2nd on the 2nd and more

Hi Everybody.

Here's wishing us all a good month of May, and hoping that 'Corrina' will start to leave us. It will take time, I know, but we need to hope. Soon!

On the 2nd of the month we show pieces we have already previously blogged and link them to Eizabeth's 2nd on the 2nd challenge. I know it's still the first, but I'm starting early!

I have dug up some pieces from the past, some of which I can't make any more as I can't use my fingers as I could back then. But I'm still hoping things will get better, and do my exercises regularly.

The rabbits are such lovely stamps:

I made this little bag from leather-printed paper for Chrissie, many moons ago:

And the Easter bonnet still hangs on m wall:

This is a huge canvas, it would have fitted nicely to my geometric theme:

I love these sweet birds:

And I love cows and doodling:

And last but not least, a triangular canvas with the Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet:

And I have something new.

The A3 page was made by mopping up water colours, to which I added some colours with gelatos. Banksy's little girl is sending some love into the world, and the flowers were added with a napkin that someone sent to me. The quote is wonky, as always, but still lovely:

 I am linking to Mia's 'flowers' theme at AJJ

and to Paint Party Friday

And some more photos from Castle Linn:

A coot nesting:

That's all for today!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Geometric shapes and Spring Feelings

Hi Everybody!

Today is the last day of my geometric shapes challenge at AJJ. It has been fun, and certainly kept me busy and happy producing pages and visiting all of you lovely people who joined in and made such beautiful pages. Thanks to all for your support and encouragement, and for all the nice comments you left on my blog.

Today I have a collage of all of the pages, or nearly all - I think I missed one or 2 and there are even 2 which I didn't get round to showing:

Today  Rain's art date theme is spring feelings, so I have a few spring like pieces made in past years. I am also linking to Paint Party Friday:

This is an altered photo:

To Daffodils

A poem by Robert Herrick

(1591-1674)

Fair Daffodils, we weep to see

You haste away so soon;

As yet the early-rising sun

Has not attain'd his noon.

Stay, stay,

Until the hasting day

Has run

But to the even-song;

And, having pray'd together, we

Will go with you along.

We have short time to stay, as you,

We have as short a spring;

As quick a growth to meet decay,

As you, or anything.

We die

As your hours do, and dry

Away,

Like to the summer's rain;

Or as the pearls of morning's dew,

Ne'er to be found again.

The photos were taken 2 years  ago at Burg Linn, a fairy tale castle on the other Rhine side, not far from here. And I will be visiting there again when 'Corinna' leaves us and we can wander freely again:

Hope you spring feelings are all bubbling over now!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!