Tuesday this and that again

Hi Everybody!

For Art Journal Journey, maps, I made another London piece, combining an old photo of the Houses of Parliament with a map and a face profile I drew.

Today is also Elizabeth's T Stands For Tuesday, so a big hello to all of the T Gang. I made a very quick page in my journal, which is now so fat that it gets harder and harder to take photos:

This beautiful cappuccino was served to me at the ice parlour:

There is always a biscuit served with it; these are the 2 different sorts which have been served lately . Did I manage to contain myself long enough to take photos? No, I opened the papers very carefully so that they still looked like new, and took photos of them when I got home!

And now even the sugar is in  new and arty packets:

Today it has been raining very heavily and I got soaked on my way home today. But on one day we did have a lovely sunrise:

There is always lovely fruit at the market:

The roses look almost too heavy for their stems:

 This morning started off cloudy and just got progressively worse:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Maps and More

Hi Everybody!

For Art Journal Journey, maps, I made a journal page after playing around with

a dragonfly stencil, a map stamp and a script stamp. Unfortunately it got splashed with water which made a few splotches, but that's life! The background was painted with blue and white metallics. I stamped the squares using  distress ink-pads stamped directly onto the paper, and the circles were made with a sponge. 

Yesterday started out sunny, but soon clouded over:

I enjoyed my walk to the supermarket:

The horses are on a meadow opposite the supermarket, and although it is directly under the flight path of the planes, it doesn't seem to worry them at all:

 

The little wayside chapel has been nicely restored:

This villa along the road is for sale. I will not be buying it, as I don't have the millions they are asking for it....

There are a lot of statues in the gardens and grounds:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

A peace map

Hi Everybody!

For Art Journal Journey, maps, I have another hybrid page. The background has been painted, dripped and glittered. The beautiful heart map is a free image which you can find here.

I added the text and the 'Shalom', which was cut from the piece of painted tyvek I showed on Friday.

Today was sunny/cloudy/windy, but stayed dry. Tomorrow we have been threatened with heavy rain again. The level of the Rhine has dropped a little, so I'm hoping it will keep going down.

I love this corner of the square by the Basilica:

The farmers were busy mowing the fields and baling the hay.

This always reminds me of my great Auntie Fanny. She once took me on a coach ride to a friend of hers who lived 'in the country'. I was very impatient, and kept asking when we would be out of London and in 'the country'. Then  I asked her how we would recognize 'the country'. She told me it would be green, so I 

answered that parks were green, too. Then she said, 'In the country they have haystacks'.  And sure enough, we saw some haystacks in a field and then we arrived at our destination!

There are always lots of boats chugging up and down the Rhine:

This name means 'With God's help', which is also the motto of Monaco.

And I was always thought Ben Nevis was in Scotland! It is in the Grampian  Mountains, and is the highest peak in Great Britain. I spent some time there when I was at school, taking part in an award challenge from the Duke of Edinburgh. Nice to see the mountain coming to me this time.

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!