September 1st - autumn is coming nearer

Hi Everybody!

Here's wishing you all a great September.

I have an autumn tag to share today, which I am linking to Simon Monday Challenge,  fall/autumn. I used a scrap of painted paper to make the background, which was then sewn onto some gold corrugated card. I added leaves picked up on my walks - we already have lots of brown ones due to the hot summer - and glazed and glittered them. I added more scraps and some mini fabric leaves and found feathers. The image is from TH, the broom is from my stash. Is the broom to sweep up the leaves or to remind us that it's not long till Halloween now?

Tomorrow is Elizabeth's 2nd on the 2nd, so here are 2 paintings made three years back. The first was inspired by Van Gogh, with 2 of my fave figures placed in the picture:

And this one was an attempt to copy a Modigliani portrait:

The photos were taken on a walk at the same time as the above paintings were made:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Facing up to time

Hi Everybody!

Hope your week is going well - mine is going by too quickly again.

I have some more pages from my journal to share. The wood-nymph was made using water-colours, mermaid markers, Gelatos and blow pens to make the splatters. The stars were stenciled. I am linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin and to Simon Wednesday challenge, anything goes:

These pages were made using Gelatos, brush-pens, a stencil and some Jane Davenport washi tape. I made lots of such easy pages while it was so hot to keep myself occupied:

The tag is for Joan's time / clocks challenge at Tag Tuesday:

The photos were taken back in June, part of those I forgot to download. I always love these long-eared sheep, which move along the Rhine grazing. It must be difficult for them just now as the grass is all burnt brown and yellow from the big heat:

These photos were taken on a walk between the Altstadt of Düsseldorf and the Yacht Harbour:

This is a snack-bar boat, selling kebabs:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T stands for Time / Clocks

Hi Everybody!

Hope your weekend was good - have a great week!

G and I visited a friend who was feeling poorly yesterday. After that we went for a walk in the woods, which was great. Walking under trees is always something very special.

On Tuesday we are beginning a new challenge at 

Tag Tuesday

Our theme has been chosen by the lovely Joan, and it is

⏰Time /Clocks.⌚

Tags of all formats are all allowed, and I hope to see lots of people joining in again. I made a large tag using  scrap card from some packaging. The background was stenciled with some time/steampunk motives using old paper DI. The stamps used are from Paper Artsy.  The sentiment is from TH:

Today is also time for Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so here a warm welcome to all of the lovely ladies of the T Gang. My drink is, as almost always, cappuccino, served with lemon cake:

This is the wonderful painting Jeanie made of my cappuccino, isn't it fantastic?

Yesterday we went walking in the woods in Duisburg, a neighbouring town where H lives. A local artist, Regina Bartholome, created these wooden statues:

The path through the woods leads up to an open air chapel in a clearing:

The text says, 'praise the Lord, all who have breath'. Services are held here on a regular basis:

Then we walked further :

This is a spring, which is unfortunately almost completely dried up as there has been almost no rain these past months. Usually it flows away down the hill:

I love the log piles, and am sure they make a great home for many small insects and animals:

And I got the feeling that this tree was watching me:

We saw some toadstools, too, but I think they, too, need more rain and moisture to grow properly:

 On Friday evening we had a wonderful moon:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!