Friday Coffee and more

Hi Everybody!

Hope your week is going well. We have had strange weather here - hot and humid one day, cold the next, and in between heavy storms with local tornadoes and torrential rain. At least it's not boring. I have been walking a lot as usual, with an umbrella tucked into my bag for good measure.

Today I have a tag to share for Tag Tuesday, where our current theme is  beverages. I have once again chosen my fave drink, coffee, but others will be following soon. I made a hybrid tag using a mix of elements from Serif and me as well as photos of coffee beans and a cup of coffee served at the Cafe Burghof next to the castle ruins here:

It would be great to see some people joining in the challenge! I am also sharing another of my Modigliani knock-offs, made with acrylics , water colours, pastels and charcoal on A3 paper:

I am linking to Paint Party Friday, hosted by Eva and Kristin

Some photos from this past week:

I love the evening sun at the Rhine:

Family outing:

Ducks in a row:

Hay making time: 

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

New Challenge at More Mixed Media

Hi Everybody!

Today we are starting a new challenge at More Mixed Media Challenge Blog. Our challenges are always anything mixed media goes, this time with optional purple. You have 4 weeks to join us with your creations, so hope to see you there. I have once again used my home-made giant face stamp, as I stamped a whole pile a couple of years back and am using them now one by one and filling them with colour. The face was stamped onto an A3 white page. I then added the coloured auras using Gelatos, felt tips and brush-pens. I did some sewing and added some patterns. The word 'vision' was stamped  (LaBlanche). The sentiment was hand-written and I added a feather as embellishment:

I have more photos from our visit to the castle to share:

We much enjoyed walking though the magnificent park surrounding the castle:

 Does anyone know what this plant is?

Loved this twisty cypress tree:

The bee hotel:

Having a break:

The peacock again - photos taken by Harry:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!