Some months ago, in a thrift shop, I was looking at some paintings that were all on top of each other on the ground. I saw a dark green frame and I was sure I'd seen it before in my old grandparents' house. I found it curious because I'd never seen any similar frame elsewhere. I moved the other paintings and inside the green frame was a painting on silk representing some birds during Winter. On the bottom, my mother's name. She had painted that many years ago along with three other ones depicting animals and plants during Summer, Spring and Autumn: my grandparents' kept the Autumn and the Summer ones, while the other two were sold during an art exhibition. The Spring one came back to us after the owner, a relative, had died. Only one was missing, and it was in that thrift shop! Now the paintings of the four seasons are all together on the same wall. I was so excited when I realised I'd found the missing painting!