Sketching Huts in Sai Kung 西貢木棉山木屋

Walking into Muk Min Shan in Sai Kung for the first time, I discovered these huts along the way and settled down for a quick sketch.  The irregular shapes, the not-so-vertical walls and slanting roofs all made the huts a great sketching topic.  They also brought back old memories when I, as a kid, once resided in a hut like this.  Shabby yes, but it was all surrounded by trees and wild residents such as mantis and grasshoppers. And our outgoing cat which liked jumping and fighting with neighboring cats from one rooftop to the other in the middle of the night!

西貢木棉山一帶木屋的歪牆斜頂不只是速寫的好題材，還令我憶起兒時居於木屋的一些片段。屋雖然殘舊，但屋前種滿樹，樹上還住了螳螂和草蜢，當然不小得愛出夜街的家貓，晚上總愛在鐵皮屋頂上大叫同跟鄰家的貓大打出手。