The weather was glorious, perfect for just about any gardening chores, but sometimes you have to stop gardening and take a day or two off, hang out, travel the way non-gardeners do.
Here are some of the things creatures of various sorts in Geneva, Vaud and Valais were doing on the first real warm-weather weekend (click on images to view larger):
Lambs did that lamb thing – leaping and baaaing and running to mother to hide from visitors until curiosity got the better of the little ones. The meadows are suddenly growing rapidly, so there is plenty to be cheerful about if you’re a lamb.
Some people, taking evening walks in Vaud, photographed tulips in the dark. In Geneva, birds were mating (spot the pigeons as well as the ducks?). People were doing similar things, but you have to spot them in the news story about weekend weather, published 25 April.
Above Sierre, Valais, other people just sat and watched the single cloud in the sky. The glacially turquoise water of Lake Geronde in the town centre might not be ready for swimming, but it’s the perfect time of year to see the mountains reflected in it.