Friday, 8 March 2019

Birds, but not from Hitchcock

Hi Everybody!

It's nearly weekend, so for all of you who have been working hard all week, have a good one! It's rather wild and windy weather here again. Blue skies and grey ones, dark clouds and fluffy white ones are chasing each other away, and I have been spending time this week watching the gulls, ducks, geese and swans at the Rhine. I have an A3 mixed media journal page to share, where sky, water, birds and fish are all happy together. I used acrylic paint, stamping, doodling, washi tape,  and collaged some robins, die cuts and vintage German scrap, as well as some scraps of paper. The writing was done with a white highlighter pen. I am linking to Paint Party Friday, which is celebrating its 8th birthday this week:





The windy weather and plenty of water in the Rhine is a magnet for the water birds:



I love how they sit in straight rows:


 Sometimes they just seem to float along the river, going with the flow. Perhaps they are fishing?










The swans are mostly on the lakes and not at the Rhine, but sometimes they like to visit:







The wild geese always make a lot of noise, sometimes even more than the gulls and crows together:



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

37 comments:

  1. super bird themed post- art and photos Valerie!

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  2. Beautiful bird collage work and lovely nature photography ~ so serene ~

    Happy Day to you,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  3. Hi Val, I can just imagine you walking along the Rhine and enjoying the view and the water fowl. Wonderful photos, as always, and really lovely art, love how you have a theme running through the post. Have great weekend, we will be visiting my mum. Hugs, Sarah

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  4. SUch a gorgeous piece! Love the bird photos! Thank you for the inspiration!

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  5. Your blog title made me laugh. A lot more peaceful than Hitch's movie. Love the quote. Your area is so beautiful, and I enjoy the pictures you take on your walks. The seagulls sitting on the railing always make me think they are waiting for a ferry. Have a good weekend.

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    1. They probably are waiting for the boat, people sometimes have food and the gulls are always hungry.

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  6. Your art journal page is lovely. Wonderful photos of the birds in the water. Have a nice weekend.

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  7. I love your journal page, Valerie. I admire the way your combined birds and fishes. Very creative idea, my friend. And, once again, I llllllllllllove your photos!!!!!! Especially the swans and the water birds in straight rows!!!!!!!!!! Hugs, sweetie!

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  8. Beautiful page and wonderful spring photos today Valerie!

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  9. Love your Journal page Val. The richness of the colours are wonderful and the beautiful birds are exceptional. As always lovely pictures of the birds etc. Hugs Rita xxx

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  10. Hi there Valerie. Lovely to see your page with its sayings and birds and I like the fishies too :D)
    You can have some great walks by the river. The photos you've taken are lovely and, yes, I too often see the birds all sitting side by side on a pier, jetty or fence over here as well and it makes me smile. A couple of photos of seagulls with trees in the foreground seems like the gulls could be blossoms in the trees (my eyes sometimes blur but it makes for fun such as that ;D)).
    I loved seeing all the wild geese too xx

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    1. Yes, they do look like blossoms, that's a fun observation.

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  11. Wonderful photos of the birds on the Rhine and I can imagine the noise they must make.
    The journal page looks fantastic, the blue is a lovely colour and I smiled when I say you added both birds and fish, I hope they get along well together.
    Have a good weekend.
    Yvonne xx

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  12. I do like your Journal page, and once again a fabulous selection of photographs for us.
    Isn't it great how the birds do all sit in a line …

    Enjoy your weekend.

    All the best Jan

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  13. BRILLIANT....LOVE LOVE LOVE and the birds sure remind me of the film, it as awesome.xx

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  14. I was taken by how much your journal page where birds and fish lived in harmony, matched the birds on the Rhine, who also seemed to live harmoniously. Great photos and wonderful art, too, dear Valerie.

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  15. Delightful pages!!! And oh my, love all the wonderful birds!!!

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  16. I love the sound of silence, I find it so energising helping my mind process and plan the day ahead. Unlike the birds in you photographs, I be they are having one big party with all their chatter hee hee!! Beautiful documented art makes for a great page Valerie.
    Wishing you a super weekend full of creativity & a moment of silence :))
    Happy PPF I nearly missed this one xx

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    1. Thanks Tracey. The world around us gets louder and louder and we so need a few moments of silence, and time to think.

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  17. hallo valerie,

    tolle seiten und schöne vogelbilder hast du gemacht,gefällt mir sehr.
    ich habe noch 3 bestrahlungen dann bin ich durch damit,ich hoffe ich hab dann wieder mehr zeit für andere schöne dinge.
    hab ein schönes we.

    hugs jenny

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  18. You sproused this up with those pops of metal/metallic on your page today Valerie. And I love the birds with the fish. Really interesting combo! And I love seeing all the birds. You can tell it is somewhat spring like since they are all out and about and enjoying the better weather. Happy weekend. Hope you have a good one. Hugs-Erika

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  19. Fun art work. Love the photo of the birds sat in a row.

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  20. So many birds! You get such good photos, and it's fun to see the variety.

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  21. Silence refreshes the soul- I love that quote. Beautiful artwork! Seeing birds always makes me happy. It is very springlike here today- but tonight and tomorrow morning we are supposed to get up to 6 inches of snow. Hope you have a lovely weekend.
    ~Jess

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  22. Awesome quote and very beautiful shots!

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  23. I love that you combined the birds and fish.
    The photos make me smile. The birds and swans look content with life:)
    Hugs

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    1. Being content with life is probably their big secret.

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  24. Fabulous MM page Valerie, that blue background is wonderful and I love how you added all the other elements, they seem to reflect some of your bird watching experienes this week... The fishes are fun too! Great photos, specially love those wild geese, we never really see those here (at least I don't).
    Miserable grey, rainy and cold weather here, so great to see some bright blue skies and art work...
    Happy Sunday and have a wonderful week ahead!

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  25. Wonderful art, and I love the birds Valerie!
    Happy Sunday,
    Alison x

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  26. Lovely vibrant colours on your journal page Valerie and the photos of the birds by the Rhine are fabulous, I can imagine the noise the geese make, sometimes they can be such noisy birds.
    Hope you've had a great weekend.
    Avril xx

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  27. Oh birds and flying fishes, your page looks so nice. I like that much, so fresh and funny.
    Have a nice evening too sweet friend.
    Hugs
    Sabine

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  28. Beautiful painting Valerie and looks like you had fun
    catherine

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  29. These looking great i see your process development and i thinks its very good :)

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  30. Love loev love this collage! All the birds and fish and the blue and orange! So nice! Happy PPF! Today is a calm and sunny day, but the last two days it was soooo stormy!

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  31. I love your bird and fish art! Adorable!!
    Your bird photos are fantastic! I love the way they all stand in a row! LOL!
    Big Hugs!

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  32. This post gives me a lot of smiles, I guess because I so love the birds! Your page and the gulls both remind me of the cottage.

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