3 hours with puppy Seven

Noah leaves Arosa to return to Basel by train

Lukas and Noah visit us for the weekend. Rod gives a few pointers to Noah downhill skiing

Rod carries Seven up the escalators to the gondola to do some offpiste boarding with her

Rejoining the groomed pistes Rod has a try at keeping Seven on the leash whilst boarding

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A hot chocolate before our 6 hours hike up the mountains in the wild

Special backpacks to carry our snowboards, shovels, extendable sticks, snowshoes and search and rescue beacons strapped to our bodies make for a more comfortable and safer ride off piste in deep snow.

Seven pulling the 2 sleds up the hill

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Rod and Seven charging through the deep snow.

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Deep snow fun in Arosa with puppy Seven, sleds and snow shoes.

Rod on his sled being pulled by Seven MOVIE. Click to watch!

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We take Seven sledging in the forest

Sunny in the mountains of Arosa. After not boarding for 2 years, we were glad to need only a few timid turns before getting right back into it!

Arosas many walking trails are perfect for our puppy Seven

Seven checks out the view from our terrace in Arosa

Walk with matti and reto at the wasserfallen

Perfect morning to remove Rods Mothers gravestone. Pick up of her urn comes later, for her ultimate return to Hungary this Spring.

Snowy morning in Basel

Seven guarding Roy and Maites garden, Rod the architect building a school with his Goddaughter Clara and Elizabeth showing us how limber she is

Christmas at Roys in Geneva involving lots of good food and serious assembling of countless toy parts

Sunny walk in the snowy hills of Wasserfallen with Mati, Reto, and a delighted Seven

New Year walk thru the Wildenstein castle estate with waterfalls, streams, and massive old oak trees

Noah from Boston, a friend of Lukas from his highschool exchange program a few years back, returns to Basel for a couple months. He finds the King in the French cake, la galette des rois, and is crowned.

The Tingueli fountain is nearly frozen but playful as always. The minus 12 celsius and snow is no longer today Christmas eve and all has melted. Merry Christmas!

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Cold morning dog walk