Friday / weekend Post

Hi Everybody!

I had a busy week again so I am planning on taking the weekend off on my blog, which will hopefully give me lots of time for being creative!

I'm starting off with a  mixed media face I made this week. I know it's not to everyone's taste, but I enjoy doing things like this. I am linking to Nicole's FFO:

I started off with making a collage on the left side, which I toned down with some diluted gesso:

And I had fun:

I am linking to Matilde's 'what makes me happy' challenge at AJJ

This was one of the Kaleidoscope pieces inspired by Tiare Smith. The blue Stripes with heads are meant to represent the people in our lives who helped us, or were kind to us. There are lots of positive words written on the 'people'. This was a very meditative and fun piece to make:

I started off b painting the background with phytalo blue, onto which I dripped water to make some lighter spots. Then I added dots and circles with acrylic  pens:

And I have some more faces, which  are all connected to a postal theme. I am also linking to Gillena's AFF:

I love making stamp men:

This one is mock vintage, using a copy of a letter I have, and adding stamps and stamps if you know what I mean:

This one was made smilarly

And this was definitely my fave, and I still use the head for my avatar. She's pulling mental floss through her ears to clean out her head!

(Please don't try it!)

And this was the fun postage stamp which was my inspiration:

Some photos, funnies and thinkies:

Views from my balcony  and from the Rhine:

Today I had a doctor's appointment on König's Allee, the most expensive street in Düsseldorf  - not somewhere where I go shopping!  It was extremely hot and sultry, but at least every room at the doctor's was air conditioned, so my four hours thee were bearable. They had water dispensers everywhere, too. But I was stll very happy when it was time to go home:

A lot of building work is going on, and I liked the 'people' fences they errected:

That's all for today!

Have a great Friday and a great weekend, 

take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Flowers, birds and more

Hi Everybody!

I should have made this post last night, but I was so tired that I fell asleep in my chair and then crawled into bed! This morning I had to go to the dentist early, but it was nice to  be out before it got so blisteringly hot as it is now.

Today I have a tag for Pinky's challenge at Tag Tuesday. Thanks to Pinky and Sandra who are doing all of the work there just now. Pinky's challenge is flowers. I have 2 tags, one with flowers and birds:

And the other with a butterfly, flower-fairy and flowers:

I found a jar full of these flowers so was able to put them to good use here!

And I have more flowers! I made an A3 flower painting inspired by  Rachel Parker Varner:

And some David Zinns and a few funnies:

David has created fabulous illusions here:

Have a great day, take care,

And thanks a lot for coming by!

Monday /Tuesday post

 Hi Everybody!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

This bird was one of the pieces made in the Kaleidoscope taster sessions. The lesson was from Eulalia . My bird is a bit different, but I had fun making it. I hope David will be able to name it....

And this colourful piece was a colour excercise from Tam:

I am linking to Matilde's 'What makes me happy' challenge at AJJ.

This evening Elizabeth's TSFT will be starting, so I need some drinks to share:

On Saturday it was Heike's birthday, and she invited us to a wonderful restaurant by the Rhine in Düsseldorf. I chose grilled Salmon in a lovely  sauce, really heavenly. But I didn't take any pics of the delicious, hot chocolate sauce over a huge portion of vanilla ice-cream which we ate for dessert. My drink was water:

From the window we could look down at the river and the sheep grazing, and ships, large and small, swimming by:

Some funnies:

Pictures taken from about 4:30 am on Friday. I love watching sunrise and 

dawn:

Have a great day, take care,

And thanks a lot for  coming by!