Thursday/Friday post

Hi Everybody!

This week seems to be disappearing fast, where does the time go?

Today I have a journal page meant for Elle's language challenge at AJJ and for Paint Party Friday, the language of creation. This is a remake of one I made many years back, but the other one was more purple. The quote is in Hebrew at the top and English at the bottom, and is the first sentence of Genesis. It was painted with acrylics on an A3 sheet of paper, the decorations and wording were made with Pentel pens in white, gold and bronze:

 And I am sharing some photos from a trip to the zoo in Krefeld a couple of years back, and I hope they will soon open up again. The sculptures are all from African artists:

This was one of my faves:

I'm hoping that dear  David will know what these birds are:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

New Challenge at TIOT

Hi Everybody!

We had a long weekend here, so I have enjoyed being really lazy for three days, and I must say I might repeat this at another time when the weather is bad! There's something very therapeutic about reading, catching up on mail, and watching some films on TV.

Today we are starting a new challenge at TIOT.  The theme is 

🦋 butterflies 🦋

As always, projects of all formats are welcome, and you have 2 weeks to link to us. Have a look at our blog to see the beautiful inspiration from my teamies!
The lady in my piece was a distant relation, I just know she was called Emily:

I am also linking to Elle's language challenge at AJJ - beauty speaks its own language.

I have had lots of visitors on my balcony and window boxes, they are all hungry just now:

I love to see plants and lichens growing out of the cracks in the castle walls:

More visitors:

An evening rainbow after a day of clouds and rain:

The pigeon looking to see if it's still worth visiting:

Beautiful clematis:

This one is also always hungry:

And the magpie is a speed eater:

The poor jay came for some food after the rain:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!