2025. In which Montreux should probably budget for a couple of new twos and a zero in addition to the inevitable five.

Cat #2 searching for inspiration for her blog.

Cat #1 feeling dissatisfied with her progress learning scales during the holiday.

So, the weekend achievement was making my own chāshū. This is a before picture; the after one was abandoned in favour of eating the chāshū.

Christmas was white. And foggy. Quite cold. Dangerous. Cats wouldn’t go out.

I love that the French for pomegranate is “grenade”.

For want of an opening post, here is the sunset from the other night.