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Not only do I have my own 'garden' (aka Lindengut Park) but also my own snow plough! Well, it belongs to Stadt Winterthur but it parks outside my window!

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Spring is here! Der Frühling ist da!

There was a bit of worry this morning at school drop off when woolly hats were in evidence but by midday, it was warmer and beautiful sunshine reigned. It was rather warm in German class!

We learned about weather words today and how to turn the noun into an adjective.
Der Stürm - stürmisch  the storm - stormy
Das Eis - eisig  the ice - icy
Der Nebel - neblig   the fog - foggy
Der Sonnenschein - sonnig  the sunshine - sunny
Der Wind - windig   the wind - windy
Das Gewitter - gewittrig  the storm - stormy
Der Regen - regnerisch  the rain - rainy

And in Swiss German stürmisches Wetter is described as Schtrubuusätä

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Walking home from school. Snow on the trees and on the verges but none on the path. I passed the man clearing it on the way to school!

Some snow vocabulary today!
Isaac taught me this one -
eine Schneeballschlacht - a snowball fight


Others from my Swiss German app -
ein Schneepflug / Schneeschnüützi - a snow plough or blower
heftiges Schneegestöber / guuxä oder guugsä - heavy snow

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Ever since I moved to Switzerland, I've been constantly asked about whether I've been skiing yet. I have pointed out several times that I live in Winterthur where it hasn't really snowed but the questions persist. Well today I didn't ski but I did see lots of snow and did some sledging.

This bench is in Amden and you can see how much snow there has been up there by the fact that the bench is submerged - in fact, you can only see it as someone has 'dug it out'.

What can you see in the photo? einige Bäume, eine Bank und viel Schnee.

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I've lasted 10 days but it had to happen - today's photograph is a tree. And not just any tree - this is one of my favorite trees in 'my' park. It's so big and striking. And I love the way that, rather than chopping off a branch that is in danger of falling, the tree surgeons came along and supported it with a huge rubber band. Can't wait to see what it looks like in spring.

Today's word is Wetterböcke, the name of a new app on which two goats tell you the weather where you are in Switzerland in the appropriate language for your town/region. So I shall be regularly checking in order to be taught Swiss German by goats!

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As I read and see reports of storms and gales in the UK, it's a beautiful day in Winterthur. This is the view from my bedroom across the park. My Nan used to judge the quality of the day by whether there was enlighten blue in the sky to make a sailor's trousers. More than enough for that today!

In German you say Es ist sonnig (it's sunny) or Die Sonne scheint (the sun is shining) but you can also say Die Sonne lacht which literally means that the sun is laughing.
Ist das sonnenklar? (Is that as clear as the sun or, as you say in English, crystal clear?)