Enjoying the beauties of nature in Heidi’s Country

Normally I do not write about the same place several times (this is the third time in this particular case!). However, on one of many weekends that I have spent in this very special hideaway somewhere in the heights of Switzerland, I could not help but capture these beautiful landscapes and I wanted to share them with you.

These are photos of mountains, meadows, old huts (or “mazots”), chalets, pastures, grazing cows, horses, blue/grey shades of sky, wild flowers...and me barefoot in this wonderful green land that I have nicknamed Heidi’s Country. 

I hope you like this very special place!

Lots of Love

When these young cows saw us arriving, they rushed up to the fence to see us. 

One even posed for the picture…look at her leg…Sweetheart and I had a good laugh…so cute…

I never get tired of this beautiful scenery of nature

Never get tired of photographing wildflowers

I never get tired of watching cows grazing. There are various breeds of cow out in the pastures, for example: Hérens, Montbéliarde…

The Montbéliarde cow

The Hérens cow

Did you know that they eat all their food twice? Once the cow has grazed a large amount of grass, it will lie down quietly and regurgitate what it has eaten in small mouthfuls which it re-chews for better digestion.  This process is known as rumination or, more commonly, chewing the cud.

Here is a ruminating Hérens cow.

The region is full of “bisses”. These are irrigation or mill water supply channels carved into the mountainside.

Another attraction very dear to my heart are the various improvised tiny sanctuaries where one can place a lighted candle.