Where others come for vacation...
where others come for vacation ...

Outside - the peaks freshly coated with powder snow

Inside - to keep us warm, the fire is aglow ...

 

 

# Morning Yoga: 1 hour
# Relish my fruity Breakfast
# Walk with Skylar around the house: 30 minutes 
# Watch her hide under bushes on her bird hunt: 15 minutes
# Clean up Skylar’s feast: 10 minutes sealed
# Stack wood for fire: 15 minutes 
# Read German: 1 hour
# Cook Lunch: ~ 45 minutes (Todays menu is - vegetable stew served on a bed of Quinoa)
# Enjoy Lunch tongue-out
# Clean up kitchen after Lunch: 30 minutes
# Harvest, Wash, Store/freeze the garden produce: 2 hours (Arugula, Carrots, Broccoli and Chillies)
The carrots have been stored in the cellar with the mud still around them; Chillies have been frozen - for use in Winter; Broccoli and Arugula are in the fridge to be enjoyed later.
# Rake the leaves around the house: 1 hour 
# Make Fire: 15 minutes
 
And before i know it, it's already evening... 
Retirement is when one stops living at work and starts working at living cool
 
Would i trade-in this routine for my corporate world days of leading a worldwide team? No way!!!
The people i miss, the work definitely not.
Somehow that life seems pointless - so not in tune with Nature -  to me right now.
 

 

 

"Life is a mountain meadow, full of beautiful flowers and cow dung.

Luck or bad luck is just a question of what one looks at more"

-- Philip Rosenthal (German entrepreneur and politician)

 

Seven ladies in their mid to late sixties

who've welcomed this Indian into their lives

come by for a visit: a sneak peek into -

my Life, Culture and Heritage,

and our lovingly restored 400 year old home -

these ladies from central Swiss village

are not shy to enjoy this simple Indian fare

some even relish with their fingers bare

the taste of turmeric, ginger and bayleaf

while some others watch in total disbelief

As I walk back to the Bus stop with them

My heart is singing a happy hum

Thank you for taking the time and your efforts

truly enjoyed sharing my day with you jolly good sports!!!