Midweek Post

 Hi Everybody!

The weather here has cooled down a bit, and I'm happy to have temperatures under 28° in my apartment. We still have a few hot days on their way, but when they are through, it should - hopefully - be back to 'normal' weather, for which I will be very thankful!  I managed 2 short walks today, which is a great improvement - things are looking up, slowly but surely. But I till need a lot of patience! 

Today I have an A3 mixed media  page in my large journal to share.  I am not really happy with, but it's done now and will just have to stay as it is! We all have to live with our faults! I put a little tag on it, so I am linking to Alison's  tags and pockets challenge at AJJ:

And for Michele's Alice challenge at Tag Tuesday I have another Alice tag:

As I couldn't get out to take photos I had to let nature come to me, and was happy to have some wonderful skies to enjoy!

Early morning:

We had lots of clouds but not much rain, just a few drops:

And yesterday evening we had a wonderful rainbow which glowed for more than an hour till it got dark: 

The pigeons sat in 'their' tree to watch it:

A magpie came by for a short visit:

The rainbow faded slowly:

The clouds were coloured by the last rays of the setting sun:

All in all, a wonderful evening at home!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot or coming by!

T sTands for TIOT and more

 Hi Everybody!

Today we are starting a new challenge at TIOT -  splash and splatter. This sounds like fun, doesn't it!? As always, projects of all formats are welcome and you have 2 weeks to link to us. Hope to see YOU there! For more ideas and inspiration visit our blog and see what my teamies have made!

I looked deep into my head(s) to find this theme....The heads were cut from an A3 painted, splashed and collaged piece using my stencil. I stitched around the edges before collaging some bits and bobs from Jane Davenport and some words. The dream-catcher is there to catch thoughts I don't like or need....I glued the heads to  a painted page in my large journal. And if you look at the last image you will see a special edition with a tag to link to Alison's tags and pockets challenge at AJJ:

And the tag also links nicely to Elizabeth's T Stands for Tuesday gathering:

Here I would like to welcome all of the lovely ladies of the T Gang! I haven't been out much the past few days as I was not well enough to run around. And thanks to all who left me get well wishes on my blog, much appreciated. I am taking things very easy, with just short walks here near where I live, and hope that things will soon be better.

Two weeks ago the waitress in the ice-café where I like to sit and people watch 'upgraded' my order to an ice-coffee. I don't usually drink it as it's too expensive, so this was a nice gesture - and it was delicious:

And I have photos of some beautiful  table ware and more in the shops in our little town:

On Sunday I managed a short walk along the stream next to where I live - I go down one side, cross the bridge and then back along the other side. It's about 2000 steps, not my usual more ambitious walk, but its a start again:

The path on this side is very narrow:

And some more pics from my  'store':

A frog or a prince?

Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!

Sunday Monday Post

 Hi Everybody!

Thanks again to all who left good wishes on my blog. I am slowly feeling more 'normal', whatever that might be, but still feel a bit like a clockwork toy that somebody forgot to wind up....I managed 2 very short walks today, which was good. If I can I would like to try again on Sunday, but I'm still a long way from my usual fitness. But I will get there again! We had very mixed weather, it's still hot and humid, but we had some rain and storms. Some places had so much rain that the rivers overflowed and the streets and houses filled with water. The Big Heat isn't over yet, but a few days a bit cooler would be lovely....I would like to get my apartment back to a normal temperature instead of over 30°.

Today I am sharing a colourful A3 mixed media piece made in my large journal some weeks back. I can't do any crafting just now as my kitchen feels like an oven, so I must wait till it cools down a bit. The background was brayered with pastel colours over gesso. I added circles in various sizes and painted them with the same colours as the background, but not diluted. I rubbed on some hologram paste for a bit of glitter, and added some scraps of Jane Davenport tissues:

And some beauties from the gardens in Südpark:

Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!