c h a n g e s

it's been
a while.

lots has happened.

summer
has turned
into
autumn
and
wee grub
was born.

i will try
to
be present
here
more often
to document
autumn life
in my
new world.

xo

a little more normal

every day
feels
a little more
normal...
a little more
like a routine...

from walking
to work
each
morning
down
the
many
flights
of stairs
a l o n g
the train tracks
across the bridge
to
the university,

to
catching
the bus back
up the hill to
the botanical garden
where grub &
my house
mate,
pip,
are
chatting
over
beers in
the kitchen,

to waking up
on saturday,
having a
cup of tea,
and walking
down the hill
with our shopping
bags to the weekend market.



each day
i understand
and speak
a little more french.
every week
it feels
a little more
like i really live here.



. . .

we signed
a apartment contract
and went
through
the apartment inspection
this week...
it's much more
of a formal affair
in switzerland.
we heard you
have to be
very careful
because
you are responsible
for every little hole
and scratch
when you move out.

on my way out
of the apartment
i snapped
a quick photo
of the view from
the living room.


{that green screen has got to go}

we move in
next week
and are trying
to think of
creative ways
to decorate
and furnish
the apartment
because furniture
is very expensive.

i joke that
grub will have
the minimalist
apartment that
he always
wanted:

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we have been
quite obsessed
with decorating-
collecting
our ideas
to share with
each other
here (grub)
and
here (me).

i am obsessed
with trying
to make things
with found/
recycled
crates & pallets
(although where
does one find
wood crates & pallets
around here?)...

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on the other hand
grub
has focused
his attention
on lighting...
probably because
he thinks spaces
are poorly
lit here...

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i know these
ideas are
always harder
to pull off
than they seem...
especially
when a place
like home depot
doesn't seem
to exist
around here
(or we can't find it).

it will be
interesting
to document
the process
as we slowly
make
this apartment
our home
for the next
2 years.

i look
forward
to sharing
this transition
with you.

bon week-end.
xo

and then the rain came

i woke up
at 7ish
to write
a few letters
before
heading
to the market
with philippa.






it began to rain
so we
took shelter
under
the cafe
umbrellas.




when
the rain
let up
i felt
emboldened
and
took
some more
photographs.










then
off
to check out
the knitting store
{big disappointment}
and
take
my shoes
to the repairman
{good practice
of french
vocabulary}.



now it
is pouring
outside.
a good time
for bread
& cheese
and
getting
some work done.

bon week-end!
xo