Behind closed doors

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend, enjoy! 

Today I have a collage of doors to show for my challenge at AJJ.  The quote is from the Gospel of Mark, but it is also found in Luke.  I love to be able to knock at a door which is  new to me and see what is behind it. Which of these doors would you like to go through, which ones not? Behind one of the doors I have hidden a  surprise.  I will send a little prize to the person who picks the right door. If more people guess right, I will pick one name out of my famous hat! The solution will be posted here next Saturday:

This lady was painted after a lesson with the lovely Christa Forrest. This piece was going  quite well, and then I made a couple of mistakes, got frustrated and just scribbled the rest- a bad hair day!

And some photos from the Christmas Market in Düsseldorf. This time there is a fence built around it, and anyone who wants to go in has to prove that he/she is completely vaccinated or recovered from Covid 19.

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Thursday- Friday Post

Hi Everybody!

Hope your week is going well!

My hybrid journal page today is showing an advent calendar I was sent from England a few years back. I kept the box after removing the contents as it was so pretty. It shows a hotel, where various people are working together - seeing to the Christmas decorations, singing Christmas carols, and having fun. The doors are open, people can go in and out. People who don't know each other get together to sing, to celebrate, to have a good time. Today many people are  treated badly because of their race, colour, religion or sexual orientation.  We need to overcome prejudices and open our minds and hearts. Open minds lead to open doors!

I am linking to AJJ

This was the lesson blessings and gratitude from Tamara Laporte:

I enjoyed painting this one!

I am linking to Paint Party Friday

A cold, misty and wintry evening at the Rhine:

Two thinkies:

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

 

When one door closes, another one opens

Hi Everybody!

Today we are starting a new challenge at Art Journal Journey, and this time I am hosting! My theme is'when one door closes another one opens'. Doors are often something which we take for granted, we go in and out and rarely think about them. Doors protect us, doors lead us to new places, they are sometimes beautiful, and sometimes old and shabby. It's always exciting to go through a door, or portal into a new place we haven't visited. At this time of year many of us open a door every day in an advent calendar. We visit friends, and go through the door and see  what's waiting for us inside. And figuratively,  we close one door and open another at the end of the year on New Year's Eve. For this challenge, anything with doors is welcome. You can make a scene of whatever is inside or outside the door. Show us anything to do with doors, nice or shabby ones you may have seen, doors decorated for Christmas or your advent calendar, there are so many possibilities. So open the door to your creativity and have fun!

Hope to see YOU joining in!

Today I am sharing photos from Bad Honnef, a little town on the Rhine about 100 kilometres from here, with lots of beautiful, old houses.

And some funnies:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!