Snow and flames

Easter break in Schwarzsee, at Urs and Franzi's holiday home by the black lake. The weather wasn't as warm as I'd hoped it would be (ok so the swaying palm trees and deck chairs were never really gonna have happened) but things have a way of working themselves out. Ste returned to his mountain boy roots, took out the axe, chopped some logs and built a crackling fire. The end result was, apart from a cozy and inviting living room, a rather evocative manly smell -to match the manly stubble from days of going unshaved- which was a foil to civilised company.

A walk in the snow inspired me to sculpt a snow-person ... though what that really meant in practice was that Ste huffed and puffed with the implementation while I stood by and made inane comments (eg. "What's the difference between a snowman and snow-woman? Snowballs!") while occasionally sticking my tongue out to taste some flakes (nothing like ice kachang though).

The end result was a stocky, albeit vertically-challenged snow midget, which I'm proud to say survived the subsequent storms (as well as unkind gibes from the neighbourhood midgets - children).

My desire to rock 'n roll to jukebox tunes was ambitious ... and after some half-baked attempts at jiggling and spinning (we didn't try any jumps and leaps), we re-evaluated the situation. And decided to stick to the shuffling waltz for the moment. Something that would keep me close to the ground without challenging my centre of gravity.

The canny Easter bunny -with its suspiciously familiar manly scent- got to work early on Sunday morning, stashing coloured eggs, chocolate and nougat around the house for our little hunt. In a concerted effort with Abhilasha, Munish and Sid, these were soon sniffed out ... and feasted on. A sweet complement to a relaxing long weekend away.