I took the mad dog for his morning constitutional walk. We pass a couple of streams and a small lake. Just very grey. Got me thinking. Even in the summer they are always just grey. No colour.
Suddenly my mind wanders to happier times. European Holidays. The two things that immediately strike you when you visit Switzerland:
- The staggering beauty of the Alps
AND
- The beautiful colour of the Lakes. This photo does not do them justice.
Just breathtaking…..
A Dad trying to cope with the loss of his Partner and becoming a single parent. 
I went to Switzerland once when I was young – too young to appreciate it for all the beauty I see in your posts. Really beautiful.
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Thank you. Like you I went to South Africa before I could appreciate it. Maybe one day you will return.
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Now I’m homesick. 🇨🇭
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I want to live there…
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Love that glacial melt water colour with the sun filtering through the ground up rock flour. Makes the loss of glaciers even more depressing to think about
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It does. It’s sad that in our son’s life time they will be gone…
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Visiting the alps in June. Your photo added to my excitement.
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It will be stunning.
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WOW what an amazing view! Almost magical… x
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In real life it’s more impressive. But it is……
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The haze makes the background seem unreal…
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Amazing view! Thank you for sharing
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Thank you for viewing it
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Gorgeous photo. I love those places where it seems like the water meets the mountains.
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Thank you
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I’ve only been to Geneva and that was a business trip so although I saw the fountain, there was no sight seeing. My camera doesn’t do colours justice sometimes either, but this is a smashing photo and I love the way the blues mingle together.
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It is a stunning place. If I remember it might even have been taken out if a train window. Must one day get a proper camera…
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Truly does look beautiful even though it’s just a glimpse.
Did you break the silence??
We are all worried!
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My firsts words where “your welcome” then “bugger, ow that stung”, trapped my finger in a shop door opening it for someone…….
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What a way to break a silence!!!
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Gorgeous. I would love to go.
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I have seen pictures of wonder lakes in Europe. I would love to visit them. :))
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They are stunning.
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For sure. :))
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I always wanted to go to Switzerland. Never did though. I once took some ohotos of a lake in Derbyshire. Forgotten what they calk it, when I looked at the photos the sheer BLUENESS of it hit me. It was like WOW! Glsd you had those nice memories thus morning.
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I can vaguely remember walking in Derbyshire and coming across some blue water (I think) but it was many years ago. Thanks xx
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I had never thought of water actually being blue, rather ankind of grey, like you said I think. So the blue was a real surprise. Of course I can’t see these sights now,which makes me very sad.
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It makes me sad as well.
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Thanks. 😊
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Wow! This click is just amazing…. and you say this photo don’t do justice to the Lake…Then the sight must have been marvelous.
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It was.
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Amazing how a grey view would trigger happy and colorful memories! 🙂
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It is amazing but most welcome.
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I could very easily live in Switzerland (if it wasn’t perhaps quite so expensive) … I love the beauty, the mountains and the organised way in which the Swiss live. I find it all very calming.
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It is stunning but also stunningly expensive.
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I do not live near blue lakes, but once stayed on a lake in Montana that had a blue and green body of water. It changed color with the depth of the water and the storminess of the day…
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Wow, that most have been breathtaking.
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Always wanted to go there!
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It is beautiful
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I cannot wait to go there. There is something about lakes and mountains. They somehow make everything seem small, all worries, all doubts and nothing matters then.
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It’s just how they sit perfectly together.
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I’m pleased that leads you to happier times
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It does most days….
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I thought this way when I spent a summer in Ireland. All the colors of sky, land, water–all seemed so, so much more vibrant than they do here in the humdrum Midwest.
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Midwest has its own unique beauty
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I hope so. 🙂
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It does. The photos you take make it seem a wonderful place.
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Aw, shucks. 🙂 xxxxxx
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It’s kinda like Yorkshire and kinda really different.
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Maybe there’s a tunnel through the earth that connects the two!
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It’s probably full of Yorkshire rain water. But if one exists, I apologise if our mad dog makes it’s way through to you and digs up your garden.
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I’ve only weeds and no garden, so he’d be more than welcome! 🙂
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Given the current size of the hole he is digging…. he is on his way.
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Blondie would be thrilled 🙂
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I hope she likes being licked by a dog. It’s his talent.
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I think she’d dig it 🙂
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They can meet halfway. Dog will bring his favourite cuddly crocodile.
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Aw, that’s awesome. Probably smelly, but awesome!
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Wow. The water is as blue as the Caribbean!
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It was.
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#WorldWaterDay #Water4All Leaving no one behind.
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