Happy Easter Weekend

Hi Everybody!

Just a quickie to wish a

Happy Easter

to all who are celebrating  it.

I made an A3 mixed media piece on a painted and
textured background:

I am linking my hip hopper to Simon Monday challenge,

hip hop

Some photos of hungry Mr Blackbird, gathering food

to feed the littl'uns:

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

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!