The days at work fly by so when the weekends roll around it's such a pleasure. Sunday we lolled around for awhile then went produce shopping, came back and did some housework. I wove for awhile and had another cup of coffee. By then it was 10 am. It was amazing to find we still had so many hours left in the day.

We headed out again to do some errands and ended up back at Lotus Lake to watch some of the kayak races. This week Kaohsiung is host to the National Games and there are sporting events scattered all over the city. With the races going on at the same time as the folk festival, Lotus Lake was jammed with people and a lot of fun to wander around. It seems that the world over people love to eat fried food and throw darts at water balloons.

To finish off a relaxing weekend we went with friends to Nanzi, the northern area of Kaohsiung, where there's a nice little beach. We ate a picnic dinner and watched surfers in the waves as the sun set.

Once it got dark a group down the beach set off their fireworks and lit their sparklers. It was all very lovely. In contrast, I hear that Connecticut and Massachusetts were having a little snow squall. I got chilly enough on the beach to wrap my towel around my legs.