IN THE MOUNTAINS

Here are a couple of pictures from my 6 days in
the mountains near Giswil, in the canton
Obwalden.  It's just across the lake from where
I do my course.

I just loved the light in this one...

A "selfie" to prove I really was there!  For myself, as much as
anything…it was like a dream….

I took about 10 pictures of this view - every time I looked at it, it was different.  I had a good pair
of binoculars, and I watched the hunting birds - probably eagles - and I searched out the houses
high up in the mountains, where the farmers take the cows for summer grazing.

This is a photo (not mine) of the Alpabfahrt, which is when the farmers bring the cows
down from the high meadows for the winter.  They are adorned with flowers and carry
those bells around their necks, and they walk on the road with the farmers and families of
the region.  I saw one of these on my way back to Kusnacht after my course in September,
which is when these gorgeous cow processions usually happen.  Isn't she beautiful?