Girls' day out

Hi Everybody!

Yesterday I got my new hearing aids. I have been spending a lot

of time getting measured and tested these past weeks

after my doc discovered that my hearing had diminished

alarmingly. I didn't realise that it was so complicated and

needed so many 2 hour sessions testing this and that, but

now the tests are over and I have temporary ear thingies

to get used to them. Next week there will be more tests,

and if all is well, sooner or later I will get the permanent ones.

Now I realise just how little I have been hearing lately - the world

suddenly got very loud! I need to adjust to them,

but I suppose this is just another milestone on the way to 

becoming a senior citizen! To cheer me up after all that I

had a 'girls' day out' with my lovely friend Nelya.

For Yvonne's lovely theme of 'colour in my world'  at At 

Art Journal Journey I have another piece made from recycled

materials - cardboard, tyvek and canvas.  The cut out figures

are from a vintage postcard of a Rembrandt painting. I got a whole

pack of vintage cards for a few cents at the thrift shop.

Once again, I did lots of sewing. The background was coloured

with oil pastels, and the tyvek was painted with metallics

and then bubbled with the heat gun.

Our day out yesterday took us to the Altstadt of Düseldorf. We visited

the Nautical museum, had lunch up in the lantern of the tower,

and then walked along the river to the Media Harbour. I will show the

 pics from inside the museum another day.

The post office tower:

No, this is not me taking my morning exercise routine,

but an advert for the Variety theatre:

Looking into the harbour with the Gehry buildings on the left:

This strange sign has been placed on the Rhine promenade to

show how many cycles pedal past hourly, daily, monthly etc.

I think the money might have been better spent making 

improvements to schools etc!

Loved this Art Nouveau doorway:

Beautiful Graffiti:

The ancient harbour with an old eel catcher boat:

 This statue of the man with the brass nose is in one of the little

streets in the Altstadt. If you rub his nose and make a wish your wish

is supposed to come true....I will let you know if it works!

In the evening dear Nathalie came and brought a delicious 

cheese soup packed full of good things

which we all enjoyed to make a happy ending to our

girls' day out.

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!