Happy Mail, a journal page and sunny pictures.

Hi everybody!

After a really hot and sunny day yesterday we had some cooler weather today, which did good. I spent a lot of time out on my bike again yesterday, riding along the Rhine in the shade of the trees, and with a nice wind to bring some relief- I could have gone on all day, well, if my butt hadn't been so sore!

For this journal page I used a brush-wipe page, which I sprayed with some blue to fill the gaps. I need to practice using my hand again, so doodling and lettering with a stencil are a good exercise. The stencil I used on the left is called 'grave fireflies', and is from stencilry

I kept to a limited colour palette, perhaps because I was too lazy too get up and get more pens after so much cycling!

I am linking to Art Journal Journey, Manon's Paper Saturdays and Feline Art Friday

Yesterday a big, fat envelope from Susi in Austria arrived here, what a treat!

First and foremost, this beautiful tag with a moo:

Paper Napkins for backgrounds:

Toys to play with:

And some crafty literature for inspiration.

 But best of all is to know I have friends who care about me. 

Thanks Susi!

This is where I rode on my bike yesterday:

Plenty of shadow:

My trusty bike with me sitting on it - you can't see me, though!

Rural scenes that reminded me of van Gogh:

And lots of sheep:

Have a great weekend, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by.