4 Montreux Genfersee Schweiz

Foxx Trotter, on September 19, 2007, said:

Such a colorful setting. :0)

♫ Swissmay, on September 19, 2007, said:

It was a fine day, a little haze across the lake, the mountains and colourful plants along the lake in Montreux. What more could I have wished for to use the camera?! :-)

Lilypon, on September 19, 2007, said:

What a gorgeous nature made Bonsai tree May! Do you know what variety it is? At first I thought it was a fine leafed Acer but now I'm not sure.

♫ Swissmay, on September 21, 2007, said:

Yes, Pam! Your first thought was right! It's a fine leafed Japanese Acer.

Lilypon, on September 21, 2007, said:

May it is truly a treasure! You are sooooooooo lucky they can be grown there!!! Do you have one in your yard?

p.s. Can a fourth generation Heinz 57 Canadian gardener (that's one/fifth Swiss :) reclaim Swiss citizenship???? (oh what a dreamer here;)

Yank in Dixie, on September 22, 2007, said:

Pam, I think you should be able to reclaim Swiss citizenship with 1/5 Swiss blood! In CT the Mashantucket Pequot Indian nation only required 1/16 Pequot blood to be considered a member of the tribe and benefit from the casino they built. Some of the photos I have seen of the 'tribal' members are quite surprising as some of the freckled red heads look like they just got off the boat from Dublin!! Bruce

Lilypon, on September 22, 2007, said:

Oh thank you Bruce for this wonderful early morning chuckle (I'd forgotten about the precedence that's already on the books). :^))))

Pam (whose had one smartypants ;) already inform her that it would be 1/16th Swiss but I figure since it's a Swiss name on my birth certificate that should count for something). ;)

♫ Swissmay, on September 22, 2007, said:

No Pam, I haven't got a Japanese acer in my yard.

Citizenship? The natives in this country wouldn't allow it so easily. You would have to fulfill a kind of easy task. For example, getting adapted to our hills and mountains, learning the history of 700 years and finally climb one of these high snow mountains all by yourself and I nearly forgot, speaking our Swiss-German language. It would be regarded as advantage, if you knew how to ski. I think that's all for a start. :-))

Syl de Canada, on September 22, 2007, said:

Hallo May This is a beautiful one! I love it! Oh you forgot something in the list for Pam, she has to love swiss chocolate and she has to know how to make a "fondue" :) Syl !

♫ Swissmay, on September 22, 2007, said:

Thank you Syl and thank you for reminding me, how could I forget about the Fondue and that's not all, she should be able to tell how the big cheeses are made. But I took it for granted, that Pam likes chocolate. And Raclette and Roesti of course. Swiss Girls for example, who aren't able to make those, aren't allowed to marry till nowadays. ;-)) They usually marry a Non-Swiss.

May

Lilypon, on September 22, 2007, said:

Syl :D Fondue I can do! :D

May you have that same smartypants streak as Peter I see!

....Moose Jaw has hills (good to go there :) ....well I have Saskatoon's man-made mountain (to practice on) :S

the rest well........oh heck I'm back to kicking my tumbleweed around (I'm never going to find one in good shape to show Peter).

K.Csaba, on October 3, 2007, said:

This is a beautiful pictures with wonderful colorful trees and plants,surrounded by lake and mountines.I like it.Congrats.Greetings from Romania.

♫ Swissmay, on October 3, 2007, said:

Mult'umesc foarte mult, K.Csaba!

I am very pleased you like it! :-)

Greetings from Switzerland, May

Michael Slattery, on October 7, 2007, said:

Beautiful shot. I was only in Montreux once and that was on a very wet winter weekend. I will need to return. :-)

♫ Swissmay, on October 7, 2007, said:

Thank you Mike! Those Montreux pictures are from the 28/29th of October in 2005. So it the weather is fine late autumn isn't bad. So I hope you will get sunshine next time you go! :-)

YBMW, on October 7, 2007, said:

I see this is another popular one from the viewers. Wonderful picture!

♫ Swissmay, on October 8, 2007, said:

YBMW thank you for finding it! Greetings, May

pcllin, on October 9, 2007, said:

Ooooooh!!! Un acer palmatum disectum!!! y en el Lago Leman!!! y en una foto espléndida!!! Enhorabuena May! Saludos desde España.

♫ Swissmay, on October 9, 2007, said:

Muchas gracias, pcllin! :-) Saludos, May

♫ Swissmay, on October 17, 2007, said:

Germán, ahora comprendo your joy arriba, que ho visto tus bonsais bonitos. :)

Saludos, May