New family members

On the way to my office in ISR, I bought three paperback used books from a 3-dollar-book vendor on South University. The three books are: Walden and Other Writings by H.D. Thoreau, Sea Wolf by Jack London, and Democracy in America by Alexis De Tocqueville. I have read the first book for countless times, but it is still one of my favorite book. I only read the second one in a 24-hour bookstore in Taiwan, where I pulled a whole niter to finish that masterpiece. I always want to read the third one, and finally it's under my possession!
Another thing is that I visited the peony garden in the Arb. There were various spieces of peony and every of them was gorgeous. I could only take pictures with my V3 cellphone because I was going there for sketching, and I did not practice my plan because Eric called me to collect his bookshelf. The bookshelf is now in my room as a ballroom heirloom-- Eric inscribed his name on the side of the shelf.



I missed my mom's birthday, so those pictures were taken for her. I think she will love the peonies.
They said there are fireflies at night, but my friends told me don't go to the arb at night because it is not safe there at night.
I need to figure out how to resize those photos. Nevertheless, the peony garden is worth visiting.

Anyway, I tried to pick up drawing these few days because... I am kind of bored. Life is still very sweet here in A2 during spring time-- I have friends, a house of great location, some money to spend, ballroom, and classes. But sometimes I will think of my family and old friends in Taiwan, and that notion sometime makes me a sentimental idiot.


As you can tell, my drawing is getting so rusty... Arhhh I will think about it later. Let's deal with exams first. Oh, yes, and research.