Ellen Wallace
@ellenwallace.bsky.social
Swiss writer in English (wine, gardens, hiking; fiction, essays, poetry), find me on Substack, ellenwallace.substack.com. Author of 4 books. "Wine Hiking Switzerland, 2022 pub. Helvetiq. Vineglorious! Switzerland's Wondrous World of Wines, ellen-books.com
Nothing finer in life than being allowed into a new field.
May 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Nothing finer in life than being allowed into a new field.
Rainbows remind us to consider happy endings. Today, Sion and the Swiss Alps.
May 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Rainbows remind us to consider happy endings. Today, Sion and the Swiss Alps.
Day up, day down. To make time count try counting time. For that you need a beginning and an end marker. Sadly, it doesn’t necessarily follow that you’ve made time count.
May 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Day up, day down. To make time count try counting time. For that you need a beginning and an end marker. Sadly, it doesn’t necessarily follow that you’ve made time count.
Heavenly smell mmmmm classic iris
April 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Heavenly smell mmmmm classic iris
Picking up twigs branches trunks and other tree debris after our big snowfall.
April 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Picking up twigs branches trunks and other tree debris after our big snowfall.
April 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A dolphin in my dawn sky
April 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
A dolphin in my dawn sky
Swiss Easter bunnies aren’t all chocolate
March 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Swiss Easter bunnies aren’t all chocolate
March 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Shadows and thinking about tomorrow and what lies ahead
March 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Shadows and thinking about tomorrow and what lies ahead
March 21, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The Don Juan of European wine, the rare and astonishing #gouaisblanc—father or grandfather of at least 80 European wine grapes, including many of the best known. #Winery: #Varonier in #Varen, Valais #Switzerland
March 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The Don Juan of European wine, the rare and astonishing #gouaisblanc—father or grandfather of at least 80 European wine grapes, including many of the best known. #Winery: #Varonier in #Varen, Valais #Switzerland
Surprise snow, Eurasian nuthatch
March 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Surprise snow, Eurasian nuthatch
March 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A good gray day for watching blackbirds and watching out for mountains that slipped in and out of clouds.
March 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A good gray day for watching blackbirds and watching out for mountains that slipped in and out of clouds.
A little air pollution in the Val d’Anniviers across the Rhone, a real traffic stopper. But it seems it was dust from a construction site rather than a fire, and you can see that three hours later there was no sign of “smoke“. It drifted over a very large area, interesting to see how it moves.
March 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A little air pollution in the Val d’Anniviers across the Rhone, a real traffic stopper. But it seems it was dust from a construction site rather than a fire, and you can see that three hours later there was no sign of “smoke“. It drifted over a very large area, interesting to see how it moves.
Sun and alpine air dried orange peels, organic oranges from Italy. #cransmontana #oranges #driedfruit
March 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Sun and alpine air dried orange peels, organic oranges from Italy. #cransmontana #oranges #driedfruit
Friday night requires something a little special. Cave de la Madeleine’s Syrah, which won the 2024 Étoile du Valais gold medal, is rich and dense, a powerful wine that needs time to breathe or carafing, 12 months oaked, from old vines in Chamoson and Vétroz. #swisswines #valais #syrah #vetroz
March 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Friday night requires something a little special. Cave de la Madeleine’s Syrah, which won the 2024 Étoile du Valais gold medal, is rich and dense, a powerful wine that needs time to breathe or carafing, 12 months oaked, from old vines in Chamoson and Vétroz. #swisswines #valais #syrah #vetroz
Stepping into the workday, view from my desk. Thanks, Merlin, for letting me know what birds are eating the seeds I put out. Mon bureau tôt le matin. #switzerland #swissalps #valais #mountainsunrise #alpinesunrise #flowersinvase #orchids #gardenbirds #thepowerofone #merlinbirds
March 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Stepping into the workday, view from my desk. Thanks, Merlin, for letting me know what birds are eating the seeds I put out. Mon bureau tôt le matin. #switzerland #swissalps #valais #mountainsunrise #alpinesunrise #flowersinvase #orchids #gardenbirds #thepowerofone #merlinbirds
And now we are 10! 10 little frogs in a pond all making love on a sunny day 🥰 #garden #pond #swissalps #mountainfrogs #cransmontana #valais
March 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
And now we are 10! 10 little frogs in a pond all making love on a sunny day 🥰 #garden #pond #swissalps #mountainfrogs #cransmontana #valais
The charming little Alpine frogs have just arrived and started to lay their spawn, at 1120 m altitude. Always a happy moment to see them return.
March 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The charming little Alpine frogs have just arrived and started to lay their spawn, at 1120 m altitude. Always a happy moment to see them return.
I said hello to have a dozen young chamois on my evening walk near Aminona. #chamois #swissalps #valais #hiking
February 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I said hello to have a dozen young chamois on my evening walk near Aminona. #chamois #swissalps #valais #hiking
When change does not come on little cats’ feet, but roars in with the pulsing power of a lion we mustn’t flinch just because the cat is larger and noisier.
February 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
When change does not come on little cats’ feet, but roars in with the pulsing power of a lion we mustn’t flinch just because the cat is larger and noisier.