This and that for Monday and Tuesday

Hi Everybody!

Tuesday is Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday,

so I would like to welcome all of

the nice ladies of the T gang, and of course,

anyone else who comes by!

I have been playing a bit in my arty kitchen, using 

corrugated cardboard, scraps of paper napkins and some gilding 

metal. I have to keep pausing in between, as my fingers

are not behaving as I would like them to!

I painted the cardboard with cream coloured 

soft acrylics before adding the scraps. This will be the
cover for one of the new A4 journals I got
for my birthday. I am linking to Art Journal Journey,
Erika's lovely theme of 'tell me a story'.
And the story - flowers, butterflies and birds to
brighten dark and wintry days:

When it was finished I placed it on some ancient and

rusty linen, that was once part of an erosion bundle, and then

onto a piece of crumpled brown paper taken from

a parcel, and stitched it all together, trying to get a grungy look.

On New Year's Eve I drank a glass of pink

pro-secco:

But cappuccino is still my fave drink!

 Recently I went to the Altstadt (Old Town) of Düsseldorf and visited

the town history museum, which has heaps of wonderful

things to see, so  I want to go again....and again!

I loved this view of the old lanterns with the

post office tower in the background:

The ship is the sign of the 'Schiffchen' pub:

I started in the basement of the museum, and discovered these

wonderful, ancient brick walls, which were built over

when the palace, which now houses the museum, was built in the 17th century:

Harald  Naegeli, the famous 'Sprayer of Zürich'  has a video running

which shows his painting process and who and what

influenced him, and I was able to speak to him - that was fun!

Robert Schumann played on this grand piano during the 

last years of his life when he was hospitalized:

And I just love these drawers taken from an old apothecary's shop -

wouldn't they be wonderful for crafting goodies?

The painting on the left shows the Kunsstpalast museum in the 'Ehrenhof',

where the glass and art museums are.

Friday was bright and sunny, then the sun packed

its bags and went on holiday:

 We had no snow, but freezing, icy fog, which was so thick

on Sunday evening that it was not possible to see anything.

There were many accidents with pedestrians falling on the ice

and cars skidding and crashing, so I'm glad I stayed home!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!