Thursday, 1 June 2023

New Challenge at Art Journal Journey - All About Numbers

Hi Everybody!

Today we are starting a new challenge at AJJ and this time the lovely Matilde  of Craftowanie is our hostess. Her theme is All about numbers, so please look at the AJJ blog to find out more about it. Welcome Martina, and enjoy your month with us!

I have a hybrid piece today, a mix of painting, photos and some digital elements:



Some funnies / thinkies:






And some photos from my little world:






Sorry David, the Canada geese are having a rest today! But I have some beautiful Nile Geese:




And a lovely duck:



I love wtaching the sheep on the meadows along the Rhine:








I am also linking to Nicole's FFO and
Gillena's AFFF

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

63 comments:

  1. Your collage is great! I love the combination of all these elements 😊 And beautiful photos of flowers and sheeps! Have a nice day!

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  2. Hi Val, good morning. You are up early today. Just got the kids off to school, so now I can have a quiet breakfast before I tackle my work! I LOVE your fabulous page, you have packed so many details into it, and the colours are lovely. Have a nice day, take care, hugs, Sarah

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  3. Yours is the fourth blog I've visited today that has a butterfly. I really like the flowers and the numbers that are subtle. You have given us a great first entry for Matilde's theme at AJJ.

    I especially liked your thinkies and funnies this time. And that last photo of the sheep. that looks like a very pregnant mother to be.

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  4. The Annual 61 day ICAD begins today too! My, those Nile Geese are positively elegant. Why, they are even poised as if fresh from drawings of ancient Egypt! Hugs, Deb

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    1. Tha Nile Geese really look Egyptian, I love them!

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  5. What a lovely page for June. The garden is amazing and I like the eye just peeking through. 👍. And all the sheep. Here Iceland there are many sheep including lots of adorable little lambs. They are running and jumping in the green fields. And mostly
    Twins too. I wonder how that happens or so sheep often give birth to twins? I don’t know. Happy June to you Valerie. Have a wonderful
    Start to the month hugs Erila

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  6. Eine so romantische Journal Seite , gefällt mir sehr gut und die Fotos von den Tieren sind so schön!!!
    Hab einen schönen Tag ersten Junitag, lieben Gruss Elke

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  7. What a fabulous page Valerie! I love the thinkies, definitely some ringing a bell here! As ever you camera has captured some real beauty in the flowers and sheep. I hope things are going well for you, hugs, Chrisx

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  8. Fabulous and colourful page Valerie. Great photos and funnies. I hope you are feeling better, take care, hugs Wendy.

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  9. Good morning, Valerie. Your numbers are very carefully situated as to be almost camouflaged, so I think it's very interesting that you incorporated the theme in this manner. It's a reflection of nature in a vague sort of way. Speaking of nature, I have to say that your Nile Geese are very handsome indeed, and quite welcome this morning instead of the normal array of Canada Geese. As long as we know who is superior, that's all that counts. I am quite sure the Canada Geese are magnanimous and willing to let the others have a moment of glory. Surely one of the true signs of spring is the appearance of little lambs, and don't they just look sweet? I bet every cell phone that passed by was whipped out for a photograph or two. Who can resist? I hope you are well and feeling a little spry this morning. Meet Heike for a coffee, discuss the affairs of the world and put them all in order, and we will all be thankful. Hugs and kisses - David

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    1. I love the lambs, so pretty. Glad you acknowledge the lovely Nile geese, too! Just a short comment today, my friend Sabine visited me and we had a full day, good food and drink, and now I am flat out! More tomorrow, hugs, xxxxxxxxxxxx

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  10. Beautiful page love the age thinkie. The photos are lovely

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  11. Good morning, great post the sheep are my favorite

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  12. Your page reminds me of a secret garden. So pretty. Awww, the little black lambie is so cute. Enjoy your day

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  13. Sheep always seem so peaceful and idyllic. Your photos make them look really clean and beautiful, though I don’t think they are in reality very clean. It’s great that your environment is so full of flowers. Our neighborhood is also full of flowers now — but that doesn't really last all summer.
    best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks Mae. Sometimes the sheep are a bit sh*tty, but this time they were really clean! Have a great day, hugs!

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  14. I always love your post. Really enjoyed the sayings today. Your art and photography is amazing.

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  15. Fabulous hybrid page and love all the pics
    Carol x

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  16. Look at that little black lamb! Your piece is beautiful. Loved the memes, particularly the lunatic asylum. Hugs Sandra sandracox.blogspot.com

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  17. Beautiful art.
    Great memes, especially the lunatic asylum.
    Wonderful selection of photographs.

    Have a happy month of June.

    All the best Jan

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  18. Beautiful page💐☺️
    I like the colors , birds and flowers
    Congrats
    Happy day

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  19. The quotes are so on point today! Especially the one about pretending to be NORMAL, as well as the one about "this planet as a lunatic asylum." Ha ha

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  20. ...Valerie, you have a wonderful post today. The sheep and your humorous sayings are my favorites. Enjoy your weekend.

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    1. I love those sheep, it''s great to be able to get so near to them!

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  21. Hello Valerie, hope you've had a nice start to the month. A very dream-like page, the numbers aren't immediately seen. I don't blame you being partial to the sheep. XOX

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    1. Thanks Aimeslee, I hope you are having a restful weekend! Hugs!

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  22. Your artwork is once again fabulous! I just LOVE this creation! I'm also fond of that vivid richly colored purple flower too, just GORGEOUS! TFS all these photos and funnies, your blog is always such a fun stop in blogland :)

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    1. Thanks Carol. There are so man ywonderul flowers and trees flowering, it's a pleasure to see them! Enjoy your weekend! Hugs!

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  23. Your art looks like a flower garden. Love that cute cherub statue.

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    1. Thanks so much. Th cherub is always on my window sill!

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  24. Gorgeous art work, just love it and the sentiments are definitely smile worthy or did I mean grin worthy, anyway I love them. Happy creative weekend. Hugs, Angela xXx

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    1. Gad you liked it all! Happy weekend! Hugs!

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  25. Fantastic thinkies, photos, and art. Happy Friday Valerie. Thanks for linlikg to AFFF

    Much💖love

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  26. I really love the art today. I also like all of the funnies. Your photos are just amazing. I have always want a lamb for a pet. LOL Thank you for sharining with FFO and have a wonderful weekend.

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  27. Beautiful art and photography, and I enjoyed the memes Valerie.

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  28. Always a treat to stop by at your lovely blog, Valerie.
    Love the thinkies. Keep them coming!

    Hugs and blessings

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  29. That's a lovely page. And thank you for the sheep and the lunatic asylum, both of which I loved!

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  30. Your hybrid piece has a light cheeriness about it except the look on the face belies cheeriness . And do we not all pretend to be normal ... whatever normal means to any of us :) Your Funnies and Thinkies are profound this week. I love the one about the lunatic asylum ... where on earth do you find these. You must have a secret source :) Your photography is wonderful and I love the sheep and especially the little black sheep who will spend his life reminding people who and who is not a black sheep in their family :) And I can't end without mentioning the beautiful Nile geese ... I suppose we have thought the Canada Geese beautiful until we saw this beautiful Nile Goose ... everything is relative, right? Happy summer days to you, Valerie ...

    Andrea @ From the Sol

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  31. Great photos as usual and some fab funnies.
    I love your hybrid piece, I do like how you put things together - in particular the flower in the place of the eye. Very artistic and full of lovely images and colour.
    Hugs, Neet xx

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  32. Hi Valerie! What a beautiful hybrid page! I love your flowers and birds, the face in the background, and the way you used numbers! It's gorgeous!!! And your funnies really made me chuckle this morning. My fav - the last one about my mind thinking I'm 29! LOLOL!!! Thanks for the giggles. Your photos are absolutely amazing. I love the flowers, the red chili peppers, the geese, the duck, the adorable sheep, and your angels! WOW! I so enjoy your blog!! Thank you. Hugs, Sharon

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