The birds

Last week I found some stretchers for a really good price at an art store here, and so this weekend I was excited to paint! I had been painting a little bit on paper, but I find canvas much nicer to work on. I decided to just paint for the sake of painting, with no sketching before hand and allowing myself no more than half an hour on each one. Just to have fun and get back into it. It's both really nice and a little scary how you can lose yourself when you do something you like; time flies and you can completely detach yourself from your surroundings.



Even the pigeons stare at me here.
This afternoon I spent some time at a nearby park, doing crossword puzzles and watching the kids and the birds. I was curious about whether or not there would be pigeons here in Korea, and if they would be the same as ours at home.



Happily, pigeons do live here too. Unfortunately they aren't any easier to photograph than their Canadian counterparts.



There were some elderly men eating snacks and chatting nearby, and they fed the pigeons, which helped somewhat to keep them in one place. I was impressed when one of the men stopped a little boy from chasing the birds, saying he should feed them instead (at least that's what I gathered from his hand motions, and that's what I like to think :)



I feel like I have to be somewhat sneaky when I take pictures of people. Sometimes I just hold my camera in my lap and tilt the view finder to get a shot, and pretend I'm looking at pictures I already took.







Last week I found a coffee table outside, and this weekend a cute little basket and a shelf (actually there were two wardrobe units a piano out there too, but I'm running out of room now) so I'm having fun decorating!

I hope you're having a good weekend.