Mixed Bag

Hi Everybody!

Time for a new post. We had a hot and humid day yesterday, which ended with a bang - a big storm which shook the trees and  caused chaos on the roads, but it did clear the air. I'm glad I got back home in time, and wasn't out walking when it happened. Thanks to all who left kind and supportive comments on my blog. Much appreciated!

Today I am sharing 2 more tags for Michele's 'faces' challenge at Tag Tuesday, so hope to see more people joining in again. Both tags were made using photos. The first one is a cutout from a photo I showed a couple of weeks back, taken while window shopping. I digitally cut the face out and put it on a jazzy background, and added the eyes (serif):

The second one was taken by my dear friend Nathalie, who discovered the laughing horse while visiting a zoo:

Nathalie had fun, too!

And I have another A3 mixed media spread in my huge journal for Paint Party Friday, using paint, collage and lots of scraps. This was also made some time back, my fingers are still not up to much just now:

Dark skies:

And some more photos taken on  my walk along the Rhine coming home from the Altstadt in Düsseldorf:

There are lots of house boats. Some are used as party venues or club houses:

The yacht harbour:

Great name for a boat:

 Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T sTands for a new challenge aT Tag Tuesday

Hi Everybody!

Hope you all had a happy holiday weekend and were able to enjoy time with family and friends. Here we are enjoying hot and sunny weather, it feels like summer. It won't last long, so that makes it precious. But I am not feeling so happy today. It is the 30th anniversary of my husband's death and would have been  my  47th wedding anniversary, so lots of memories which have been keeping me awake.

On Tuesday we are starting a new challenge at Tag Tuesday, and this time our lovely Michele is hosting and has chosen 'faces' as her theme. She has several wonderful and inspirational tags on our blog, so hope to see you joining in, too.

I made a hybrid tag using a hand-painted background, a doodled bird, a face from Dezinaworld and some elements from Serif:

Today is also time for Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday party, so here I would like to welcome all the lovely ladies of the T Gang. It is also Elizabeth's birthday, so here's wishing her a happy one. I made an extra tag with a face you will recognise and a cup. I used a stencil from Stencilry combined with a photo from me, naturally a large mug of cappuccino:

Last week I visited this 'Porcelain clinic', a place where they repair, and sell, vintage porcelain, glass and ceramic. There is an electric train in the window carrying broken pieces of crockery:

  

Cappuccino served with Easter chocolate:

My walking buddy Harry:

I have visited Hofgarten several times:

The black swan is still sitting alone on her nest, but is being cared for. She looks sad:

I had another long walk home along the river. Saw this at the 'art palace' museum:

Photos along the way back:

Another advertising column sculpture:

Circus Flic-flac is on the other side of the Rhine in Oberkassel:

The sheep grazing:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Happy Easter, Happy Passover

Hi Everybody!

I wish all who are celebrating a blessed Easter and / or a happy and kosher Passover. And a happy weekend to everybody!

Happy Easter!

A few spring photos taken this week:

And the glorious full moon from Friday night:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!