Happy children

An exhibition at Tūranga for Chinese New Year includes a large painting entitled Happy Guanzhong Kids.

It reminds me of village scenes and children playing which I saw in China in the late 1980s. Here, the scenes are tidied up, stylised and compressed into one picture, like a Bruegel painting. I enjoy looking at the details. It is charming.

A great place to live

A Quality of Life survey has found that Christchurch Ōtautahi is a great place to live, according to this morning’s Press. It is certainly interesting and there’s always something going on. I enjoyed the things I noticed today. In the library, Tūranga, part of the stairs to the first floor was being used as a working space, with colourful cushions to make it inviting.

In Victoria Square preparations are being made for Chinese New Year celebrations.

The other startling observation today, was Felix at the top of a tall cabbage tree. He settled in a forked branch and proceeded to chase his tail. He could have been an act in the recent buskers’ festival.