Trees, kings and snow

Hi Everybody!

This week is flying by again, I never know where

the time goes to.

Today is the second day of Christmas in Russia, so for
Art Journal Journey
I once again made a hybrid page combining photos with images. This is another view taken from my windows:

In the  Basilica here they were also celebrating the Feast of the Three Kings, and they were added to the manger scene. I lit some candles for some of my friends:

Today on my walk I was impressed by the fragile beauty of the leafless trees:

I altered the photo at Tuxpi and made these kaleidoscope pictures:

Then I digitally changed the colour of one of the photos and added

a face drawing I made. I saw the picture in a magazine and drew my version of her, and placed her digitally on the star background. I am linking to Wen's simply neutrals and 99 faces

And more beautiful branches:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Winter, gold and rust

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are having a good day. We had quite nice weather yesterday, not too cold, dry, and with a mix of blue sky, clouds and some sun.

For Art Journal Journey, winter wonderland I made a hybrid piece.

The Russian Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 6th.

The central image is from Gecko Galz.

Today is also the Feast Day of the Three Magi.

In Cologne Cathedral there is a beautiful golden shrine holding relics which are supposed to be from the 3 kings:

(Pictures courtesy of Wikpedia)

The theme at Tag Tuesday this week is 'Science'. 

I made a rusty robot tag.

And some photos from my walks:

More balcony visitors:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Tuesday this, that and the other

Hi Everybody!

Hope your week is going well. I went for a walk today,
and it was great to get out again, although the weather was
cold, wet and soggy.

Today we are beginning a new challenge at TIOT - numbers. Projects
of all formats are allowed, and you have 2 weeks to link up to us.
Hope to see you on our blog! I made a mixed media/hybrid piece using one of my heads - yes, I have several - and combining it with lots of numbers and a quote from Einstein. The background is a collaged piece, which I over-painted with gesso to lighten it a bit.

Today is T stands for Tuesday, hosted by Elizabeth and Bleubeard.

I altered one of the photos I showed yesterday, and placed my ubiquitous cup of cappuccino into it. Here's wishing a happy T Day to all the T-Gang.

For art journal journey I made another hybrid piece using a photo taken  in the fields at the back of the house here. I added some digital elements from Serif.

There was not much to take pictures of today, but here and there the sun did try to stick its nose out:

There was a huge swarm of tits feeding here this afternoon, and they drove away all other birds who came near:

Original and copy:

Frozen in time

Hi Everybody!

Hope you have a good start in the new week!

We had a cold and wet day here, so I was glad to be able to stay

home and rest. Hope your weekend was good, too. For Art Journal Journey, winter wonderland, I have another hybrid piece made from a painted background, a vintage clock-face and the view from my window by snow.

I am also linking to Moo Mania and More, anything goes.

The heron out fishing

Mrs Blackbird:

The starling hopping over for a snack:

And a tale of mobbing.  Mr Hawk was sitting around looking for dinner:

The crow was not amused:

A magpie joined in the fray:

And after being shouted at by the crow, the hawk decided to go someplace else for dinner:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!