At the Flea-Market

Hi Everybody!

We've been enjoying mild, springlike weather these past days, which is a great change to the icy weather we had till the beginning of March.

Yesterday I met up with G in the neighbouring town of Neuss and we visited a

flea-market which is situated in old train halls behind the main railway.

But first a little spring greeting:

 We had a great sunrise yesterday:

The old train-halls had high roofs, open wooden beams, whitewashed brick-walls and large windows, and were hung with crystal chandeliers, giving a rather surreal effect:

Smoking prohibited!

This was my fave booth:

And I fell in love with that HMV dog!

 There was also a cafe there, with very individual furnishings, but I will show that in my TSFT Post!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Happy Birthday PPF

Hi Everybody!

This Friday we are celebrating the 7th birthday of

Paint Party Friday

Congrats and thanks to Eva and Kristin for keeping it going so long!

I have altered an old piece to make my birthday greeting. This hybrid work has been made using figures I painted with the addition of some arty bits from Serif:

For Tag Tuesday I have a quick , digital tag for Wendy's spring flowers challenge:

And this is an A3 mixed media piece using napkins and stencils that I made together with the grandchildren of an ex-colleague. They had great fun pasting and getting sticky :

The warmer weather this week means I have been able to get out every day which was wonderful. The green bunnies have gone, now there are only yellow and white ones:

I always enjoy watching the gulls:

And I just enjoy wandering around our little town:

Beautiful morning scenes:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

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!