The Whistling Painter: October coming to an end

This weekend has gone by very quickly. All day Friday was spent at a symposium in Galway, with a little window of library induction half-way through. It's nice to feel like I now have official access to NUI Galway's library resources. I have a feeling many future weekends will be spent up there.

Saturday was a long-overdue and much welcomed day of pure relaxation. Our house made the decision to take a mental break for the first time in weeks (on my part, anyway) and watch movies, eat, and go out for dinner and drinks. It was so nice. There was a Halloween disco going on at Logues, and we enjoyed seeing everyone's costumes. Sunday was a more typical weekend day of reading and studio time, although the winterage festival provided some interesting morning entertainment. There was a great live-art performance by some of my classmates that's very difficult to describe on here. It involved bubble-wrap and a trail of colored paper leading from the church to the town hall.

Something interesting that happened over the weekend is that the cow-field next door has been transformed overnight into a Turlough (see link for wikepedia information). The photos I have of it are of the first day of its appearance. The lake has expanded even more since. So, we now have a completely new view out the side windows. It's fantastic to see the sun glinting off the ripples of this new lake, with the stair-stepped mountain in the distance. Just beautiful.