Tiptoe through the tulips

Hi Everybody!

I'm looking forward to the long Easter weekend here,

and plan on catching up on sleep, lots of feet-up time

and some nice walks, weather permitting.

Hope you all enjoy your weekend, too.

For Paint Party Friday and Art Journal Journey, 
Hazel's  lovely 'magical mystery tour' theme
I have an A3 mixed media piece on a 

painted and textured background, made last

week at art group. I used a paper napkin for the tulips,

which didn't show up well because of the dark

background, so I coloured them with pastel chalks,

which is always a satisfying job:

This wonderful encaustic abstract was given me by another participant

in the group, and I love the wonderful colours and

movement in this piece:

Here are the last photos from my visit to the Altstadt last Saturday -

here you can see the carts being driven off:

A few steps further a group was playing

good music:

The heads are up on the courts here:

And the Otto Dix exhibition is still going strong

at K21:

These trees are here on the street where I live:

Love the two different colours on this one:

We had great sun-rise scenes every day:

Saw these little critters sitting on the step today:

Have a great day, take care

and thanks a lot for coming by

Who's eating the flowers?

Hi Everybody!

The week is flying by again, and I never seem to get

everything done that  I would like to do, but I suppose

that's what tomorrows are for.

I made a mixed media spread in my 2nd new journal. The background 

was made with a piece of marbled paper made

some time back. I added Banksy's little girl with the

balloon using a stencil from Stencilry. org.  The quote 

fits well to the image, and is really true.

The birds were drawn with felt pens.

I am linking to Art Journal Journey, Hazel's magical

mystery tour, and to Paint Party Friday

The mixed media tag made with recycled cardboard and scraps

 is meant for Tag Tuesday, things with wings

You have until next Monday evening to

link your creations to us, and Joan is offering

a lovely prize:

Last week while walking through the park of the Diakonie

I noticed this tree, surrounded by a chain and three

stones carved with Latin words -

jubilate, floreat and crescat  (rejoice, bloom, grow)

There's a date, too, (1887) perhaps when the tree was planted, but I

haven't yet found out why it was planted and decorated like this -

I will let you know when I have found the solution!

Love the colour of the blossoms:

The old cart hasn't fallen apart yet!

Another wonderful sunrise:

 Yesterday I went for a walk to the moated castle of

Schloss Kalkum with some friends.  We stood for some time and

watched this little nutria by the moat, as he held stalk after stalk in 

his front paws and nibbled off the flowers, so pretty.

He was not at all concerned that we were standing there watching him:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T stands for Tuesday, TIOT and Tag Tuesday

Hi Everybody!

Tuesday is another day to celebrate all the Ts -

TIOT, Elizabeth's TSFT, and Tag Tuesday.

At TIOT we are starting a new challenge -

Add a Quote.

As always, projects of all formats are welcome,

and you have 2 weeks to link your creations.

Hope to see YOU there!

I made a mixed media tag, using a napkin on a gessoed and

collaged background.  The clock was added with a stencil

(LaBlanche). I added some Frantage EP to add texture, a

computer generated quote, and sewed the tag to a 

coordinating backing. The embellishments were added

using silicone glue.

Today is half time at our challenge at Tag Tuesday, I have a tag 

made from recycled and inked cardboard. I dipped the tag in Utee, 

and stamped into it while it was hot. I added some recycled paper scraps

and some textile flowers. The wings are die-cuts from LaBlanche.

I added a little bit of 'nature' to round it off. Hope you find time to join 

us in the coming week!

At Elizabeth's blog we meet every Tuesday to share our drinks

and more. I hope the link will be possible today, poor Elizabeth

is having big problems with her blog.

On Saturday I met up with some friends in the Altstadt. We started

with coffee and cake. I chose this marzipan and cherry jelly tartlet:

The others took 'Bienenstich' , a cake with vanilla pudding and

caremelised almonds:

And our drink was coffee:

The Altstadt was full of visitors. We enjoyed looking at

these little carts, which can drive 90 kilometers an hour:

There were thousands of people at the restaurants and cafes

along the Rhine, I would not have enjoyed sitting there:

I love these figures on the advertising columns:

Lots of Easter decorations in the shop windows:

How much is that doggy in the window?

The Tour de France will be starting here in the Altstadt:

And last but not least, another drink:

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!