Monday this and that

Hi Everybody!

Hope your weekend was good, have a great start in the new week.

I did a lot of housew**k today, as some long lost relations are coming

to visit me tomorrow, and I didn't want things to be as messy 

as they sometimes are....

And I baked some cookies, so I was busy.

For Art Journal Journey, Gill's lovely theme of Nature's wonders,

I have a hybrid piece. The background is from Gecko Galz, and I added a butterfly, some colour and some paper scraps and crackle to give more interest. Then I digitally added the photo of the young crow that I took recently:

And I have some more photos from my walk along the Rhine last week. Here I am looking back towards the Altstadt and bridges of Düsseldorf, you can see the wonky Church spire and the Post Office Tower in the background, and some of the party and restaurant ships.

This is taken looking towards where I live, which is not yet in sight - there's still a long way to go:

I loved these rusty pylons where ships can dock:

This ship is named after Heinrich Heine, the great German poet who was born in Düsseldorf's Altstadt. We also have an Avenue and a university named after him. But he left Germany to live in France, can't say I blame him....

This is the Yacht Club, there are lots of nice boats moored here. But my fave has to be the boat selling Döner (Kebabs)

I took a short cut through the North Park, as it is less far to walk that way than along the Rhine, and it was looking more and more like rain....

I used to work near here, so it was nice to have a quick visit:

After that I walked as quickly as I could over the last couple of miles, and just 

got back as the rain started.

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

I want to be under the sea....

Hi Everyone!

For Art Journal Journey, nature's wonders, I have an underwater scene, made with some children's stencils, stamping, drawing and doodling. I used black ink and gelatos on a painted and textured background. I found the whole piece a bit pale, so added a digital mask and a few extras:

This was before the digital treatment:

While I was out and about last Thursday I visited an old cemetery near the Rhine. There are lots of familiar names there, many streets and places here are named after them:

Love the snake and dragonfly on this one:

This is the grave of a sculptor:

I wonder how the angel lost it's head?

And to get back to fluffy, living creatures, here are some more pics of the duck and ducklings I showed last week - they have grown, but there are now only six little ones....

And a wave from the cormorant:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Moon, Stars and a long walk home

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend, have a good one!

For Art Journal Journey, nature's wonders, and Moo Mania and More, moon, I have another journal page. I made a hybrid page, using one of my moon paintings, made a couple of years back when we had a huge and wonderful blood moon, a mask and a quote.  I am also linking to Paint Party Friday:

This is the original textured and painted canvas:

On Thursday we had a day with lots of clouds, wind, and later rain. I went out rather early, as I needed to change some tickets in Düsseldorf's Altstadt. I went on the tram, and when I was done, I decided to walk around a bit and then walk home.

This is the 'Kunsthalle', an Art Museum:

A pavement relief showing a plan of the old town and the walls,as it was in the 16th/17th century:

'Fundort' means the spot where they found a piece of the old wall:

And here it is:

I suppose this is art, too, but I wouldn't like to live opposite it!

I crossed the road leading to a large park, 'Hofgarten' (court garden). Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was music director in Düsseldorf in the 19th century:

There were lots of birds, ducks and geese on the ponds:

And I loved these flowers growing in the park:

I walked all the way home, following devious routes, 

and then along the Rhine, and will show the rest of the photos bit by bit!

Have a great day, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!