TGIF

Hi Everybody!

This week has gone by very quickly. After the stormy weather yesterday, today (Thursday) was cool and cloudy, but good to go walking. I enjoyed being at the Rhine for an hour, with lots of sit-down breaks in between, and was good to be out in the fresh, cool air.

For Paint Party Friday and Alison's challenge at AJJ I have an A3 mixed media journal page. On a textured background I collaged some napkin pieces and stenciled Lenny the lizard with structure paste. Lenny is another of the strange creatures that lives here in Balconia-by-the-Rhine. Lenny is a blue spotted dancing lizard, which dances through long grass to attract a partner. Most people have never seen these lizards, as they are very shy and keep to the  long grass which gives them some protection. They live off white and yellow flowers, greenflies and small slugs:

In the evenings I like watching the birds gathering in the tree behind our garden:

Yesterday evening some of them looked very bedraggled after the storm:

This morning started off well:

I visited the horses on the meadow as always:

I walked along the shore:

But why people have placed two seatless chairs on the path, I have no idea! What do you think?

People walking their dogs along the other side of the Rhine:

 Have a great day, take care,
and have a great weekend!

Rain's Thursday Art Date - Still life

 Hi Everybody!

Yesterday I had the OP at the Dentist's. The dental surgeon is a very pleasant and capable young lady. She and her assistant were dressed in protective clothing and looked like they were ready for a moon landing! I got lots of injections beforehand - not one, not two, not three - but a grand total of  13 altogether! That was the worst part! After the OP was finished I had to rest there for a bit before I came home, and then I spent the afternoon in bed listening to an audio book.  In 2 weeks I have to go back for a control visit. I'm happy it's over and done with. Thanks for all who sent good wishes!

We've had a wild storm here - Kirsten - and have been experiencing gales up to 120 kilometres an hour, but it seems to be quieting down now. Some places got lots of rain, too, but we had almost nothing again.

Rain's theme this week is still life. At school I wasn't a great fan of this theme, it was always so dry and uninteresting, but in the meantime I have learned to like it. The photos and artwork I am showing this week were made at various times and in various places.

This is a piece made with coloured pencils when I was a student, I wouldn't be able to do it as good as this any more:

A postcard:

An ink and water colour piece:

I don't remember when I made these:

I love this photo, it reminds me of harvest festival at school:

I made this a few years back using my fave boots, which in the meantime have unfortunately gone to the big home for old and worn-out boots up in the sky. I was inspired by several paintings of Vincent van Gogh, one of which I am showing underneath:

Various tags:

A magazine advert:

Some of my home baked things:

I like visiting coffee shops, too:

And this picture, a sort of tableau,  reminds me of a still life, too:

I always like to take pics of the flowers I get given or buy:

And this is a still life with plastic butts, made for a group exhibition some years back:

Clocks also make good still life objects:

And my fave still life is always my coffee:

Have a great day, take care

and thanks a lot for coming by!