What's in your head?

Hi Everybody!

Hope your week is going well. Today has been very sunny, with blue skies - but very cold and windy. That didn't stop me from going back to Hofgarten this morning to visit the black swans again, and now there are 4 eggs in their nest. I am sure I will be visiting a lot in the coming weeks!

Today I am sharing another A3 mixed media piece made at art group some weeks back. The background was painted with acrylics in yellow, pink and blue and then textured by stamping into it while it was still wet. I drew my heads using my home-made stencils and then filled them with a collage of Jane Davenport tissues and some stenciled spots and  stars in bright colours. I stitched the edges and added my sentiment in the heart on the right hand side.

I am linking to Paint Party Friday and TIOT, use a stencil or 2.

A beautiful start to the day:

Working in an elevated position:

The king of the roost:

Afternoon walks:

Getting tied up in knots:

A dandelion clock:

Blossoms galore:

Morning gymnastics:

Resting:

Her partner kept bringing food, and they communicated with each other in soft squeaks:

Here they worked together to turn the eggs and clean the nest:

I will keep you updated on the progress.

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T sTands for black swans nesTing

Hi Everybody!

I'm pleased to say that we had a sunny and pleasant weekend here. We have been promised colder and wet weather this week, but  I think we just need to enjoy the good weather when we have it. I go out walking in all weathers - unless it's icy underfoot - and always enjoy my long walks along the Rhine and through the countryside. Last week I walked a total of 117 kilometers, which is quite good at my age.

On Tuesday we are starting a new challenge at Tag Tuesday and this time Sandie is hosting and her theme is 'anything industrial'. She has created 2 lovely tags for the TT blog to give you inspiration. I made some hybrid tags, as my fingers are not up to cutting and pasting just now. The first one has been made using elements from Mischief Circus, Serif and me:

Tuesday is also time for Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday gathering, so a warm welcome to all of the 'tea ladies'  who visit here. I have a selection of fitting photos today:

These HUGE cups and saucers are  for putting plants in:

Something more spring-like:

This time I drank my coffee at the other side of the square at the baker's:

And back at my usual haunt - the menu-card has a photo of the 'green man' from the fountain:

Yesterday I visited  my friend Nelya who lives on the other Rhine-side and we took our coffee at 'Dulce' after a long walk over the bridge and through Hofgarten Park:

I enjoyed seeing the shops in Oberkassel, where I used to live:

We used to buy flowers from this shop:

I loved the decorations at the optician's:

Walking over the bridge:

The fish market is being held on the car-park:

 I always love to visit Hofgarten:

This time we were lucky to see a black swan sitting on its nest - I thought this would interest Elizabeth:

You can just see the eggs as she changed position:

This white swan was charming and friendly, until  people with a dog walked by....

I will show the other photos in my next post. Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Happy Weekend Post

Hi Everybody!

It's Friday - here's wishing us all a great weekend with hopefully good weather and good company!

Today I have my last 10" mixed media tag to share for Tag Tuesday. The background was painted, dripped and doodled. It was part of a larger journal page which I hacked into three pieces to make tags. I added a nest made from dried grass and twigs, eggs and some vintage German scrap images. The bird sitting on the edge is from Gecko Galz, I fussy-cut it twice to give more depth. I am also linking to Paint Party Friday

Some spring photos for those of you who still have snow:

My shadow reached over the stream again:

Last Sunday we visited Nord Park and enjoyed seeing the trees, flowers and more:

The Japanese Garden:

Loved this stylish pair having a picnic:

The Nile goose is proud of her young:

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot fo coming by!