Wild strawberries

I picked the first wild strawberry in the garden today. Delicious!

The arrogance of authority

Got a good joke forwarded to me today:

A DEA officer stopped at a ranch in Texas and talked with an old rancher. He told the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs."

The rancher said, "Okay, but don't go in that field over there.....", as he pointed out the location.

The DEA officer verbally exploded saying, "Mister, I have the authority of the Federal Government with me !"

Reaching into his rear pants pocket, he removed his badge and proudly displayed it to the rancher. "See this badge?! This badge means I am allowed to go wherever I wish.... On any land !! No questions asked or answers given!! Have I made myself clear......do you understand ?!!"

The rancher nodded politely, apologized, and went about his chores.

A short time later, the old rancher heard loud screams, looked up, and saw the DEA officer running for his life, being chased by the rancher's big Santa Gertrudis bull......

With every step the bull was gaining ground on the officer, and it seemed likely that he'd sure enough get gored before he reached safety. The officer was clearly terrified.

The rancher threw down his tools, ran to the fence and yelled at the top of his lungs.....
"Your badge, show him your BADGE........ ! !"

Robert Schumann: Quintet, op. 44

Note added on 17 May 2011

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At the request of a spokesperson for the student association I deleted my video on YouTube and consequently also my comments here.

Darius Milhaud: Suite, op. 157b

Note added on 17 May 2011

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At the request of a spokesperson for the student association I deleted my video on YouTube and consequently also my comments here.

Concert in Lugano

The second concert in this year's series of six concerts organised by the student association of the Lugano Conservatory of Music was performed splendidly. The programme is unfortunately not available online but on request I received it by email and this PDF file can be viewed here.

The concert comprised:

1. Darius Milhaud: Suite for violin, clarinet and piano, op. 157b
2. Edvard Grieg: Lieder (6), op. 48
3. Robert Schumann: Quintet for two violins, viola, cello and piano in E flat major, op. 44

I video-recorded the first and third part of the concert and will upload the videos to YouTube later today or tomorrow. Gloria de Piante Vicin, whose photo I show above, played the piano in the Robert Schuman quintet.

Hike on Monte San Clemente

Back in Switzerland, I went for a hike with a friend today on Monte San Clemente, which is really just a hill. The little church on top was under repair and the photo I am attaching is from last year's visit to that place. I recorded the hike and put it here on Google Maps.