Hi Everybody!
It's another very cold and frosty day here, so I'm trying to keep warm in my not very warm apartment. But the frost always looks pretty in the early morning, and this evening I can see the stars, which is always good.
Today I have an A3 mixed media painting to share, which I have named 'The snow Queen', and is meant for Jo's snowy winter challenge at AJJ :
I am also linking to Nicole's FFO
Rain's Thursday theme is gift wrap. The photos are from Pexels:
The view from my window:
Some thinkies/funnies:
And some snow pics!
I am also linking to Gillena's Friday art fun.
Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!
LOOOOOOVE the trees! Agreed, frost looks so pretty. Hope you got some snuggly blankets to keep you warm. Love the holiday pictures and the green eyed-lady is soooo pretty. Cheers and Boogie Boogie!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ivy, we need snuggly blankets just now! Hugs!
DeleteThe Snow Queen is purrfect. Love her. Stay warm. Hugs
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandra, have a great day!
DeleteLovely snow queen for FFO. Beautiful gift wrap for Rain's challenge. It looks cold there as it is here all of a sudden. Thanks for the thinkies
ReplyDeleteThanks Christine. It hasn't been this cold for the past few years, quite unusual here at the Rhine.
DeleteLovely snow queen! Beautiful winter pictures too
ReplyDeleteThanks Ashok, enjoy your day!
DeleteWe're very cold here too. I'm layered up in clothes and under a couple of blankets too. Your snowy lady is quite lovely. We have a lot of snow in the forecast starting tomorrow night, so if I went outside that could be me-ha ha. Not, but she is quite pretty. What is it about blue and snow that work so well together. Stay warm the best you can. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteOh yes, we need to layer up, I hated this cold! Glad you like my snowy lady. Have a great day, hugs!
DeleteDid you get snow? It is lovely and is a great view from your window. It fits perfectly with your Snow Queen, too. She is a genuine beauty. I like the colors you chose, too. They make it feel even colder. This is a great entry for Jo's theme at AJJ and works nicely with FFO, too. BTW, can you please link me to AJJ?
ReplyDeleteI loved the hot flash funny and waking up. SO funny!
We had one day of snowfall and now its back to sparkly frost and ice. Some places yesterday had so many ice accidents that they had to open up other places to treat people as all the hospitals were overfilled. I linked you! Hugs, Valerie
DeleteThanks for linking me. Bleubeard was surprised he was now Bluegrass! GRIN!
DeleteSpell checker altered it and I didn't see it till it was too late. But it was funny!😂
DeleteScott saw it and thought it was hilarious. He even said something about how Spell Checker can be funny at times. BTW, he figured out what I did on the AJJ blog and it is now fixed. It was a block element problem on my blog and that's why it didn't affect the AJJ blog, just my computer.
DeleteGlad your blog problem ist solved. Bluegrass was really funny, perhaps you should rename him? Have a great Sunday!
DeleteHi Val, good morning! Hope you had a good sleep. Love your snow queen, so pretty. Yesterday we had snow, like you, and today we have a hard frost, and everything is sparkling in the sun, pretty but very cold! Hugs from us all, Sarah
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah, thanks! It's frost here today. soooo cold! Hugs to you all!
DeletePretty lady with green eyes. Love the view from your window. No frost here but lots of rain. Hugs. Stay warm and stay safe.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nancy. The view from my window is the best thing in m apartment! Hugs!
DeleteI always enjoy seeing one of your portraits Valerie. I love the faces you paint but it is the hair and all the adornments that draw me to your portrait art. This one is perfect for a Snow Queen, her skin is like alabaster and the blue fore her hair and the stars, snowflakes and falling leaves are perfect.
ReplyDeleteThanks too for all the photos and funnies, especially the trees from your window. Our house is finding it difficult to get warm each day. A real cold spell over all of us.
Hope you are keeping well.
Hugs, Neet xx
Thanks Neet, I do like to paint my faces! I think we're all finding it difficult to get warm in this cold spell, perhaps it will warm up for 🤶 Christmas. Hugs!
DeleteThe Snow Queen looks very lovely with her long hair and flowing tresses, and she doesn't even have an icy stare. Outside your apartment looks pretty much like it does here except that we have more snow. We spent the day yesterday along the north shore of Lake Ontario, and it was quite wonderful to be out and about enjoying winter birds. It was not too cold - minus 6.5 degrees when we started, and we were well dressed. By the end of the afternoon when we headed for home it had warmed up to zero. I always make our lunches when we go out for a day like this and it always tastes better somehow when it's part of a day's adventure in the outdoors. I made chicken sandwiches, bean/quinoa salad, a boiled egg and black cherries and yogurt, far more than we would have for lunch at home but we polished it all off! The previous night we had made Spanish rice with chorizo sausage and there was lots left over for dinner when we got home. In fact there is still a little left - enough for one of us for lunch today. I swear that the car turned into the wine store on the way home and we picked up a bottle of Jackson Triggs Merlot which was quite lovely! Simple pleasures! Hugs and kisses - David
ReplyDeleteSimple pleasures are often the best! A day spent outside, dressed to face the weather and with a good packed lunch sounds very good. I wsould like to walk with you if you always make such a great lunch! And your rice and sausage dish sounds really good. And poor you, having to put up with your car turning into a wine store to stock up, and then having to drink it, too - poor you! Lucky I haven't got a car these days! Have a fun day, try to behave yourself! BIG hugs, Valerie xxx
DeleteBeautiful gift wrap photos and I love your Snow Queen!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Debra, enjoy your day! Hugs!
DeleteYou have beautiful views! I can imagine how peaceful it must feel to sit with a cozy cup of something warming and gaze out on that scene.
ReplyDeleteThe view is definitely the best part of my apartment! Have a great day!
DeleteLoving your Snow Queen! What a fabulous idea to create her hair with snowflakes - beautiful 😊. Your photos of the snow and from your window are wonderful and the funnies made me smile! Thanks for the AJJ inspiration and Happy wishes! Hugs Jo x
ReplyDeleteThanks Jo, glad you love my snow queen. The weather is really playing along with your challenge, now and fost everywhere! Have a great day, hugs!
DeleteYou have such a lovely view from your window. Just the right amount of snow! They say we're due for a big temp drop by Christmas and snow, too. But so far, just gray and gloomy. Loved all the gift wrap pix, especially that wrap with the deer and natural things.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeanie, I'm sure we will all have more bad weather , but sooner or later it will be spring!
DeleteShe is fabulous with her snowflake hair and gorgeous green eye fullyl ined up with eyeliner, such a neat painting, wish I could paint, beautiful Valerie..
ReplyDeleteLuv CHRISSYxx
Thanks, you are the Queen 👑 of cards!
DeleteWhat a beautiful painting, she looks absolutely stunning! Your photos and funnies are brilliant too! Take care and have a very happy weekend, Sue xx
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue, have a great weekend 😀😀😀!
DeleteThe snow pics are gorgeous. I love the expression on the Snow Queen's face. She comes across as warm and serene. You brought her to life. Hugs
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandra, have a great weekend!
DeleteYour snow queen is really Fantastic Valerie ! Love the great colours and eye. I have to say that you have beautiful views from your window. Thanks so much for the smiles. I hope you are better these days.
ReplyDeleteI wish you a Merry Christmas, and enjoy your time, sending big hugs,
Caty
I love your snow queen and thank you for linking with FFO. I will be posting it later tonight. Well my night. LOL I am cracking up about the hot falses and the car. That is a good one. Wonderful photos too. Stay warm over there.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nicole, that made me laugh, too! Too funny! Have a great day! Hugs!
DeleteAbsolutely stunning and beautifully designed projects ♥
ReplyDeleteThanks Annie, have a great day!
Deleteyour photos are amazing
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathy, have a great day!
DeleteCudowne zdjęcia a piesek jest śliczny :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
DeleteYour Snow Queen is lovely and what a delightful variety of photos ~ gorgeous! Xo
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Thanks Carol, I wish you a happy weekend 😀💞🌹
DeleteLuv your wintery lady, Valerie.
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking to Art For Fun Friday.
Much💌love
Thanks Gillena, have a great weekend 😊❤️😊
DeleteI like your lady in blue with the beautiful green eyes. The snow looks nice but too cold for me.
ReplyDeleteIt's too cold for me, and makes my arthritis worse, but I have no choice!
DeleteGreat photos Valerie, and your snow queen is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHope this cold snap goes away soon, I don't like it much either. I fell over on the ice yesterday and hurt my knee :-(
Alison, I am so sorry, that must be very painful. Look after yourself and have a great weekend, hugs!
DeleteIt looks as though it's cold where you are too though the view is delightful. It's just been frosty where we are but never known it stay for so long. I always love to see your gorgeous ladies and this one is just as beautiful. I hope you are well now and manage to keep warm. Sending hugs, Angela xXx
ReplyDeleteThe view is really lovely, but I'll be happy when it's warmer. Have a great weekend, take care!
DeleteYou have a grand weekend.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandra, hugs!
DeleteOh Valerie, I love your artwork. Your Snow Queen is beautiful and so unique. I admire your talent. Your wrapping is beautiful for each special celebration. Love them all. We too are experiencing cold and now a light snow and some frost. Your Photographs capture the upside of winter ... that being the beauty of the frost and snow on Natures landscape. However the cold certainly isn't fun and I do hope you have things to bundle up in. I always look forward to your Thinkies and Funnies ... I don't know where you gather them from, but you always hit a home run with them. Be warm and stay well, Valerie ...
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Thanks Andrea, glad you.like the snow queen. It seems to be cold everywhere just now, I wear my warm hoodies and padded coat and that keeps me warm outside. I'm always on the lookout for thinkies and funnies! Stay safe and warm and enjoy your weekend! Hugs!
DeleteI do like your snow queen and your snowy pictures.
ReplyDeleteIt has been very cold in the UK too, although I think we will have a change in the weather from Sunday ... wind and rain!!!
Keep warm and have a good weekend.
All the best Jan
Thanks Jan, I think we are all having the same weather just now!
Deletelovely post, I like the snowy trees and the little dog who'se a got a little 'horse' :) I dropped by from Rains art date :)
ReplyDeleteHi Betty, nice to meet you! Hugs!
DeleteYour snow queen lady is prettiest (in my humble opinion) lady of yours that I have seen. She is spectacular! And your snow photos are lovely. Snow is very beautiful, and I love how it transforms the world. But I'm enjoying it more looking out the windows these days. The packages with the deer gift wrap and the twine, rosemary, and cones are really pretty. Such a great post, Valerie!
ReplyDeleteThanks Louise. The older I get the more I like to look at snow from the inside, too! Glad you like my snow lady! Have a great weekend! Hugs!
DeleteYour Snow Queen is beautiful Valerie! ♥
ReplyDeleteBy the way, that Anonymous comment above is me Rain, I'm having issues with Blogger today! ♥
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