Collage and fish

Hi Everybody!

Another week is flying by, and I am trying to catch

up with myself.

For Paint Party Friday I have a mixed media collage

made some weeks ago. A few months back I 

cleared out a lot of old journal pages and

paintings, some of which I cut into pieces and

re-used in other pictures. The BG was painted

and textured with a brayer. I added all of my bits and 

bobs and 2 figures cut from magazines,

who are wandering through the maze and

looking at everything. The face in the middle

seems to be watching the visitors....

I did lots of sewing to

hold it all together, and stenciled some diamonds 

over it to bring it together. I am also linking to

Simon Monday challenge, it's a stitch up:

Recently I visited the newly opened Aquazoo

in Düsseldorf. It was closed for renovations

for nearly  2 years, so it was great to visit the

refurbished museum this time. In the entryway we were 

greeted with a bust of  Theodor Löbbecke,

after whom the museum is named:

The museum follows  educational and recreational

purposes, and is very well laid out:

I loved the fossils:

There were lots of aquariums giving a glimpse into 

the under-water world, it was a bit like watching

TV but it was real, and everything was moving:

I loved the colourful jelly fish, too!

More photos to follow!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Music and rust

Hi Everybody!

For Tag Tuesday I have another hybrid tag. The 

background is a photo taken here looking along

 the Rhine. The other elements

were added digitally. The quote, is, of course,

from Shakespeare:

At the old steel-works in Duisburg I was wondering

what was interesting about this dark passage, 

until I went it:

You can look through windows right and left and see 

down into the old works. An old black and white film

shows scenes from the time when it was being

worked, and the rest is illumined by lights in bright

blue, red and green. It was rather spooky and very surreal:

Outside it seemed very grey after all the bright colours:

Spiders still seem to live there:

I loved the rusty, old machines, I'm sure Elizabeth

will love them, too!

And the old gasometer is now used as an indoor and 

inland diver's paradise - you can read more about it 

and see wonderful photos here:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Music, dancing shoes and hot coffee

Hi Everybody!

On Tuesday we are starting a new challenge at

Tag Tuesday.

This time our lovely Michele is hosting, and has

chosen music as her theme. As always, tags of all

formats are welcome, and you have 2 weeks to

join in the fun. And Michele has generously

offered a prize to one lucky participant, so 

pop on over to the blog and find out all about it!

I have a hybrid tag today, as I have been keeping my bed

warm these past few days:

For Chris' '101 ways to keep warm' at Art Journal

Journey I have another suggestion-

keep dancing! I wish I could still wear those lovely,

strappy shoes!

And I would like to remind you that you still have a week

to enter the 'Home, sweet home' challenge

at TIOT.

Hope to see you there!

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

a warm welcome to all of the nice ladies of

the T Gang.

 I have a 'pig's ear' on offer - flaky pastry baked with lots

of sugar and dipped in dark chocolate:

My drink is Cappuccino:

 Some more pictures from the old steel-works in Duisburg.

It was amazing walking through those cavernous halls

and trying to imagine what it must have been like

when it was being operated:

A chimney raven:

This is the spot where the giant sand castle stood in August:

It was eerie walking through these dark halls:

In this corridor there were windows looking down to the old

halls and machines, which were illuminated in bright colours -

more tomorrow!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!