Sichuan

My husband and I went out for a Sichuan meal a couple of nights ago.  Sichuan is famous for spicy food - as well as for using loads and loads of chillies in everything.  We saw many dishes around that were mainly chillies and you had to dig for the bits of chicken or meat.  We however, did not eat those and but we did have a lovely meal and I would like to share it with you:

Stream

I finished this palette knife painting about a month ago.  The oil paint is so thick it took roughly six weeks to dry and I just hung it on my wall.  But since I love to show off - here it is in the class room when I finished painting it.

Beach Today

I have started using my camera phone (the first I have ever owned) so I cannot vouch for the clarity of any of the following photos.

It was a beautiful day outside today and I couldn't resist going outside to enjoy it. I went to Clear Water Bay second beach today and ran into some sort of sand castle competition. I have posted the best ones I saw there here:

Though I don't know which one won - everything was in Chinese - I hope it was this one:

Just in case you are wondering - this is my husband