If I were at that union meeting...

...I'd have missed this

Sitting at the table, enjoying a late breakfast, as I do most weekends, I looked up and there was Bambi. In its winter coat, the young deer was enjoying breakfast too. I usually have the Camera sitting within reach, so I started taking pictures through the fairly spotty windows.

Yeah, I should have been at a union meeting, but 10:00h is too early, and my weekends are my own. It is sunny though, so it's time to get outside and start cleaning up what the recent storms left behind...

Oscar or Morgestraich...

...a bit of both!

Last night I watched a bit of both. This is the first time in a long time when the women looked really glam in their gowns. Most of them actually wore "gowns" rather than thin little rags that looked like ill-fitting slips, barely covering their nipples. So many seemed to believe that high fashion is synonymous with good taste, yuck!

Anyway, I missed Rees' award because I was watching Fasnacht, the start of it. My time was 7pm (PST), the Morgestraich starts at 4am (Switzerland). The live cams captured it well, although all city/street lights are out, you don't see much more than laterns on people's masks, little blobs of light, and the big laterns that show the cliques' theme for the year. But the audio was great and I having going at work now. Last year the live cams could be controlled by users, but the panning was erratic and missed a lot of the action. This year they are set to automatic panning. Select from 5 cams here: Fasnacht live cams.

OK, back to work!

Fasnacht starts...

...tomorrow!

Actually, it starts at 4:00h (4am) on Monday, March 6). But here at Pacific Standard Time, it starts at 19:00h (7pm) tomorrow. I'll be watching. The whole world speaks about Carneval in Rio, or Carneval in New Orleans. Basler Fasnacht tops them all IMHO! It's a feast for the eyes, check it out. Basler Fasnacht Online

Are you a Heimwehbasler? From where are you watching Fasnacht this year? Leave me a comment.

OK, OK...

... that's it for a while!

Am working on CSS files all day and can't leave it alone at home. So, a little bit of tweaking and making it my own, and then I'll leave this one alone for a while...

Gotta get going with my studio rental website. It's March and I want guests in there for Summer. This will be such a deal for people who want to spend a quiet, relaxing vacation in a comfortable room, right at the beach, private property, separate entrance, all the conveniences included. So, in a few days there should be something to show at the above site!

Haven't been able to contribute to iStockphoto.com either and wanted to get a bit of a portfolio going there.

Now I know that moving and re-arranging 5 domains is a pain. However, it's worth it if you have friends like Jim, who let me piggyback on his server.

Still fiddling...

... with the blog template

Getting to the point where simple is... well, just simple. More tomorrow.