I had a fully swiss Saturday watching the cows come home...
We drove through the end of September fog to fresh green hillsides past the end of Lac Léman, and joined local villagers in their annual "Désalpe" celebration -- welcoming home their friends and neighbors who had been in the alps all summer with their animals...
Think all the storybook charm of "Heidi" and add a full dose of heartwarming tradition and you'll have the feeling of the day... Beaming farmers and tired families and cows magnificently crowned with flowers as queens of the day... The rhythmic clang of cowbells and creak of carts and children calling the goats... Alpine horns and all ages in costumes... Market stalls selling bread and sweet-smelling fruit concoctions... Wooden platters of cheese and meat savored at long tables... French and laughter and wine in plastic cups flowing freely...
A beautiful day in a beautiful world. We need reminders...
:: "All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken." – Thomas Wolfe
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