Saturday 13 February 2021

Weekend post

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend - enjoy! 

It's still very cold, snowy and icy here, but the sky is blue and we have had some sunshine. And I have some good news - providing all goes well in the next days, I can go home on March 2nd!

Today I have a hybrid piece for my heavy metal challenge at AJJ:




Some more photos from last Sunday's outing to Schloss Kalkum:


















And Happy Valentine's Day!



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

40 comments:

  1. That is so good to read that you should be able to go back home from 2nd March :)

    Wonderful photographs again, I always like to see snow and blue skies.

    Enjoy your weekend, and Happy Valentines Day Wishes.

    All the best Jan

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  2. Happy Valentine's Day! Yeh March!! So happy for you! Thank you for your gorgeous art and always having such great inspirational quotes!! Truly love your photos! Love the nest! Also, the snow on the tree, looks like an angel! Big Hugs!

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    1. Thanks Stacy! I loved that nest, too! Have a great weekend!

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  3. Beautiful art and photos, it looks way too cold there for me! I'm so happy to hear you might be going home on March 2. That's some news to celebrate! I hope you have a great weekend. Big hugs!

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    1. Thanks Martha, I am looking forward to going back home, too. It's very cold here, but at least we have some sun! Take care!

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  4. Beautiful metallic page Valerie, and lovely if cold photos! Happy Valentine's Day soon!

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    1. Thanks Christine, it's even colder today! Stay safe!

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  5. Very cool crescent moon face. 🥶looks just as cold there as here. Even the poor birds are puffed up to keep warm. But that sky is so blue! Take care

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    1. Thanks! Blue skies and sun make for a better mood!

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  6. SUPER post and love that moon face.
    super photos...snow oh how I want to play in it..xx

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    1. Thanks Annie, perhaps one day you will get snow over there!

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  7. Hi Val, good morning! Hope your weather is Sunny like it is here. The Kids have been skating in the garden. Love your beautiful Journal Page. Take care, hugs from us all! Sarah

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  8. Hello Gorgeous!
    I love that moon face and your way of drawing it!
    I'm so happy about your good news! I hope everything will go well!
    All the photos are very nice!
    Have a great weekend and a beautiful Valentine's day! Hugs!

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    1. Thanks Sweetie, have a great weekend, stay safe!

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  9. The Big Countdown to March 2nd begins! That was my parent's wedding anniversary, so a very good date indeed. Stay safe and well, Hugs, Deb

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    1. Yes, it's a good date - not long now! Stay safe, have a great weekend!

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  10. Wow, they hybrid page is stunning! So perfect for your challenge. LOVE the background!

    Great pictures too - love the nest, the bike, the tree lined path and the picture with your shadow in it. Beautiful stuff!

    Stay warm and safe and well, my friend.

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    1. Thanks.Nancy! Glad you like the photos! Stay safe and warm, have a great Weekend.

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  11. Good advice, Valerie, never stop looking up........except when a flock of geese are flying overhead, that is.....or gulls! Your snowy scenes there could rival our own, and we are accustomed to winter's white. Several bloggers from The Netherlands have featured their winter landscapes and have commented that it is the first time in years that have seen conditions like this. I hope that everyone remembered where they stashed their long underwear! I was out for a while yesterday, and even though the air temperature was only minus 12, you could really feel the heat from the February sun, and in sheltered spots with the sun beating down, it was actually warm. Spring is not far off now! Enjoy the weekend. Maybe a secret Valentine will sneak into the clinic to see you! Hugs and kisses. David

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    1. Thanks David, I will remember not to look up when the geese or gulls are singing their way past me! This is the worst snowfall in years, with arctic temperatures that are very unusual in Rhineland. I wish I had long underwear! But we have sunshine and blue skies and that's worth a lot! Next week we will get rain, and then the streets will be paved with ice. People are ice skating over the frozen flood water on the meadows along the Rhine! A secret Valentine would be nice, but I am not counting on it. Have a happy weekend, hugs to you both!

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  12. That is fantastic news about going home. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you that all goes well. Loving your heavy metal piece today also. That moon is very cool. Your winter views are pretty. We have the same snowy views, well the same snow in our views at least, not the same views. Have a great weekend. Hugs-Erika

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    1. Thanks Erika! We all seem to have lots of ice and snow just now! Have a great weekend!

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  13. March 2nd can't come soon enough. Good luck and good healing, Valerie.

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    1. Thanks so much, it will be good to be home again!

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  14. Really good news, hope that all goes well. Love your photos, I do envy all your snow. Hugs anesha

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    1. Thanks Anesha, I would send you some snow If I could!

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  15. Great news you will be heading home soon March 2nd will be here before we know it! Lovely art work Valerie, I also enjoyed your snow photos .

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    1. Yes, good news indeed. Glad you like my photos!

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  16. That is a stunning piece for the metal challenge! I really love that one.

    And so glad you are getting outings. The snow is beautiful and your scenes are lovely.

    Fingers crossed your upcoming days are good ones and March 2 because a reality-- only a couple of weeks. You can do this!

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  17. I love this heavy metal piece. Gorgeous colors and the perfect quote :)

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  18. Oh how beautiful your art is! The photos are also lovely. Happy V day!

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  19. I love your hybrid piece Valerie, and those snowy pictures are beautiful xx

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    1. Thanks Sue. If only the snow wasn't so cold and wet!

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  20. The snow pictures are lovely, always enjoy seeing them - just not being in them. Unless you are a child of course, when sledding is fun and you don't feel the chapped legs until you go in the warmth.
    Schloss Kalkum looks a lovely place to wander around, I love the aliens on the trunk of the tree.
    Hugs, Neet x

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