Wednesday Post

Hi Everybody!

Today I have another quick face to share.

The lovely quote is from Winston Churchill.

I used a lumocolor permanent pen, Pitt pens and a 6B pencil

I made these tags to accompany some muffins I gave

to neighbours. I am linking to Tag Tuesday, 

anything goes. You have till next Monday at midnight

 to enter the challenge, and there will be a prize:

The rose was blooming in the hospital gardens:

A beautiful sunrise

Morning visitors waiting for me to fill

the feeder:

The gulls by the Rhine:

And these photos were taken on this day

one year ago - blue skies and no high water:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T stands for This and That

Hi Everybody!

On Tuesday we are starting a new challenge at TIOT

and our theme is

***Fire and Ice***
As always, you have 2 weeks to join us and projects
of all formats are allowed. Hope to see you linking your
creations to us!
I made a hybrid piece using one of my sunrise photos
that I love so much, framing it with white paint
and splatters to give my idea of
fire and ice:

Tuesday is also time for Elizabeth's

T stands for Tuesday party, so here a warm

welcome to all of the nice ladies of the

T Gang. I am offering some chocolate muffins -

help yourselves!

My drink is cappuccino - it would be nice to meet

up with you in the garden outside the

'Cafe Burghof' next to the castle ruins:

The weather just now is mild and wet. On Wednesday 

we have been promised temperatures of 15°C. 

I found several gardens with flowering or 

shortly to be flowering 

plants on my way to the Rhine:

The water has receded from the meadows:

There is still some water in the old moat:

The bridge over the stream has emerged again, but the 

water is still a couple of  meters higher than usual:

The boats are able to move again:

The jetty is still almost horizontal:

In contrast these photos taken 2 weeks ago when the water was lapping

against the town walls and my feet!

Flowers blooming in a flower box:

And a wonderful display of spring flowers

at the florist's:

Today I treated myself to a small bunch of tulips,
a little luxury to brighten a grey day:

Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!

Weekend this and that

Hi Everybody!

Hope your weekend is going well.

Today I am sharing a tag made for Tag Tuesday,

anything goes. I used some stamps which Sue sent 

me for my birthday/Christmas - thanks again Sue!

The set is from Dina Wakley,

and I like that the faces are not overly pretty and sweet.

The attributes stamps also show strong 

character traits -women don't need to

be meek and mild! I used some DP from LaBlanche 

for the background. The heads were stamped onto

scrap card, coloured with gelatos and

fussy cut. I sewed the tag onto some recycled

card to give it more stability.

We had a lovely sunrise this morning, and then the

sun disappeared behind the clouds and it looks

like it will be another grey day.

The big storm we had on Thursday, 'Friederike', 

was upgraded to a hurricane. It caused a huge amount

of damage and 7 people were killed. You can see 2 short

videos here.  The first one shows a plane landing on the

airport which I can see from my window, the second one 

a Porta-potty WC being blown by the storm along

a street full of cars. I'm glad I was able to stay

home on that day.

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

The loom of life

Hi Everybody!

For Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva & Kristin,

I have an A3 doodled face worked on a gessoed BG.

I used Pitt pens and a Staedtler Lumocolor

permanent pen. I used some b/w washi tapes and a

red feather as embellishments. I am also linking to

Simon Monday Challenge, birds of a feather

and Simon Wednesday Challenge, add a sentiment:

The photos are from this day one year ago.

Thanks to those who sent well wishes. My cough is

slowly getting better. Nights are still bad, but

I am hopeful to be 'back to normal' -

whatever that might be - ASAP.

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!