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Monday 12 December 2016

Morning sunshine in a cup

Hi Everybody!

Today is Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday so I

would like to extend a warm welcome to all the

😉nice 😏ladies in the T gang.

At TIOT our theme is 'celebrations', and you still

have a week to join in!

My hybrid journal page for Art Journal Journey,

light and darkness, also fits the drinks theme

at Elizabeth's. I used a page overlay from Mischief circus. And as you surely know, my morning cup of sunshine is always coffee or cappuccino:

I love watching the daylight grow and the changing colours

of dawn and sunrise:

The crows always wait patiently for their breakfast:

I did a lot of baking this week. I've been practising for Christmas.

I don't celebrate Christmas or anything else for that matter,

I see no point in celebrating on my own,

but I do like baking!

This batch of oat cakes was made with mixed spice, ginger and raisins, which I 'disinfected' with some cognac:

The second batch had the same spices, but almond flakes instead of raisins.

And the squares are shortbread, yummy!

Help yourselves to what you fancy!

While I was walking along the Rhine 'Oxford' chugged by.

I looked long and hard, but neither Lewis nor Hathaway were on board:

This raven really cracked me up - it was fishing!

I have never seen a raven doing that before, it seems to be learning from the gulls and ducks:

If you would like to see the Christmas Market photos from yesterday just follow the link.

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Sunday 11 December 2016

A visit to the Christmas Market

Hi Everybody!

Hope you have a good start in the new week.

For Art Journal Journey, light and darkness, I have another

hybrid piece, for which I digitally combined a photo of the night sky, an old document, and a window frame and lantern. The moon and stars are from Mischief circus.

And I forgot to show my tag from last Tuesday, so here it is

as it fits very well to the theme:

Today I hopped onto the tram and went to Duisburg, a neighbouring town, to look at the Christmas Market there. The best thing for me were the delicious smells coming from the various booths.

I was there relatively early,so there were no crowds.

I am glad they didn't dress Nana up for Christmas:

There was even a skating rink:

I loved the silver trees:

I wasn't intending to eat anything, but on the way back

I smelt these delicious 'Reibekuchen' - potato cakes,

and had to eat a portion - yummy!

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Saturday 10 December 2016

More light than darkness

Hi Everybody!

For art journal journey, light and darkness, I have another hybrid/mixed media piece. The background was stenciled using diluted black paint over kraft paper.

The centre is a cut out photo of mine taken last year, and showing the church with the wonky spire and the tower in the Altstadt here. I changed the dreary background of the photo and used a photo made of the underside of a rusty tin. I added some grungy corners digitally (Serif). And if you want to know if the whole thing is meant not to be straight - well, I'm not telling....