Midweek Post

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are all fit and well. Here it has been sunny, but cold, and good weather for walking. Nathalie visited me today, and we ordered our meal from the Chinese restaurant. In March I got a small refund from the electricity company, and promised Nathalie we would go out and 'eat' the money. Then Corrina arrived....Anyway, today we decided it would be better to eat here and ordered from the local Chinese restaurant. It was very delicious, and I have enough for a good meal tomorrow, too, as does Nathalie, who took her 'doggy bag'  home with her. The food was brought by a very friendly Chinese man, clothed in white cap, coat and mask, and with gloves on his hands. He kept his distance, set the bag down at the top of the stairs, gave a little bow and was gone. It's good to see that people are taking 'Corrina' seriously. 

For Mia's flowers challenge at AJJ I have another hybrid piece. I used another of my water-colour and ink sketches, placed onto a grey, hand-painted background. I put it all together using Serif:

And I have lots of flower-power pictures to share:

We've had some wonderful skies:

These flowers were taken in the park of the Diakonie:

And I always love to watch men at work:

Love the window boxes:

Nile geese at Kalkum:

Ducks at the Rhine:

And at Kalkum:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T sTands for a new challenge aT TioT

Hi Everybody!

Hope your week got off to a good start. Have a good one, and stay safe!

Today we are starting a new challenge at TIOT and our theme is

Lovely Ladies.

Projects of all formats, including  digital, are welcome, and must have a female image.

 I made a mixed media canvas (12" x 9") using an image of my great Auntie Fanny, which was taken in 1918 on her 18th birthday. I used an old canvas which I recycled. I added layers of colours, lots of texture with texture paste and micro-beads, and some collaged scraps of paper and napkins. The diamonds were stenciled. The image was covered with a transparent 'glass' with a gold frame:

Sorry about the reflections on these last 2 pics:

I am also linking to Mia's flowers challenge at AJJ

Today is also Elizabeth's T sTands for Tuesday link parTy if she is well enough to host again, so here a warm welcome to all of the lovely ladies of the T Gang.

This was made with my self carved stamps:

This was taken in the good old days:

And this one, too! Cafes and restaurants are allowed to open again, with huge spaces between the tables, but I think I will wait a bit longer till I eat or drink out again:

I went shopping with Nathalie last week and this container of Bailey's coffee ice must have jumped into my basket, sigh! And it was sooooooooo good:

The baker had a new sort of bread roll:

And it is filled with cream cheese - delicious:

I baked the lemon muffins for Nathalie:

There was some  mixture left over so I made myself some lemon cookies with it - yummy!

This handsome Canada goose looking after his young asked me to give his best wishes to David in Canada and to tell him that the weather is much better over here....

The meadows by the Rhine have had their first haircut this year:

These pics were taken in our little park, which is allowed to flourish as a natural meadow:

Lots of shops are trying to sell off things by reducing the prices:

I often sit here for a rest:

White wisteria:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!