This n that again

Hi Everybody!

I have enjoyed sitting on my balcony watching the rain pour down,

listening to the lovely sound of the wind and rain

on the leaves of the trees, and it was so refreshing

and relaxing, just the thing after so many hot, summer days.

For Go Tag Thursday, flags or bunting, I made a tag using 2 of the
little Union Flag tags that Donna recently sent me. I collaged a paper
napkin onto an 8" tag and sewed it onto a piece of recycled
black calendar. In case you're wondering, 'ONDO' is London without the
first and last letters - they didn't fit! Or perhaps they sold off
The L and the N to pay for the Brexit....
I let the little flag tags fly as
embellishments:

This is the other set of mixed media ATCs I made for 

Elizabeth's TSFT. One is

already en Route to the States, one will soon be on its way, and one 

is staying with me. The background was painted, the cups were stamped first to create a shadow, and then stamped and fussy cut from white

card before being mounted on the ATCs. The 'text' was stamped

with my typewriter-key alphas and glazed with

liquid glass:

Yesterday evening, shortly before dusk, I spotted this very 

dishevelled magpie sitting right at the top of the tree in

the field. I zoomed it in and got some photos of

its evening feather-care-time:

Looks like a punk here:

More bales of hay have appeared in the field:

 The roses in my kingdom Queendom of Balconia will be

blooming soon:

I love this variegated clover I bought this year - the bees love it, too!

Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!