Monday Post

 Hi Everybody!

Here's wishing us all a good, new week, with perhaps less heat than we had last week! I had a good rest over the weekend, it was cooler, there was a breeze and it was perfect for sitting on the balcony with a cup of cappuccino.

For Chris's challenge 'when we were young' at AJJ I have a journal page about  my 'dream house'. This was when I was 4-5 years old, and I loved reading the books about Little Noddy and his friends. The books were from Enid Blyton, and showed how all these little people lived in Toy land and had wonderful adventures. They lived in tiny mushroom houses, and I wanted to live there, too. I used to pretend I could shrink myself  till I was small enough to live there. Imagination is a wonderful thing! This is one of the scenes from the original books, and Little Noddy and Big Ears are having a meal.

And this is my dream house:

This evening we will be celebrating Elizabeth's T sTands for Tuesday link party, so here a warm welcome to all of the nice ladies who visit here. The picture of Noddy and Big Ears is very suitable for our T Day party! And I have a photo from my fave coffee shop:

And some thinkies / funnies:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Weekend Post

Hi Everybody!

I'm happy to say that we are are having a short break in the hot and humid weather. It has been 32° and more inside my apartment, and that is just too much for me at my age. It's so good to breathe cool air again!

Today I have another piece for Chris's 'When we were young' challenge at AJJ. This is an elephant I painted after a lesson from Tam in the kaleidoscope revival. It brought back happy memories of going with my great auntie Fanny to the Zoo in London. I loved all the animals, but the elephant was so magnificent, and I even got to ride on it! I was so proud, and it's a memory I never want to forget! My elephant is more colourful than the one in the zoo. I messed up the background with coffee - what else? - so I cut out the elephant and collaged it onto an A3 sheet with some other bits and bobs from my untidy work table:

Some sky pics:

And some funnies:

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Children, chickens and holes

Hi Everybody!

Today I have another piece for Chris's challenge at AJJ, when we were young. Today I took the theme literally, and used photos from me and my husband when we were young! I have my teddy, he has his toy dog. Sorry, not much bla bla today, I'm extremely shaky today and typing is hard:

I'm also linking to Nicole's Friday Face off!

And I have a sunshine tag for Michele's challenge at Tag Tuesday, rather late but better than never!

And some funnies:

 Have a great day, stay safe,
and thanks a lot for coming by!

2nd on the 2nd

Hi Everybody!

Today is Elizabeth's 2nd on the 2nd and I have some journal pages made back in 2016  for our 'Back to School' challenge' at AJJ, as this reminds me a bit of Chris's 'when we were young' challenge.

The first shows a group of children. I have hidden myself in the picture, and my mum and Erika are also both there. 

School uniforms in England:

Back in the 1930s - Erika is the 2nd from the right. They are all dressed in their sport dresses:

Here the kids are waiting to go back to school. The building in the background is Tower College, where I taught for a while:

A Christmas disyplay made with an art class in the 1980s:

Another art group where we made papier maché heads. This must have been in the 1970s. The kids must all me getting on for 60 these days!

Some thinkies / funnies:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

New challenge at AJJ

Hi Everybody!

It's nice to be back after my month of rest and quiet. I missed being here but it was really necessary to step aside for a bit.

Today we are starting a new challenge at AJJ and this time our lovely Chris  of Pear shaped crafting is hosting, and her theme is, 'When we were young'. I'm sure we all have lots of memories of former times, and here you can put them into your journal pages.

I remembered my head for this one! The flowers were painted onto the blue background, and the head mounted onto the background. The figures of the kids were added digitally using images from Serif. The quote is from the book of Corinthians, and was also added digitally:

This evening we will also be celebrating Elizabeth's T sTands for Tuesday linky party, so here are some fitting images:

And some funnies:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!