Midweek Post

Hi Everybody!

I'm happy to say we had an almost dry day today, with some sun and blue skies in between cloudy phases. Last night it rained very heavily again. The Rhine is very full, almost up to the footpath again, with lots of standing water on the fields. I hope it will go down again, as the repeated high water puts a lot of pressure on the embankments which keep us all safe. Tomorrow is supposed to be dry, but we have heavy rains predicted again for Thursday. At least the geese, ducks and gulls are having a whale of a time.

Since last week the fingers of my right hand have been getting bad again, so I am once again having to take huge doses of cortisone. This is the fourth course this year, and I don't like it, but I need to get rid of the necrosis and all of the open spots on my fingers. So, I'm trying to keep positive and hoping for the best as always!

Today I have a hybrid page to share. The background was hand-painted, splashed and dripped. The figures are hand-carved stamps which I magicked into my graphic programme and changed to die cuts, which were digitally cut out and placed onto the background. The quote is from Martin Luther King. The stitching was added with a digital airbrush. I am linking to Eileen's green challenge at AJJ:

Some pictures of my first walk this morning:

The violets were nestling at the side of the path:

There are always lots of horses and riders out and about:

Light and shadow:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T sTands for loTs of Things

Hi Everybody!

Here's wishing us all a happy and safe March, and that the Corona virus will not affect our lives too much.

Today is the 2nd of the month, so Elizabeth is once again hosting her 2nd on the 2nd link up. I have found 2 pieces made with images from me and Mischief Circus (Love is everything). Here I used 'my' head on a hand-painted background and added the figures and sentiment digitally:

For the 2nd piece for the 2nd on the 2nd (wonderful sentence! 😍) I printed out the figures and added them to an outline head on a painted and stenciled background. I think the messages in both of these pieces are important!

And  The Theme of Sandie's challenge aT Tag Tuesday is 'Paris',

and I have another Tag for it. And I hope to see more people joining in, you still have a good week to do so:

Yes, it's the same girl, my alter ego, reading a book and enjoying a cappuccino and a croissant! This is, of course, also meant for Elizabeth's T sTands for Tuesday, so here a warm welcome to all of the lovely ladies of the T gang.

I saw these cups in one of the shops here in our little town:

A friend brought me a packet of chocolate biscuits last week. I have kept the gold foil as it will be used sooner or later for a journal page. And the cookies were delicious - and of course, we enjoyed coffee with them!

We had very changeable weather the whole week - heavy rain, hefty storms and winds and 2 dry and more or less sunny days. Anyway the rain often necessitated taking shelter in a cafe....

I was the only one there on this day except for the service personnel and they were standing at the window, watching the rain and debating whether they should bring in the tables or leave them outside:

These 'Berliner' - filled doughnuts are always served at carnival, and every baker's window is full of them. This is one of the customs I like....

Loved these quirky figures:

And as it hasn't really been cold, except on the day we got snow, the trees are blossoming. Yesterday we had 14° accompanied by pouring rain, hailstones and

gales.

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Weekend Post

Hi Everybody!

It's nearly weekend - have a good one! I had a busy couple of days here, there was always something to do and I'm not sure I really got anything finished! Anyway, I'm having a rest at the weekend and not doing anything.... I went shopping with my neighbour yesterday and people were stockpiling food and goods as if there's no tomorrow. Two men were almost fighting over a box of milk cartons. We have been told to make sure we have enough supplies to cover a couple of weeks in case the corona virus spreads more and people need to stay at home in quarantine. But people are buying enough for months. Still, perhaps it makes them feel safer....I always have a store cupboard with supplies, and just bought my usual groceries etc, so I'm sure it will be enough. And yes, I have enough coffee for quite some time, but that's normal!

For Sandie's 'Paris' challenge at Tag Tuesday I have another tag using elements from Serif and me, showing lots of tourist places, but with Paris at the front. It looks like the statue of Liberty has a heart for Paris, too!

For Elizabeth's 'hearts' challenge at AJJ I have one last piece. I used an image from the Graphics Fairy, which I digitally cut apart so I could fit the heart between the couple and the background - it sounds complicated, but it wasn't!

And some photos of this past week. We had very mixed weather, sometimes sunshine, but mostly rain and even snow:

I brought daffodils home again:

They started opening up as soon as I put them into the vase:

Snow:

And even a bit of snow on my clover. But by the time I was ready to go out, it had all been washed away by the rain, which didn't stop for 2 days:

Today we had some sun again:

The magnolias will soon be blooming:

Our ferry is back. It has been MIA for 2 months. They always take 2 weeks holiday over Christmas and the New Year, but this time it was 2 months. Perhaps they needed to work on the ferry!

The daffodils and crocuses are blooming everywhere, and today I saw my first tulips outside:

I always love watching men at work:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!