Sunday this and that

Hi Everybody!

Have a great Sunday, whatever you are up too!

I have a hybrid piece for Mia's flowers challenge at AJJ. The grungy background is a photo of the lid of a plastic box - I use these lids as palettes for mixing colours. The images are from Mischief Circus, me  and Serif. Way back in the 1980s my dog Scruffy had puppies. We weren't sure how Kitty would react to the birth and little ones. But she was absolutely amazing. She stayed by Scruffy during the birth, comforted her, helped lick the babies clean, and in the following weeks was a constantly devoted nursemaid. She picked the puppies up in her mouth and carried them back if they strayed too far from their mum, and licked them clean as if they were her own babies. It was astonishing and moving to watch. Even when they were getting boisterous, she never lost her patience with them. I was lucky to have such wonderful pets:

 And various photos from my walks in the past 2 weeks:

This magpie was not shy:

Art in the park:

The rail tracks are always planted with seasonal flowers:

Allium growing by the roadside:

The bee was having a feed:

Lovely to see the intricate structure of the flowers:

Irises in neighbour's garden:

Sunny fields:

Cotton blowing through the air and landing everywhere:

People enjoying a tour on the Rhine:

Watching the boats:

The old couple are still sitting in front of their house:

And a blackbird on my balcony:

A hungry pigeon - they are always hungry!

A wonderful, misty morning:

A duck which came for a quiet rest in the back garden:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!