OMG ! PLS DON'T TOUCH MY PAINTING...DARN TOURISTS !

.....it's officially the first day of Spring....

so after shower i took off to Francisco Street

Francisco St on Thursday, March 21 

.... for my 5th plein air session 

of my cityscape which I'm thinking

of calling, 

" first day of Spring" ....

note: while i'm writing this page i'm listening to Vicki

Carr's ...."Goin' out of my Head"... and "Love Story"...

on the hillside of Francisco at the corner of Leavenworth

i went to set up my easel....

again....

i heard a lot of shutters closing behind me

 all the time that  i was 

minding the business of painting....

being a clear sunny day ....

tourists flock to

the city  and roam like ants ....

snapping their cameras for 

memento images

of their trip to the city...

can't blame them ....

i've been  a San Franciscan myself

 for quite a while

and still i'm just like them....

quite fascinated by the 

fresh sceneries

that unfold 

in almost every block...

i left my easel to grab my coffee in

the car as my throat seemed a little dry....

and just as soon as i turned my back...

Christian, a German tourist, architect

by profession started to mess around

with my painting....

Christian with itchy fingers

you'd think that's the end of it ....

no siree.!!... 

OMG ! not again....
Sarah and David Dollin of Newcastle, Australia

another Australian couple came by

and did the same ....

Elaine and Oliver Steynor from South Africa

 and finally before packing up my easel

 a South African couple....

wannabe painters...

had the urge to do the same...

Ay ...yay...yay....

what a day !

better listen to Pat & Shirley Boone's

"Vaya con Dios"

dear tourist friends...

that's all folks !

I'll be in touch so be in touch!

jt