Midweek post

Hi Everybody!

Hope your week is going well. We've had good weather these past days, so spent as much time as possible outdoors, which always does me good, as I love to walk, especially at such a wonderful time of year.

I have another of my A3 mixed media pages to share, made using various recycled textile and scraps as well as scraps of tissues from Jane Davenport and others on a painted background. I did lots of sewing and some doodled spots:

I am linking to Paint Party Friday

I visited Hofgarten park to see the water fowl today:

This is the composer Robert Schumann, he looks rather sad:

I was sad to see that the male black swan is missing, and the lady is on her own. But she seems to be getting food brought by the park wardens. I hope she manages alright:

Lots of ducklings running about:

This one wanted my sandwich:

And the horses are back on the meadow by the Rhine:

Sorry, can't write much just now, my fingers are very painful, and I can only leave short comments on blogs. 

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T stands for loTs of This and ThaT

Hi Everybody!

Hope your week will be a good one. We had a freezing cold weekend with icy winds from the North blasting along the Rhine. Some places even got snow. Here it stayed dry, the sun came out occasionally, and we did lots and lots of walking to ward off the chills. My record walk was on Saturday - over 28000 steps and that's almost 21 kilometers, which gave me a total of 46 kilometers from Friday through Sunday.

Our challenge at Tag Tuesday still has another week to run with Sandie's theme of 'Industrial' so hope to see more people joining in. I made another tag with Erika in an industrial setting. I used elements from Dezinaworld, Serif and me:

 Today is also Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday Party, so here a warm welcome to all of the lovely ladies of the T Gang. I saw this antique shop in town filled with cups, saucers, glasses, pots etc:

I drank coffee outside with my friend Nathalie, who drank tea:

Saw this wonderful Graffiti on the same street as the antique shop:

Some walking photos:

The farm at the end of my road always draws me in to watch the horses, ponies and other animals. I love the mini ponies:

This chap was very curious about my camera:

The rooster was running along the lane:

Harry in front of the bridge on our Saturday walk, you can see the post office tower in the background:

And I was well wrapped up in three layers of pullovers topped with a wind and waterproof parka:

  

There's a drinking fountain about half way along the Rhine between Düsseldorf and Kaiserswerth where we enjoyed some refreshment:

My face and ears were glowing red by the time I got home after all those kilometers:

On Sunday we did a walk to Schloss Kalkum, an old castle. Love this bike, which the people living opposite decorate so beautifully:

Harry hanging out in the castle park:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Weekend post with rust and more

Hi Everybody!

Just a quickie post today to show another tag for Sandie's 'Industrial' theme at Tag Tuesday. I made another hybrid tag using an image from Dezinaworld, digitally cut out and placed over 2 of my photos:

This is a digital spread made some time back and forgotten, using a beautiful image from The Graphics Fairy, combined with elements from Serif and me.

And some photos from my walks this week:

Some men were working clearing the water under a little bridge near the Rhine, and these rusty bike parts had all been pulled out:

Horses at the farm. They look like they're waiting for something:

I love this old pump house:

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!