Welcome to my page! As the weeks go by you will find more and more gardening tips, book ideas and adventures far and close to home. I will also share some everyday experiences on the blog.
Here is some personal information:
I am all exited about our newly aquired American citizenship. For all my live I have been a citizen of a proud little country, Switzerland, in the heart of Europe. While growing up I identified myself very much with being from the town of Zurich. During my adult years I started feeling as being part of a Europe that is growing closer, although my home country never joined the European Union. Since moving to the United States many years ago, my sense of belonging has been widening and I consider it a tremendous privilege to be now a citizen of the ‘Old’ and of the ‘New World’.
Our two sons, ages 17 and 13, are growing more independent with every day that goes by, and my husband and I are building on our common interrests. This blog is one example of it.
I am very lucky that I have a job I really like. I work at ‘Tom’s Farm Market and Greenhouses’.
My personal interests are:
- reading: I like historic fiction but enjoy any great story. (You’ll eventually find more details on this when I am developing my book pages)
- gardening: my vegetable and flower garden are more rewarding every year.
- working out: as I get older, I go to the gym on a more regular basis, but I still prefer the outdoors…..
- travelling: our past and future trips will be posted as the time goes by, camping is the secret….
Dreams:
- owning a campground with Thomas, my husband
- exploring new parts of the country during the off season,
- making a difference in a child’s live…
Das war Deine clevere oder computer versierte Tochter, die den Ausschnitt gefunden hat. Wir haben das nun erweitert und auch Tom’s Farmstand on route 20 aufgefuehrt.
Gruss Thomas
Das war genau der Ausschnitt, den ich Stephan zum Suchen in Auftrag gab. Vielen Dank dem cleveren boy – oder wer sonst es gefunden hat.
Mami
Hi Annette
Thanks for your comment! Yes, we became US citizens last month. We won’t forget Switzerland by any means, but we are getting used to facing and dealing with realities on this side of the ‘big pond’.
I hope ‘la petite cabane’ did not suffer from the economic downturn and all your boys are doing well!
Bisous, Sylvia
Hi Theresa,
Sorry for the dive, it was not my intend to drag down a diva.
Cool that you lived in this area, much has changed since and Randall is now an always clogged 4 lane highway and the corn fields are all gone but a few.
My wife likes it at Tom’s and I have to admit that their corn is the best. Today you would be able to buy your corn in the Huntley farm market on Algonquin street, between Huntley and LITH, much closer.
We live of Binnie road just north after Hwy 72. Let me know when you should visit.
Thomas
Hi Thomas!
This is cake diva (you called me cake dive in your response, I think I like that even better!) from tfl. I was just checking out your blog about your UP vacation, and I soon realized I’m very familiar with the area you’re from. We lived in LITH in the 90’s near Randall and Algonquin, and used to buy corn in the summer at Tom’s off Route 20. We’re in SW Ohio now.
Congratulations on your citizenship. I hope you’re enjoying everything Chicago has to offer! — cake diva
Wow, what a surprise ! Congratulations on your citizenship ! Hope you won’t forget us back here in Switzerland 🙂