Spring in the French Alps

Had to head down to our chalet to check up on the renovation works last weekend and had a few minutes in the sun. Still a bit early for the flowers in the meadow

The cows thought they could get some late spring skiing in but someone had stolen all the snow from the pistes

310523 ski piste cows-1 by softmarmotte, on Flickr

We spotted a fairy staring at Les Aiguilles

310523 les aiguilles-1 by softmarmotte, on Flickr

New windows have gone in

310523 chalet by softmarmotte, on Flickr

But the inside is till a mess

kitchen end may 2023 by softmarmotte, on Flickr

Some flowers were doing their thing

310523 flowers by softmarmotte, on Flickr

You really have a very nice châlet in a very nice place!

It looks like spring in the French Alps is lagging behind what's going on here. The dandelions are all but gone here, and lots of flowers have popped up in the last few days. The grass is already tall. All this happened within a few days of warmer weather.

Cheers,
Reto

Thanks Reto. It's a sleepy village ! Yes it's been cold all May and lots of rain so I think everything is behind you...Normally end May you'd expect to everything blooming

You have been busy with your chalet Rich. The roof looks new, new windows, new kitchen coming and a lot of drywall so perhaps even more than just a new kitchen. Not sure about your flooring there. Hopefully it is newer than the 70s and does not contain asbestos. Lovely country side there, even if spring is late.

Andrew

Thanks Andrew. The roof is fine but 40 years old...it's weathered well. The walls had be insulated with 15cm of fluffy stuff, hnece the new drywall. The floor's a beauty eh ? New tiles being laid this week I hope. No asbestos that we have found yet

Beautiful Chalet with equally beautiful countryside all around. Great source for photography and an interesting project under way. Looking good ....

WhyNot

Lovely place. What's on the roof though? It doesn't look like solar panels.

Looks like a lovely chalet and what a fabulous location!

They are little ridges to hold back the snow so that it doesn't all come rushing down and kill me :) . The roof's made for zinc panels

I guessed it was something like that. Never seen that here. I guess we want the snow to slide down.

That is a lovely place, Rich. The chalet looks like it will be nice and cozy. I sure like these pictures. Rich

Looks a lovely place Rich to spend some time enjoying and photographing those views 🙂