Pics: my choir´s six-monthly weekend in Zwettl Gothic monastery

[max_und_moritz]

Concert went fabulously; the live recording should prove even better than last year´s :)
And the wee bat got herself a singing teacher, la de da. No pressure, just see how far we can go!

Now the pics: the abbey at our arrival, gloriously autumn-y,

Comments

[esteven]

You have discovered a way to stretch a day to 26 hours? Work, study, teaching Wotan, taking care of Gran, having to take the train and now singing teacher...
^_^

I do know a certain banyan, don't I. It suits you well and my friend will be delighted to hear that you make good use of it.

[max_und_moritz]

Aye aye, "Sleep less, exercise more" :p Woti cuts my night short something awful, anyway, so these days I´m up at five whether I like or not and I´ve started using that "extra" time to do the cooking and grooming, and a bit of practise (and I´ll try slide the teacher every second week on godson-visiting evening, otherwise it´ll be tricky... as I´m her first student ever she´s also asking for a symbolical fee which suits us both fine for the time being!)

I love this banyan so very much, and it goes with practically everything (brown, olive, mustard, russet, beige) - and several people borrowed it to have a pic of them taken in it. It´s so warm, light and comfortable, and it feels as I´ve had it forever *hugs* It´s so funny because in Vienna lots of tourists think I´m one of the ticket-selling Mozarts and also want pics of it *gg* I have to take a pic of the black frock and vest, too, they´re also fantastic, though more dressed-up and formal :D

[esteven]

Isn't Wotan supposed to be slightly more grown up nowadays? I hope he is not a completely lost cause when it comes to education. *sigh* Have fun with your teacher...

I am glad the banyan suits you so well, indeed I would be looking forward to a photo in which you look more formal. I am not surprised some tourists mistake you for a ticket seller. What with the banyan, black trousers and your lovely long hair....

The snow, did it stay or had it vanished by the time you left?

[max_und_moritz]

Hmmm yes, and he´s supposed to destroy less, eat less, bark less, jump less... o.O Although he did come back from a few days at his breeder´s a little bit more tame than he went in - sigh, indeed... she says it´s my fault because I´m not firm handed enough and the dog senses I won´t say boo to a goose so he knows he can walk all over me (so what´s new? He´s just behaving like any other full-fledged member of my family :p

[esteven]

she says it´s my fault because I´m not firm handed enough and the dog senses I won´t say boo to a goose so he knows he can walk all over me
Oh dear. Why do you think I had mentioned handing him to a trainer. He's definitely picking up your family's bad habits in no time.

You are going to chop your hair? Waahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Not as short as mine hopefully?

[max_und_moritz]

LOL, yes he is, clever little cove... but despite the fact I´m the one who´s spendt less time with him altogether, when they tell him I´m coming home he lies down on the terrace, watching the gate, and doesn´t leave the spot even to eat, and when I get there he sticks like velcro to me o.O He likes me, it seems. And I feel bad because I don´t love him as I did Buda and it´s not his fault :/

Hmm, that´s an idea. It grows so fast anyway you wouldn´t notice the difference by the time we met again... but it´s a bit too cold already to go raspelkurz.

[esteven]

when they tell him I´m coming home he lies down on the terrace, watching the gate, and doesn´t leave the spot even to eat, and when I get there he sticks like velcro to me
Of course, he knows he can walk all over you. :D You really do not have to feel bad, because you do not love him like you loved Buda. Just ask yourself, Would I miss him if he went somewhere else? I am sure you will say 'yes'...which it means you love the tyke. Every love is different, so it is only natural that he receives another kind of love from you than his predecessor.

but it´s a bit too cold already to go raspelkurz.
There is no raspelkurz for me. It is getting colder and I will let my hair grow over my ears. Next spring will see their reappearance. ;D