Thursday 12 September 2024

Friday Post

Hi Everybody!

I seem to have lost the last week, I think I must have fallen down a hole like Alice, but didn't meet any rabbits or  drink tea! It was just a week to forget!

On Friday I will be linking to Nicole's FFO and Gillena's AFFF:

I'm starting off with photos of Heike taken today, we went out for a meal, which was, as you can see, very good. I brought half of mine home with me, so tomoroow's meal is ready and waiting! Here she seems to be very happy with her food:



And some more faces:


A quick piece made last week:



This is a very old one, the picture got stuck in the printer  and came out striped, I love it!


This was a self portrait made at least 10 years ago:









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

52 comments:

  1. Sounds like a wonderful time out. Love the street art. Huggs, Me.

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  2. Hi Val, nice to see you posting again. I miss your daily posts! This one is gorgeous as always. Love the self-portrait! Hugs from us all, Sarah

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  3. Love the art and beautiful self portrait-the meal looks delicious and such a lot !.
    Carol x

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    1. Thanks Carol! It was huge, and I will enjoy the rest tomorrow! 2 meals for the price of one! Hope you are doing well!

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  4. Great post Valerie, love the photos and good to know you are out and about and the story with the teacher, and your art work with those beautiful eyelashes...fabulous..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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    1. Thanks Chrissy, the story with the teacher is so important, especially just now! Hugs!

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  5. What a fun collection!! from peggy

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  6. I hope you keep feeling well enough to have lunch with your friend and then have the rest to take home!
    best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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    1. I hope so, too! I always take the leftovers home, much to good to waste!

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  7. So glad to read you were able to go out with your friend for a meal-wow that is a huge plate of food-looks delicious. always enjoy seeing your art and reading the funnies and memes hugs Kathy

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    1. Thanks Kathy, the food there is always wonderful! And huge portions, always enough for 2 days! Hugs!

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  8. My goodness, that is a plateful of food! Nice not to have to cook two days in a row.
    I love your face today, especially the funky eyelashes.
    It is biting cold here, I'm wrapped up in a bundle of blankets trying not to put the heat on!
    Have a good weekend! Hugs Deb

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    1. Hi Deb, it's cold here, too! 2 days ago I was sweating I Keep wrapped up1n a T shirt, today it was an anorak and pullover! My bedroom is cold, too! Keep wrapped up! Hugs!

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  9. Lovely to see this post from you.
    Pleased you have been out with Heike, the food looks great.
    I do like the eyelashes on the face you've shared, and I like your self-portrait too.
    Many thanks for the funnies.

    Have a good Friday and enjoy your weekend.

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

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  10. It sounds like you had a lovely meal out with Heiki, and it does look yummy. And I like you latest face and those long gold eyelashes. That one stuck in the printer did come out cool. It's always the accidents that lead to interesting art, isn't it? And I've never seen your self portrait before. Very nice. I hope you have a super Friday and weekend ahead. hugs-Erika

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    1. Thanks! Strange how accidents like that can be so good! I forgot all about my self portrait! Hugs, have a great weekend!

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  11. Good food with good friends. Even better when there are leftovers for an awesome meal the following day

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  12. Great post Valerie, nice to see you and Heiki out for a meal. Wonderful art work too. Have a great weekend.

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  13. Your meal looks delicious, I'm glad you had a great time out and about. Fabulous cats and faces 😊. Wishing you a very Happy Friday and weekend! Hugs, Jo x

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  14. Fantastic post. your girl with the eye detail is my favourite
    Thanks for linking to Art For Fun Friday

    much♡love

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  15. Good morning, Valerie: It’s very encouraging to see you out with Heike and to see Heike enjoying her meal with such obvious delight. Little wonder - it looks delicious. I very much enjoy the self-portrait from a few years ago. The piece about reading the story of Anne Frank is both poignant and disturbing. In this age of disinformation, and politicians who make a career from lying, and continue to do it with impunity, we have to be very vigilant. Aritificial intelligence is not going to help us in the battle either. Anti-semitism in general is spiking around the world, and other manifestations of the hatred one human group feels for another are evident everywhere. These are very perilous times. Stay well. Hugs and kisses - David

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    1. Oh yes, we are living in disturbing times, and it scares me. People seem to get more and more violent and intolerant, and I hope and pray that things will get better, but can't really believe it. Look after yourself dear David, big hugs xxxxxxxxxx

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  16. Liebe Valerie, ich bin heute stark hin- und hergerissen, was ich am liebsten mag: die entzückend "hingebrezelte" Katze? Die Geschichte mit der weisen Lehrerin, die ihre Schüler auf die Probe stellt? (Ich glaube, ich hätte herausgebrüllt, was ich gesehen habe, denn ich war schon immer so... ungeachtet der Probleme, die ich dann oft bekam.) Auch die "God is watching the apples"-Geschichte fand ich sehr unterhaltsam. Dein Bild, das mich an Jugendstil erinnert, gefällt mir sehr - überhaupt diese Wimpern! Und der Drucker hat sich ebenfalls als Künstler betätigt. Auf die Essensfotos reagiert mein Körper auch gerade heftig, ich sollte wohl etwas kochen...
    Alles Liebe und ein angenehmes Wochenende, Traude
    https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2024/09/calle-libre-festival-2024-und.html

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    1. Danke, liebe Traude, glad you enjoyed my selection. Sorry I'm not around much these days, I hope things will get better after the next stay in hospital! Hugs!

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  17. ...Valerie, your quick piece is a beauty, what lashes. Being a cat is a tough life!!! Take care and be well.

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    1. Thanks Tom. Cats and dogs are endangered these days!

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  18. What a wonderful post, filled with lots to see and think about. So glad you got out with Heike to dine together. I love your self portrait as well as the Anne Frank story.

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  19. Just love your food pics. Heike's dish looks great! Your faces (the art) look very nice.

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    1. The food at the restaurant is always good! Happy weekend!

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  20. Loved everything on your post today! "Take all you want of the cookies because God is watching the apples" is my favorite. I wish my "quick art" was even half of what you do. It is marvelous.

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    1. Oh yes, that is a wonderful idea. I will be thinking of it everytime I see some cookies!

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  21. Love the post! Smiled a lot.

    Hugs and Blessings

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  22. Hi Valerie Traude has sent me here to read your memes Love the Anne Frank meme It ties in with The third wave experiment. I had to laugh at the apple one. Very clever. I love your art. Especially the one you made last week Its beautiful. Great colours as well. That food looks delicious.

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  23. Wow! Since we have known each other through blogland, I have always been so impressed with you imagination and artistic creations. You are amazing. Ahhh that food looks soooo good. Great funnies but the story of Anne Frank well the meme is excellent. Thank you for sharing it all with FFO. Have a wonderful weekend.

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  24. Heike's food looks delicious! I'm glad that you are out and about again.
    The poortrait painting is lovely, I love those delicate eyelashes - such a wonderful idea. Your self portrait is lovely as well, I really like it. I also like all your funnies and memes, the God watching one is hilarious, but what really stuck with me was the Anne Frank one. So important in our current disturbing times when entire groups are blamed for everything, hate is stoked and people are being intimidated. It is really scary and I often wonder whether we will get ever overcome it. I sure hope so, but I'm torn between hope and doubt. Nevertheless - have a lovely weekend, Valerie. Hugs - Carola

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  25. Lots of thngs to love here but what I love most is that you are feeling better and that "better" means you were able to get out and have lunch with Heike! (And dinner today -- that's an enormous portion!) Keep on getting stronger!

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  26. Love your faces and that feather choker is clever. So glad you got to go out with Heike, who does look quite happy! XOX

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  27. Lunch with Heike sounded wonderful ~ good for the soul ~ lots of creative work here ~ favorite is the signature girl artwork ~ always divine ~ hugs,

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  28. Lovely artwork, pretty lady with the feather at her throat and what an exciting happening was that with the stuck printer. Great results, yes, I too like what happened.
    Some very good thinkies in here, definitely food for thought. Enjoyed all the additions to your post from when you went out with your friend. Hope this is a sign you are feeling a bit better.
    Hugs, Neet xx

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