In school uniform

Hi Everybody!

Hope your week is going well! Susi flew back home again today, I will miss her very much! But we had a great week, with wonderful weather,and I am looking forward to the next time when we can get together! 

For Art Journal Journey, Elizabeth's lovely theme of 'back to school'

I have a piece made with photos from my school days. The photo was taken with my two best female friends during break. (It was an all girls school) We always had to wear school uniform, and on our way to and from school we had to wear a hat, too - a straw boater in summer and a velour hat in winter.... This must have been taken in September, because until the end of September we were allowed to wear summer or winter uniform. The two teachers with us on  the photo were both wonderful ladies, who really cared about us.

And here are the last 2 weeks' tags for Tag Tuesday-

Paper dolls:

 Children's games:

Yesterday we visited Schloss Kalkum, and this time there were 2 ghosts in the chapel:

The ducks and geese were happy as always:

The Egyptian (Nile) goose mother was watching over her goslings, who are now almost fully grown:

Some of them looked really scruffy while waiting for their adult feathers:

The castle is being renovated, which was long overdue:

And somehow we once again ended up at a restaurant for refreshing drinks and a good meal:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

School photos

Hi Everybody!

Hope your week is going well!

We had fun again yesterday and  today, but the time has flown by, and Susi goes home again tomorrow - all good things must come to an end!

For Art Journal Journey, Back to School, I have another

hybrid piece, using a fun background and an image from Gecko Galz which I masked with a filter. My fave part is the quote, I just love it!

Yesterday we went by tram and bus to Grafenberg, a wooded and hilly part of Düsseldorf. First we discovered this spring:

Then we climbed up and up.....

Till we got to the top and were able to enjoy the view over Düsseldorf:

We headed for the 'Wildpark' - a nature reserve in the woods where you can find deer, mouflons, (wild sheep)  boars, wild cats, owls, bees, and much,  much more. The boars did not show themselves, so we had to be contented with riding on this one:

We saw various sorts of deer:

The 'bambis' were very sweet, and enjoyed being fed by the visitors:

The wild cat was having a midday sleep in her enclosure:

There are lots more photos which I will show another time. Suffice to say that the way home was interrupted by visits to restaurants and the ice parlour....

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T stands for totally too much of everything and enjoying it.

Hi Everybody!

This Tuesday we are starting a new challenge at TIOT - 

Coffee and Cream

Or your choice of 2 colours. As always, projects of all formats are

allowed, and you have 2 weeks to link your creations to us.

We are looking forward to seeing YOU there.

I made a hybrid piece, and used the colours as my theme - as some of you may have noticed by now, I love my coffee!

Today is also T stands for Tuesday over at Elizabeth's place,

so I would like to welcome all of the lovely ladies from the T Gang, and of course, anyone else who drops in!

This week Susi is staying with me, so we have been eating and drinking 

a lot in various cafes and restaurants. Yesterday there were various festivities and Fetes going on in our little town, the weather was fantastic, and we wandered around, first to the books and then to all the stands and booths where they were selling delicious food and drinks, and felt sort of obliged to try lots of different things - we were just wanting to support all the local enterprises!

The book market:

The coffee bike - how wonderful is that!?

Lots going on in Market Square:

Happy faces everywhere:

Juicy sausages:

Waffles:

Pro secco with grenadine and strawberries:

Hot rhythms from 2 bands:

Ice-cream dreams:

And of course, gallons of coffee:

It was a wonderful day!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!