If I were a bear.

Hi Everybody!

The weekend has gone by very quickly. On Saturday I had a pyjama rest day, and today I got dressed and went out for a walk on my crutches. It was cold and frosty but sunny, so good to get out in the fresh air for an hour!

On Monday it will be back to Boot Camp/Rehab!

Today I have another hybrid page for Art Journal Journey, if you go down to the woods. I used a poem I wrote some years back for a little anthology of children's verse. The background is a photo taken from my balcony, and overlayed with script and 2 other digitally cut out photos, as well as Nat and Nora snuggling in their lair. I made 2 versions, one with the text and one without.

I slept better last night, for which I am very thankful, and when I woke up the sky was a rather greeny colour, and I enjoyed watching the sun chase away the mist and the thick frost on the fields.

I went out for a walk, and the ducks came fluttering by to get some bread:

Then I walked in the other direction to the tram-stop. Not usually a Sunday walk I would choose, but it was great to be out and about again!

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

In a cottage in the woods.....

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

I am enjoying a day of rest today, and I NEED it!

For Art Journal Journey, if you go down to the woods, I have 

another hybrid piece:

And here the other inhabitants of the cottage in the woods:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

It's weekend

Hi Everybody!

Hope your weekend is going well.

Today was a really hard day at the Boot Camp /Rehab, with 3 1/2 hours

of hard training. As a result, muscles that I never knew I had are

hurting! I am looking forward to some relaxing time over the weekend, 

and on Monday the training will be continued. It is very hard, but I

am hopeful that it will bring good results.

For Art Journal Journey, if you go down to the woods, I

have another hybrid bear piece:

I am happy to be back home where I can watch the sunrise from my window. Today started off beautifully, but then clouded over, and it snowed nearly all day, but didn't settle.

Have a great day you all, take care

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Friday This and That

Hi Everybody!

Hope your day is going well.

I have survived day 2 of the Boot Camp/Rehab, it was hard,

but hopefully worthwhile. And we had lentil and sausage soup for lunch,

and that was really good.

For Paint Party Friday, hosted as always by Eva and Kristin, and 99 Faces,

I have another Modigliani 'knock off''. It shows Max Jacob, a French painter and writer. He was of Jewish origin, but converted to Christianity at the beginning of the 20th century. He was one of the first friends Pablo Picasso made when he came to Paris, where they shared a room, and remained life-long friends. In 1936 he moved away from Paris, but was arrested in 1944 by the Gestapo and imprisoned. His brother and other family members were deported to Auschwitz and gassed on arrival. Max Jacob fell ill and died before he could be deported.

I placed the portrait, painted with water colours and pastels, onto a painted, stamped and textured background. The Hebrew lettering means 'Let us praise the Lord' - not for the awful things that happened to him and so many others, but for his talent and that his memory and work has not been eradicated.  'The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot' (Proverbs 10:7)

And on a more cheerful note, another visit  down in the woods, for 

Art Journal Journey.

 'Without darkness there's no light. Without night there is no day. And without love there is nothing at all...'Peter Sarstedt

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

What's going on in the woods today?

Hi Everybody!

The first day in the Rehab went well, but was very strenuous. At the beginning we had a talk from a young man about why we were there, and he radiated 

the enthusiasm of a snail in winter-sleep, but after that we got down to brass tacks, there were lots of examinations, tests to see what we could move, how far and how well etc, and on the basis of all that our training plans for the next days

will be compiled. The staff are all very friendly. The food was not exciting, but edible - more is not necessary!

For Art Journal Journey, if you go down to the woods, I have another hybrid page, once again with bears....

And some photos from Hösel Woods:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!