Happy Friday! It sure took me long enough to gather my thoughts for this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge hosted by Ritva. The topic is Portraits.

Anyone who reads my blog know I don’t do portraits. It’s not because I don’t want to, it’s just I’ve never have a good model to practice. The closest thing to a portrait you will find on this blog might be of wildlife, such as this bird.

I don’t know what kind of bird this is. I saw it when I was taking a break during my day trip to Yehliu Geopark in Taiwan. This bird was chirping in the loudest manner. It annoyed me so I decided to follow it and there it was, in the tree, hopping from branch to branch.

This was one of my favorite wildlife portrait I took on this trip. I told my mom afterward, “I think animals sometimes have more emotions than humans.” I look at this bird and saw a sense of longing, do you?

I saw the cat before the bird and thought it was amazing how this stray cat managed to sneak into a place that required humans to pay an admission. Later, as we were making our way back to the bus stop, I saw the cat again, roaming one of the many back alleyways of the small fishing town.

I was in Kumamoto, Japan earlier in the week and there, I saw cherry blossoms here and there. It’s still too early for blooms. Everywhere we have been going on our trip, my mom had been wanting to take my picture. I honestly don’t know why she wants to take pictures of me. There are now so many pictures of me on my phone than I know what to do with. I think I might just use this photo as my new profile photo since it’s my favorite.