TGIF!

 Hi Everybody!

After having a fun and quiet day on Tuesday, I decided yesterday I had to do some housew**k, and I did. Yes, the full programme, and after that I was tired and needed to put my feet up. But things do look better now, and here and there it just has to be done! To make up for it I went for a long walk today, first along the Rhine and then through the fields to Castle Kalkum. Afterwards I was so knocked out I could hardly walk, so I took the bus from the castle which took me into Kaiserswerth, and just had to walk the last 2 kilometres home. And I rewarded myself with a nice lunch and loads of coffee and a piece of chocolate (Or was it 2 pieces? I forgot to count!!)

I have another A4 mixed media page to share. I made a textured background as I showed in my tutorial last Friday, and then painted the circles. The dragonfly wings were stenciled and glittered with Stickles, and the little girls were fussy cut and glued on. The corners were made with scraps of paper napkins. To finish it I added the stars and the sentiment. I am linking to Jo's texture challenge at AJJ, and to PPF:

Today I was accompanied on my walk through the fields by this lovely dragonfly:

I was happy to see that the flower bike is still there and looking good:

The old water mill:

I always have fun taking photos with the traffic mirror:

When I go through the old portal in the walls it's like entering another world, one filled with peace and beauty, which is especially good in these difficult times:

I always love the reflections in the moat:

And much to my joy, I discovered a family of Nile geese resting in the midday sun. They breed here in late summer /early autumn:

I kept my distance so that they didn't feel disturbed, as they can be very aggressive when their young are endangered:

More photos to follow!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Wednesday/Thursday Post

Hi Everybody!

Another day has flown by. I could have got more done, but the weather was nice so I went walking, and then back home I did some crafting and listened to my audio book - a perfect combination. And then it was evening....

I have another A3 mixed media journal page to share. I textured the background, using gesso with cream, brown and turquoise. The self-portrait of Albrecht Dürer was fussy cut from an old art book and glued to the page. I took a strip of vintage linen and sewed 2 pieces of brown cord onto it to look like the pattern of his shirt and added them to the page. The quote is also from A.D. The animals are there to represent the beautiful animal and bird paintings he made. I am linking to Jo's texture challenge at AJJ:

And I have another tag for 'down on the farm' at Tag Tuesday, made with a mixed media collage made many years back and printed out as tag:

My walk today took me through the old cemetery again. It is so peaceful there, and always much quieter than the road outside. And I noticed that I walk more slowly when I am there, time doesn't seem to exist there:

This old house is by the exit. I loved how the window frames and blinds from the house opposite were distorted in the reflections:

The magpie was once again at the top of the tree:

Early morning:

The fishing crow from the Rhine:

And enjoying nuts in the park:

Mrs Blackbird:

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