TGIF!

 Hi Everybody!

After having a fun and quiet day on Tuesday, I decided yesterday I had to do some housew**k, and I did. Yes, the full programme, and after that I was tired and needed to put my feet up. But things do look better now, and here and there it just has to be done! To make up for it I went for a long walk today, first along the Rhine and then through the fields to Castle Kalkum. Afterwards I was so knocked out I could hardly walk, so I took the bus from the castle which took me into Kaiserswerth, and just had to walk the last 2 kilometres home. And I rewarded myself with a nice lunch and loads of coffee and a piece of chocolate (Or was it 2 pieces? I forgot to count!!)

I have another A4 mixed media page to share. I made a textured background as I showed in my tutorial last Friday, and then painted the circles. The dragonfly wings were stenciled and glittered with Stickles, and the little girls were fussy cut and glued on. The corners were made with scraps of paper napkins. To finish it I added the stars and the sentiment. I am linking to Jo's texture challenge at AJJ, and to PPF:

Today I was accompanied on my walk through the fields by this lovely dragonfly:

I was happy to see that the flower bike is still there and looking good:

The old water mill:

I always have fun taking photos with the traffic mirror:

When I go through the old portal in the walls it's like entering another world, one filled with peace and beauty, which is especially good in these difficult times:

I always love the reflections in the moat:

And much to my joy, I discovered a family of Nile geese resting in the midday sun. They breed here in late summer /early autumn:

I kept my distance so that they didn't feel disturbed, as they can be very aggressive when their young are endangered:

More photos to follow!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!