Monday, 10 June 2024

What makes me happy # 6

Hi Everybody!

Hope you all had a good weekend, and I'm hoping we're all going to have a great week . Today I actually have something to share that isn't a face - can you believe it? Today I have a large canvas - 50 x 70 centimetres. I rescued it from a fate worse than death in the garbage, somebody had just put it out and I was there to rescue it. It had evidently been painted a few times in various colours, and then covered in stickers. I wiped it off, gave it a base layer of cream coloured paint, and then just had fun playing with colours, scribbling, not having to be careful not to smudge etc, and this was the result. I know it's not everybody's cup of tea or coffee, so don't feel bad if you don't like it! I am linking to Matilde's challenge at AJJ.







Heike was not feeling too bad today, so we went for lunch at our fave Pizerie. Heike had a lovely pizza and I had my usual penne with salmon in tomato-cream sauce, yummy! The weather was mild and we were able to sit outside:








I hope to get my next post up on Wednesday, I'm having to reduce my blog time for the time being.

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

48 comments:

  1. Lovely canvas and lunch sounds delicious! Good thinkies! -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com

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  2. Great canvas save and with the WTF maybe someone was too frustrated to continue with it? LOL The lunch setting looks so nice and so does Heike. So glad you both felt well enough to dine out. Have a great week ahead.

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    1. Oh dear, the WTF was me. I just felt like it! Have a great, new week!

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  3. It's a nice piece of abstract art and you have it perfectly accented with your chachkees surrounding it. If creating was cathartic for you then it was a gift, literally trash to treasure! Lunch photos are great and Heike looks fit and trim. Rest and take good care, xoxo

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    1. Thanks Aimeslee, it did me good and I like it! Have a great, new week! Hugs

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  4. Hi Val, good morning! I LOVE your canvas, really good. Great colours, too. I can see that you felt challenged and just had to paint it! Did you write wtf? Anyway, it's a fantastic piece. Have a good Monday, take care! Hugs, Sarah

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    1. Thanks , you know I love a challenge! And anyway, WTF! Hugs!

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  5. Actually, I LOVE it, what a fantastic save and the colours a bright and vibrant fabulous technique, love the silhouette men and the squiggles and sketchy lines..FABULOUS..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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    1. Thanks Chrissy, so happy you like it, thanks so much!.

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  6. Oh I like your canvas a lot Valerie. That was a great find, and a great way to recycle too.I bet it looks great on your wall.And you meal with Heike sounds delicious. Yum. Have a super T day, and let's hope it is a great week too. hugs-Erika

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    1. Thanks so much, glad you like it. I need to d something different from time to time! Have a great week! Hugs!

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  7. Wow! So colorful ! I do like it and so nice you could take something that was doomed and recreate it! Your Penne meal sounds delicious and enjoyed the funnies!

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    1. Thanks Judee. People always throw so much away, and I like re-creating. Have a great week, hugs!

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  8. Good morning, Frau Tups, Dumpster Diver par excellence. You are living proof that one person’s trash is another’s treasure. After all, who else would rescue an old canvas, already bedaubed and bearing the evidence of stickers, only to clean it up and daub it all over again? Who else would even see the possibility? Maybe a dog peed on it passing by to add pheremonal interest! The possibilities regarding the prior life of this artifact invite speculation of all kinds. But now it has been repurposed in the inimitable style of the Balconia-by-the-Rhine school of art (membership one, I think) and we are all invited to view its resurrection and renewed splendour and vigour. This whole episode is going to be my inspiration for the day, Valerie. By the way, it’s very good to see Heike once again, beaming and smile as only Heike can, with her trademark beer at her side. Recycling, renewal and Heike. Surely all is well with the world. Hugs and kisses (brand new) - David

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    1. Thanks David, you always make me smile, and that's something that does me good. It was good that we could get out again, and sit outside, I hope we can do it more often! Rescuing an old canvas and re-painting it is a challenge that I like. I have a few more canvases to repurpose, but they were given me by friends. It would be really good if all were well with our world, but we need t stay hopeful! Have a great day, take care! Hugs, xxxxxxx

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  9. How cool to rescue trash and turn it into art. Well done!

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  10. Great fun painting that piece. I also like the figurines next to it. Always pleasant to dine outdoors when the weather cooperates.

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    1. Thanks, it's always special to eat outside, just like a vacation!

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  11. mmm your penne sounds so good;)

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  12. Fabulous colourful canvas,I love the vibrant orange-great recycling.Your lunch sounds delicious and absolutely agree about with the next chapter of life lol.
    Carol x

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    1. Thanks Carol. I think we've always done so much, we now need to do just what we want and enjoy!

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  13. Mir gefällt dein "Rettungs-Werk" sogar richtig gut, liebe Valerie! Hast du toll gemacht!
    Schön, dass du dich auch mit deiner Freundin Heike beim Italiener trefen konntest. Und ja, ich bin ebenfalls so ein Tattoo-freier Ferrari ;-))
    Alles Liebe, Traude

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    1. Danke, liebe Rose. Und es freut mich dass du auch ein Ferrari bist! Dir eine schöne Woche, alles Liebe dir!

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  14. I love that you were able to be so free with your found canvas. Cool! The food sounds good, and I'd enjoy that outdoor seating

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    1. Thanks. If I paint on old cardboard or used canvases i can be much more free than if I'm working on expensive paper or whatever! It's bedtime here, so I'll say goodnight!

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  15. You do seem to be having fun, painting and going out to an al fresco lunch. Have a good week. I hope you have much better things to do than just write more blog posts.
    best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks Mae, I hope I get some fun time this week, that would be good!

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  16. I actually LOVE that canvas. It goes well in your home, too. I love abstract art and I can see why it makes you happy. It's a great addition to Matilde's theme at AJJ.

    Some of the memes were really funny. My favorite was the 1000 Islands.

    So good to see Heike with her adorable smile and her beer she and you like to drink. Your penne sounds wonderful, too. Thanks for sharing your art and your drinks and food with us for T this Tuesday, dear Valerie.

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    1. Thanks Elizabeth, glad you like it. Yes, the day when thousand islands work together would really be something! Have a great day, hugs.

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  17. Hi Valerie, loving the new art work. I'm with you I love anything with salmon, scrummy. Enjoyed the funnies too. Have a great week, hugs Angela xXx

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    1. If it's got salmon and tomato in it, it's mine! Have a great week! ❤️

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  18. I like the canvas the colours are wonderfully vibrant.
    Pleased you and Heike were able to go out, and lovely to sit outside too.
    Many thanks for the funnies.

    Sending my good wishes.

    All the best Jan
    https://thelowcarbdiabetic.blogspot.com/

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    1. Thanks Jan. In good weather we always sit outside, it's a bit like being on holiday!

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  19. Whenever you do that orange/blue combo, I am always wowed. I don't know WHY I never work in that combo when I love it so much. This piece is just wonderful, Valerie. A favorite. (And the funnies are great. Your lunch with Heike looks loads of fun and tasty, too!)

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    1. I love those colours very much. We were happy to be eating out again. Hugs!

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  20. Love your art work Valerie. it is very clever. Wonderful you were able to have lunch with Heike. Look after yourself.

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    1. Thanks so much, Sue, have a great week, hugs!

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  21. Hi VaL, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS VIBRANT PIECE, A REAL BEAUTY. Sorry, the caps lock was on! Here all is as always. I'm looking forward to the summer holidays! Have a nice day, hugs, Martha

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    1. Hi Martha, thanks so much. Have a lovely day!

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  22. Such beautiful art, I'm loving the colours and design - amazing! So lovely to go out to lunch with your friend too, your meals sound yummy 😊. Happy wishes! Hugs, Jo x

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  23. I love it. So glad you rescued the canvas and turned it into this piece of art. Such a lot of movement suggested by the colours you have incorporated and the silhouettes set it off perfectly. I hope this is displayed somewhere.
    Nice to see you and your friend out and enjoying yourselves..
    Great additions to your blogpost, some make me think and some make me smile.
    Have a great weekend and week to follow.
    Hugs, Neet xx

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    1. Thanks Neet, I like this painting, so it's staying in my living room. We try to get out a couple of times each week for meal and / or coffee and 🍰!

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