Mum's the Word

Hi Everybody!

I'm happy to say that the bitter cold weather here has come to an end, and yesterday and today we have had mild temps. It was great to go out for a walk again without freezing.

At TIOT we are starting a new challenge on Tuesday -

👧Mum's the word👧

As always, projects of all formats are welcome, and you have 2 weeks to link to us. I made a hybrid piece using a picture of my Mum taken when she was 2 years old, back in 1918. The clock symbolizes the passing of time, and birds, flowers and butterflies were always things she loved. I have used elements from Serif and me:

Today is also Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday party, so here a warm welcome to all of the nice ladies of the T Gang. Yesterday afternoon my buddy G came over. I baked a crumble filled with home-made strawberry jam and topped with almonds, and it was delicious.

G brought me some beautiful coffee cups which had belonged to his mother, and we enjoyed drinking our cappuccino from them:

After we had fortified ourselves with enough food and drink we went for a walk. The little lakes nearby were all still frozen:

Here a patch is starting to thaw out:

Loved this little hamamelis tree:

(Spell-checker suggested 'shameless' instead of hamamelis!)

Then we saw this huge formation of cranes returning from their winter migration. They timed it perfectly to arrive on the first warmer day. I didn't have time to focus, all I could do was point and shoot - there must have been 200 birds in the formation:

 Here I enlarged a part so you can see them better:

We saw several pieces of furniture by the roadside, waiting for the old household-goods collection today:

And then G treated us to chips (fries) and sausage with curry sauce at the Berliner Imbiss, a snack bar. Just yummy.....

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Green

Hi Everybody!

March did not get off to a good start here, with icy temperatures, deep-frozen nights, slippery paths and a load of snow which came down in the night from Thursday to Friday. But today it seems to be a little milder, so I'm hoping that the weather prophets are right and that spring will soon be here to stay. At least it's green outside again today. And green is also the optional colour for our new theme at More Mixed Media, which always begins on the 5th of the month. All mixed media formats are welcome, and the green is optional. I made an A3 mixed media page. The background was brayered with a mix of gesso, pink and green and stamped into while wet with a flourish stamp. The dots were added using a Seth Apter stencil to sponge the colours through. The butterflies and magnolias were part of a stencil applied with acrylic medium. I sewed the edges with green thread using the machine, and then hand-sewed the green net to the butterflies. The quote was computer generated, and is the beautiful Irish blessing. Some self-adhesive lace from the discount shop finished it off. I am also linking to Simon Monday Challenge, in the garden, and Simon Wednesday challenge, anything goes.

Today we had a beautiful sunrise again, the little clouds just added to the charm:

But yesterday was a different kettle of fish - I woke up to this:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

March mix

Hi Everybody!

Here's wishing you a good start in the new month, and I hope that it will be warmer than our icy February.

Today I am sharing an A3 mixed media piece. The BG was brayered with acrylics. The face was drawn and doodled, and some parts were coloured with a green china ink pen to represent the hope that the green shoots of spring will soon be sprouting everywhere.

I am linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted as always by Eva and Kristin, and to Simon Monday challenge, in my garden, and to Simon Wednesday Challenge, anything goes.

Tomorrow is Elizabeth's 2nd on the 2nd, so I am re-showing an A3 journal page

made back in 2014 - time flies!

On Sunday we passed by this installation on a hill near here. Some brave people were walking on it in spite of the icy winds - I decided to go back when the weather is more clement! The sculpture, 'Tiger and Turtle' is by Ulrich Genth and Heike Mutter. You can read more about it here

The cold, clear weather has given us some wonderful views of the sunrise and the moon:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!