Colourful Santa Cruz

Amusement park by the beach

Getting some sun, notice the amusement park in the background

Water sport.

We were in Santa Cruz on the Independence day long weekend. As you can see in the top two photos, it was busy. It seemed that everyone went to the beach, since we had the hotel swimming pool all to ourselves.

I am attending a drawing class on Saturday, then I will probably spend more time over the weekend drawing, and learning Japanese. What are you up to this weekend? Hope you have a nice one!

Sushi sketch

 

Sushi with salmon, tuna and avocado - 美味しいです (delicious). I don’t think I can ever get enough of Japanese food.

Japanese Tea Garden, San Francisco

Greetings from San Francisco.

I visited the Japanese Tea Garden recently. It’s a beautiful place.

Bridge stones. Walk carefully or you will get wet.

I didn’t get a chance to climb this bridge – it was full of kids. There was hardly room for me to take this photo, balancing myself on another bridge with excited parents, who were taking snapshots of their children.

Before the crowd came…. The bridge in front was the one that I was able to stand on, to take the above photo. Visit Louis for more Sunday Bridges.

I love the stone lanterns.

Fabulous place. I spent many hours here drawing.

There’s a tea house in the Japanese Tea Garden. I had udon, and it made me think of my time in Japan.

Happy Weekend.

A few photos from home…

Glorious Melbourne sky.

Hot chocolate.

A colourful section of my wall…mostly (not all) my drawings and paintings.

Fun stuff. 

More fun stuff…

Happy Weekend.

Tai O Bridges

Tai O is the name of a fishing village on Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

A little bridge coming off a bigger (red) bridge.

In this photo, I also love how the house is extended upwards.

The red bridge shown in the above photo.

There’s also a blue one...

And another…

Visit’s Louis at Sunday Bridges for more.

Hope you are having a nice weekend.

Remembering Beijing’s delicious food

I am missing the variety of mouth-watering food in Beijing. Here are more food photos….

Yummy Muslim food – grilled skewered meat. This stall belongs to a restaurant close-by, which we have been to a few times.

Breakfast snacks.

Tea-smoked duck, eaten wrapped in a thin pancake (like Peking Duck). I love the smokiness of this version.

Shao Mai – flavoured glutinous rice  in bite size parcels

Dumplings for breakfast, lunch or dinner

A different type of dumplings… also good for breakfast, lunch or dinner

Kung Pau chicken

Cumin fried rice

Spicy fish and rice

Are you hungry? I am.

More from Hong Kong

My shiny coffee cup at breakfast. (I drew it, but I need to take a photo before I can upload. Soon!)

Visit James for more Weekend Reflections.

Quite a wonky piece – was having fun at breakfast

More breakfast food…. aah, my diet is not so good :(

Looking down at  the next building from our 27th floor room…

 

Took a walk – got to burn off the fat from breakfast – and got distracted  by the view. The satellite dish was not on the boat. I made it up :)

Happy Weekend.

More shoes

Another 2 pairs… I made these up based on a black black pair that I own :)

Happy Weekend.

Fishing Village

More photos taken in Tai O Village on Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

Sea and mountain views… We couldn’t ask for more.

 

Inspired by colourful buildings in the village.

A structure on stilt.

Looking down at Tai O Village from a hill.

A few old houses have interesting roofs.