On finding new activities to do these days

 

I picked up my new painting set and tried to create something... nice? It's not too bad for someone who does not know how to paint at all, I guess. Does it look like daisies? I guess so! 

Anyway, I wanted to regulate my nervous system lately cos work has been tough and demanding. At times, I find it challenging to "turn off" the hamster wheel after 6 o'clock. So this weekend, I made sure to do some activities that feel relaxing. 

The acrylic paint seems to be too dry; the paint couldn't be spread at all that I had to add a bit of water to "soften" it. Now, I wonder if there are some tricks I could do to avoid buying another set of acrylic paint. Maybe I need to read a little bit more which, to be honest, is exciting cos then it's an opportunity to read something different. Lately, I've told my husband that there is nothing interesting on the internet anymore. This could be something I'll be interested in. Although the painting part is something I am unsure of! I could still paint some abstract if I want to!

There's another activity that I am into at the moment and that's using the Merlin bird app. I remember a few months ago, my husband would be using this app while we spend some time at the park. I remember his excitement when the app showed multiple birds captured based on the "songs" or "chants" they make! I thought to myself that I married a (cute) weirdo! Well, guess what... I find myself using this now too. Since we visited his friends a few weeks ago, he introduced this application and we all went to the forest nearby and there we were - 4 grown-ups walking in the forest with our phones up in the sky! It's like capturing pokemon but this time with actual living beings! Well so far I have 29 species captured in my phone while he has 40+ I think. The most common bird here is the Rougegorge and it looks so cute too!

I am looking forward to our trip in Dordogne this weekend to capture more birds on the app and with my camera :)