Thursday /Friday Post

Hi Everybody! 

Thanks for the good wishes yesterday. I went to the doctor yesterday, who examined me and then told me my blood pressure was 240/140 - a tad too high. I got some medication, and had to wait for 20 minutes, then t was measured again and it was down to 220....I got another tablet and had to wait again. Then I got a 24 hour blood-pressure monitor on my arm, so it's measuring every 15 minutes. In the night it will measure every 30 minutes, and tomorrow at 8 a.m. I can give it back. My blood pressure is lower now, about 160, so lets hope it keeps going down!

Today I have a piece for Chris' challenge 'all kinds of weather' at AJJ. The background is a photo taken back in 2014. The view down the steps into what used to be the mot. with the lamppost in the middle always reminds me Narnia, when Lucy went through the wardrobe and met Mr Tumnus, the faun. I used the photo of Erika as Lucy, and added Mr Tumnus and a fairy, as they abound in Narnia:

I am also linking to Rain's Tad, soft, as the snow is soft!

I made this painting in my last art group:

I started off with a collage of scraps which I gessoed over:

Then I painted the background with blue and gold;

I'm not sure why I put the bird in it, but I did. And I made a mess of the eyes, one is too big, aaaargh! The leaf earring was made with a real leaf painted with gold paint:

And this version has been given a digital twist:

I am linking to Paint Party Friday:

A beautiful sunrise:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Midweek Post

Hi Everybody!

I'm taking a day off today, I'm very shaky and having problems to type. Hope to be back on board tomorrow. 

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by! 

New challenge at TIOT

Hi Everybody!

Today we are staring a new challenge at TIOT and our them this time is make it magical. As always, projects of all formats are welcome, and you have 2 weeks to link to us. Please hop on over to our blog and see the gorgeous pieces made by my teamies.  Hope to see you there! 

What could be more magical than sunrise or sunset?  I made a hybrid piece using a photos for the backgrounds and for the night watchman:

I am also linking to Chris' challenge at AJJ - all kinds of weather.

A walk through our little town:

The Schiffchen (little ship) restaurant:

Colourful leaves:

I'm enjoying the last days of autumn colour, the leaves are falling quickly and will soon be gone.

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

T sTands for a visiTor, Tag Tuesday and more!

Hi Everybody! 

Hope you have enjoyed your weekend. Have a great week!

Today I have another door tag for Wendy's challenge at Tag Tuesday. Once again I have gone back to childhood times:

For Chris' challenge at AJJ, all kinds of weather,  I made a hybrid piece, a mix of photos and fantasy:

And I was in a mood to play, I changed the colours, too:

This evening we will also be celebrating Elizabeth's T sTands for Tuesday link party, so here a warm welcome to all of the lovely ladies of the T Gang who visit here! On Friday I had a visit from a fellow blogger, Sabine, who also lives in Germany. She doesn't blog much anymore but can be found on Instagram. We hadn't seen each other for a long time because of Covid, so it was very special to have a day together. We started the day with a great breakfast here, including lots of coffee, and Sabine brought some home-made fruit bread. Unfortunately it didn't survive long enough to be photographed! But I did manage to get some photos of our midday meal, even if we had already started before I remembered to get my camera out! We had a long walk, too, and the weather was kind to us. All in all an enjoyable day!

The day started off misty!

Our walk through Kaiserswerth:

No, that's not me standing next to Sabine!

At 'Werthvoll' - we both chose noodles with spinach and cheese sauce. Sabine drank water and I had cola light:

As well as inviting me to our meal, Sabine brought me some presents. Okay, the chocolate and the fruit bread never lived long enough to take pics. Then I got all these lovely crafty pieces:

And she even hand stamped the bag everything was in!

And I got some hand made goodies - this beautiful bird:

And this wax picture:

And last but not least some funnies / thinkies:

Have a great T Day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!