Midweek Post - update

Hi Everybody!

Thanks to all who left well wishes. The OP went off well. The scar tissue on my eye has been removed and the left retina lasered to stop it tearing again. Afterwards I slept all morning, had lunch and coffee and was allowed to go home after the doc had checked me again and told me what they had done. Now I need to continue the treatment with drops twice a day and ointment twice a day. Next week I need to go back for a control visit. I'm happy it's over and done with. The doc said I shouldn't be doing housew***, or bending or lifting in the next few days – what a lovely man!

This is a scheduled post as I  explained yesterday, will catch up with you all later!

I have another tag for my 'add a sentiment' challenge at Tag Tuesday:

I used the same masterboard for the background, a TH paper doll and one of my painted and sewed leaves:

And some of the art installations in the Kunstpalast (Art Palace) Museum in Düsseldorf:

The Foyer of the Museum:

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!

Today we are starting a new challenge at TIOT -

Use book pages.

As usual, you have 2 weeks to link to us and entries of all formats, digital, hybrid and physical are welcome. You just need to use some paper from book pages.

I made an A3 mixed media journal page. The image of Leonardo da Vinci's 'Leda' was printed onto a page from an old dictionary. The background was painted with gesso and then sponged with titan buff, burnt umber and sand, and given a stitched 'frame'. The diamonds were stenciled with Distress oxide inks in vintage photo and peacock feather. I glued the image to the centre and added a strip of canvas and some lace which I sewed onto the page. As embellishments I added a blue flower and a found feather.  I am also linking to Erika's 'when it's hot' theme at AJJ as the sand and blue colours remind me of beach holidays:

Today is also time for Elizabeth's  T sTands for Tuesday link party, so here a warm welcome to all of the nice ladies of the T Gang.

We still have the booths from the festivities in the old moat:

Here you can chill out with cold drinks and ice:

I saw this lovely espresso set in one of the windows here:

And I went for my huge cappuccino to Backwerk. This time I sat at table 13, which was right at the front, where I could watch what was going on outside and 'people watch' without sitting outside and getting wet:

And how about this for a modern art installation?

Actually, I was just drying my freshly washed sneakers, and the grips on my home trainer are ideal for this purpose....

Today I'm sharing some photos from our little town museum here in Kaiserswerth:

It has a huge model of the little town as it was before it got bombarded with canon balls in the 18th century. The castle was reduced to ruins and many of the houses were badly damaged:

The buildings are all made of fired ceramics:

The lay of the streets has not changed at all, you can still find your way with this 'map':

The old mill was still complete, the horses on the tow path were there to tow the boats: 

This is how the castle looked before it was destroyed:

I have a scheduled post for tomorrow - Wednesday - as I have to be in hospital tomorrow at 7 a.m. for an eye operation. I am sure that everything will go well and I should be back by late afternoon.  I hope to be able to catch up with comments then!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

July 6th

Hi Everybody!

 Have a great, new week.  I have a lot planned for this week, with lots of appointments here and there and I also badly need to get some housew**k done again. Oh well, I will have to watch something on TV with breaks for the commercials so I can swing the broom and duster in between.

Today I have a journal page in memory of my mum's birthday on July 6th 1916.

She loved flowers, and lilac, summer flowers and pretty clocks, so I have them on this page.

She didn't have an easy life, which often made her very bitter and unhappy, and living with her was hard, so I spent as much time as possible staying with various friends and aunts. In spite of it all I  still visited her in London as often as I could, but it was never an easy relationship.  The last time I saw her, the year before she died,  she cursed me and said I would never be happy again for the rest of my life. But she didn't succeed with her curse, I don't believe in things like that. I like being happy and doing things which make me happy. We can't change the past. We just have  to make the best of the  present. 

I am linking to AJJ, Erika's 'when it's hot challenge, as my mum was born and died in summer.

And some photos from my daily walks, mostly taken early in the morning:

A Nile goose in a tree:

Who's hiding in the tree?

Sorry, the photos aren't very clear, I was waiting for the tram and the tree was on the other side of the tracks.

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!