Puzzles

[Ragged Robin]

Where did I see this traffic jam from my window?  

I recognise those goats and so I would guess at Zermatt??
(and that was before I saw Robin's there's-often-a-clue picture from the Valais)

I think of beavers as having big, flat tails. Is it possible that these are marmots, more typical of the alps.

Actually the winner is Diane who recognised the two tone (blackneck) Valais goat and put two and two together and came up with Zermatt where goats caused a traffic jam as no other traffic is allowed there!  As for the sculpture it was a complete red herring as these are Marmots (as Dave rightly states) even though caption of an american girl says 'Beaver sculpture'

Maybe Diane will set the next puzzle?

[David Shaw]

"it was a complete red herring "
I missed the herrings, were they part of the water feature?

[Diane Clement]

Actually the winner is Diane who recognised the two tone (blackneck) Valais goat and put two and two together and came up with Zermatt where goats caused a traffic jam as no other traffic is allowed there! 

Actually, my first thought was Saas Fee but I thought the architecture was wrong, so went for Zermatt.  I never knew what sort of goat they were, and usually call them Ying-yang goats

 Maybe Diane will set the next puzzle?

Good idea!  I'll think about it

But meanwhile, here they are causing a different sort of traffic jam
and also in "King of the Mountains" style
sorry for the  poor quality of old scanned slides

[Ragged Robin]

Actually the winner is Diane who recognised the two tone (blackneck) Valais goat and put two and two together and came up with Zermatt where goats caused a traffic jam as no other traffic is allowed there! 

Actually, my first thought was Saas Fee but I thought the architecture was wrong, so went for Zermatt.  I never knew what sort of goat they were, and usually call them Ying-yang goats

 Maybe Diane will set the next puzzle?

Good idea!  I'll think about it

Yipee!

But meanwhile, here they are causing a different sort of traffic jam
and also in "King of the Mountains" style
sorry for the  poor quality of old scanned slides

Slides of the two tone goats on the mountain are wondeful, Diane!  Where were they taken?

[Diane Clement]

Slides of the two tone goats on the mountain are wondeful, Diane!  Where were they taken? 

I thought as a native, Robin, that was your puzzle
We were staying in Saas Fee and took the bus down the valley to Saas Almagell.  Then walked up to Almagelleralp (a stiffish climb), then along the Höhenweg Kreuzboden which is an excellent flowery walk then down from Kreuzboden by cablecar.  The goats blocked our way on a narrow path on the Höhenweg and we had considerable difficulty getting past

[tonyg]

I was not so lucky at Kreuzboden.  It snowed heavily the night before so high places were out of bounds.  And on the way up to the top the gondola stopped with us out of view of humankind ..... long enough for us both to be crossing our legs   Returning to the flowery path we were greeted with rain
It was nice the day before

[Ragged Robin]

Slides of the two tone goats on the mountain are wonderful, Diane!  Where were they taken? 

I thought as a native, Robin, that was your puzzle
We were staying in Saas Fee and took the bus down the valley to Saas Almagell.  Then walked up to Almagelleralp (a stiffish climb), then along the Höhenweg Kreuzboden which is an excellent flowery walk then down from Kreuzboden by cablecar.  The goats blocked our way on a narrow path on the Höhenweg and we had considerable difficulty getting past

Not a native Swiss, Diane, a Scottish interloper!  Hence my delight in exploring all things Alpine.  I think your garden looks full of treasures from your Blog and really enjoyed your myths and legends surrounding Mandragora officinarum.  Next time we are in Italy I will look out for it on the scrubby hillside.

[Ragged Robin]

I was not so lucky at Kreuzboden.  It snowed heavily the night before so high places were out of bounds.  And on the way up to the top the gondola stopped with us out of view of humankind ..... long enough for us both to be crossing our legs   Returning to the flowery path we were greeted with rain
It was nice the day before

What a fabulous view, Tony, but the gondola experience sounds a little like 'touching the void'...I have a wonderful greenstone ring from Saas Fee - the stone is only found in the region and I will try and find its name....

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I was not so lucky at Kreuzboden.  It snowed heavily the night before so high places were out of bounds.  And on the way up to the top the gondola stopped with us out of view of humankind ..... long enough for us both to be crossing our legs   Returning to the flowery path we were greeted with rain
It was nice the day before

The Weißmies looks nice in the sun Tony !
I think I can even see the Weißmieshütte in the valley in front of me... that brings back happy memories of the many liters of sweat it took me to get there some 20 odd years ago.... 

[tonyg]

What a fabulous view, Tony, but the gondola experience sounds a little like 'touching the void'

As we hung there it started to snow again ... we both (I was with a male friend) had the same thought ... can you guess what we were thinking (nothing to do with crossed legs this time!)

[Ragged Robin]

out of view of humankind...
Yetti???
... or who was going to cut and run?

[David Shaw]

can you guess what we were thinking (nothing to do with crossed legs this time!)

Who's going to be first to suggest sharing body heat

[Carol Shaw]

can you guess what we were thinking (nothing to do with crossed legs this time!)

Who's going to be first to suggest sharing body heat

David Gerald Shaw... 

[Ragged Robin]

when will we get off this mountainside?  

[tonyg]

Stuck on the mountain would have been better - I think
When we told our wives the tale they both agreed with what we were thinking.