Autumn weather

Hi Everybody!

For Art Journal Journey, Indian summer,  I have another hybrid/ mixed media piece. I used a painted, stamped and dripped background, and added the man as an image transfer with mod-podge. The bird on the branch is a photo, the other leaves and splatters were added digitally.

 Some mornings were sunny:

 Others misty:

The weather has been cold, but with a mix of clouds and sunshine:

Hope the sun shines for you today!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Scary and spooky

Hi Everybody!

Today we are starting a new challenge at TIOT -

**Scary and spooky**

I hope you will all have some chilling thoughts to inspire you.

As always, you have 2 weeks to join us, and projects

of all formats are welcome.

I made a hybrid piece, with a painted background, an image from Gecko Galz

and  various digital add-ons. Would you

open the window and let them all in?:

I am also linking to Art Journal Journey, Indian summer.

 Today is also Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so I hope I

haven't scared off all my guests - help yourselves to coffee!

Recently I bought these three huge mugs, all new, for 1€ each at the thrift shop.

They are from the Starbucks' collectors edition. I looked them up on the net and saw  that they are selling for between 25 and 40€ a piece! I did think about selling them, but decided to keep them end enjoy my coffee from them.

This one shows Petra, in Jordan, a most wonderful place:

Here is the cedar of Lebanon:

The Sultanate of Oman:

It's still possible to drink coffee outside, well wrapped up and

with a blanket and cushion for extra warmth:

Here are the last photos of my trip to the Clemens-Sels-Museum in Neuss, they have lots of beautiful stained glass:

St Quirinus is the patron saint of the town, and there were lots of statues

of him:

This is his silver-gilt reliquary from the middle ages:

And this is the Quirinus Minster:

And this shop was next door to it:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Ancient and modern

Hi Everybody!

Here's wishing you all a good start in the new week!

For Art Journal Journey, Indian summer, I have a hybrid piece using one of my photos, taken last year in Kettwig, a little town not far from here, as the focal image.

These are the rest of the photos I took last week in town. The real reason for my outing was to see if a little lane, called 'Reichs Gasse', was still as I remembered it, or if it had been knocked down and 'modernised'. Much to my relief I found that this little lane, tucked between high-rise buildings, banks and insurances, was still intact. The farm buildings there date back to the 17th century, and I am happy to say that the family who owns them is intent on keeping them as they are:

After my journey back in time I made my way to the tram station, past

many large buildings:

That's all for today.

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!