Let your light shine

Hi Everybody!

Hope your holidays were good!

For Art Journal Journey, light and darkness,

I have another hybrid piece. I merged photos of the watchman, seen in Kettwig, and a grungy wall here by the castle ruins, and placed them on a very grungy background with a collaged quote.

And here is the night watchman 'at home'

 Tomorrow is also Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so here a hearty welcome to all the nice ladies in the T Gang.

 I recently had another coffee in the K20 art museum cafe, where 

some strange figures are always hanging out:

The cappuccino there is really good;

Recently several people  asked if I collect glass, as I often visit the glass museum. The answer is yes, I have collected bits and bobs

of glass since somebody bought me a little glass bird 

when I was a child. Perhaps not the best hobby for

someone who likes dusting as little as I do!

Anyway, here are a few things from my collection:

This glass bowl  is extremely thick and heavy:

This Scandinavian bird is one of my faves:

The blue and white one is one I made myself (with a lot of help from

Sepp, the glass blowing instructor), when I did a course many moons ago.

It's not quite straight, but I still like it:

Birds are still my favourites:

This ash-tray from the fifties is a so called 'rest of the day' piece,

as the glass blowers used to make this sort of glass 

from leftovers melded together. I would never allow anyone to use it for ash!

I have more to show another day.

Have a great day, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!