Saturday, 7 July 2018

Floral Frida

Hi Everybody!
Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

For Tag Tuesday I have another tag. It was put together digitally, using hand-painted papers for the background and a photo of Frida Kahlo, one of my favourite artists. The flowers are from Serif:




And some more pictures from last Sunday's walk....After leaving the botanical garden we drove to the Rhine and crossed over with the ferry. The first 3 pics were taken by my friend H:




After arriving in Orsoy, a tiny, walled town, the first thing we saw was this bee house, which can be opened to look into it:



We walked along the old walls under the trees:



There was an old cemetery outside the walls:




This group of homing pigeons was flying loops:




Loved the colourful cow:


An old 'Lore' - a wagon for pulling coals in the mine:


The view over to the cooling-tower on the other side:






We found a shady seat outside a wayside cafe and were able to have refreshments and watch what was going on in the little town:


And the crows watched us to see if they could beg some food:



The rest of the photos will follow in my next post!

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

30 comments:

  1. Frida certainly lived up to that phrase. Your tag is lovely and I can't think of a better person I would like to honor.

    That bee house is wonderful. It's great to see bees are doing well. I haven't seen a bee in YEARS.

    LOVELY photos of the cemetery and I enjoyed the lane with trees on both sides. I see people in Germany are smart enough to know which side of the road to drive on (grin)! Hope your day is going well, dear.

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  2. Stunning tag, such beauty here and the colours are amazing. Beautiful photos too.xx

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  3. Good morning Val! Looks like it's going to be another scorcher. Love your beautiful Frida tag, she was a talented, determined and very brave woman. Great photos of Orsoy, it's a pretty place. Have a lovely day, keep cool! Hugs, Sarah

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  4. You always create interest within every photograph Valerie a perfect eyes view, beautiful scenery and I so love the bee's hive.
    You tag is SOOOO AMAZING!!! Isn't she so inspirational. Thanks for sharing.
    Have a wonderful weekend Tracey xx

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    1. Frida was very inspiring and a fantastic artist.

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  5. Wonderful photos Valerie! It looks like a great day out.
    I absolutely love your Frida tag too, it's beautiful!
    Alison xx

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  6. beautiful tag!!!!
    Your photos are lovely, what a beautiful day,

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  7. Stunning tag. I enjoyed the walk today. So cool that you could get a peek inside the beehive. It was good to see so many bees. I haven’t seen many this year. Very sad. I love the mix of old and new along your walk. Old buildings, machinery, and then the modern cooling tower. Lovely graves with the green things growing. Have a good day.

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    1. We have a lot of bees here, my balcony is buzzing all day.

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  8. Wow! Frida is glorious! And it looks like you had a fabulous walk. I especially loved the spotted cow, too! So colorful and happy!

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  9. Love your piece.
    What a lovely outing. That cow is great!
    Hugs

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  10. Beautiful photos! Love your tag, great color combination!! Looking forward to next week's photos!

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  11. Beautiful Frida tag, thanks for sharing the Orsoy photos thus far.

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  12. A fabulous Frida tag Valerie and beautiful photos from your walk. The photo of the colourful cow statue is great.
    Yvonne xx

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  13. What a beautiful Frida tag! I enjoyed joining you on your travels and that colourful cow is fabulous 😁. Thanks for the smiles and happy weekend! J 😊 x

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  14. Hi Valerie love your tag especially the words,well done my friend, and thankyou for sharing your beautiful pics,love the one of the bees xx

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  15. A fabulous creation, that painted background looks wonderful, - clever to use it here digitally!

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  16. I love Frida and your gorgeous Tag. The background looks perfect to it. Your nice photos show me that your have had a nice day with a lot to see.
    Happy Sunday
    Hugs
    Sabine

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  17. Super tag - love the colorful background - just perfect for Frida!!!

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  18. First off, I am loving your Frida tag. The bold colors are so pretty. That is really cool that you can open the bee house. I would love to keep bees but not sure I want to get stung. Beautiful pictures.
    Kate

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  19. Thanks. I have an insect "hotel" on my balcony and love watching them, especially the bees.

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  20. Lovely tag.
    Your photographs are such a great mix, I always enjoy being around trees, so I especially enjoyed your tree pictures.

    Hope your weekend was good.

    All the best Jan

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  21. I always love your walks along the Rhine. Your photos are so beautiful and bring a lot of peace and tranquility into my normally chaotic work day (I usually see/open your feed email at work since it arrives mid-morning my time). Oh, and I love your art, too! :-)

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  22. That would be a 'No thank you' to opening the bee house.
    Heh.
    Hope you are doing well.
    Hugs

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  23. The colourful cow is my favourite, Valerie!!!!!!!!!!!!
    And your tag is PERFECT! Oh I love Frida Kahlo!!!!!! Hugs, my friend.

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  24. Your art piece is amazing! I love the quote!!!!
    Amazing adventure you were on! Love the bee house! Truly gorgeous pictures! Cute cow! LOL! Of course I loved my crows! Big Hugs!

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  25. Valerie, your Frida is gorgeous!! I love the background of the tag- those colors are so yummy!

    Looks like the weather has been in your favor for those walks! good for you!
    hugs,Jackie

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