T sTands for whaTever you like!

Hi Everybody!

Hope you enjoyed your weekend. Here it was extremely hot, not my cup of tea. I  hope it soon cools down! 

For Alison's come fly with me challenge at AJJ I have  another hybrid page, using a painted background and photos of the herons and the little bird on the branch. The other elements were added digitally:

Some early morning sky photos taken from my balcony:

This evening we will be celebrating Elizabeth's T sTands for Tuesday link & drink party. I wanted to show you the drinks we had in the bakery Café , but we both forgot till it was all over. I had cappuccino and Heike had cocoa:

This is a nice, friendly place to have a coffee break:

And I wanted to show you my earrings as they fit here  well!

And I told Erika I would show her my bee earrings:

These nuns seem to be having fun in the Vatican:

Some thinkies / funnies:

Have a great day, take care,

And thanks a lot for coming by!

Weekend Post

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend - enjoy! Here it's going to be very hot again at the weekend so I will be hiding myself somewhere cool. I am NOT a fan of big heat! For Alison's things with wings challenge at AJJ I have another bird page with a mixed media - paint/stencils/stamps - background:

Some funnies / thinkies:

This is so totally true:

These pics are from 2013, ten years back. They were taken with my old camera which didn't take such clear photos:

Fred Flintstone's car:

From the top of the castle:

Have a great weekend, take care,

And thanks a lot for coming by! 

TGIF

Hi Everybody!

It's Friday again and time for Nicole's FFO, where we show our face(s). I am also linking to Gillena's AFFF. Today I am showing the face of liberty, a face known to all the world. Liberty, freedom to think  and handle as we see fit. Nobody wants to be forced to do what others decide. Freedom should be for all - freedom of thought, freedom to take responsibility for our own lives and bodies, freedom to read the books we want to without censorship. Here in Germany the burning of books was the foretaste of much worse things, and I think we all know the unspeakable cruelty, murder, and other things that happened in WW ll. And it was an alliance of Americans and the free countries of Europe who put an end to it. For me the name 'America' was always synonymous for freedom, and I hope that this will not change!

These photos of me from the distant past were used as basis for paintings:

This face fascinated me. How did I make it? Well, it just got stuck in the printer and crumpled, but I love the effects:

This was a 5 minute pastel sketch:

And some variations:

This one was worked over patterned paper:

Another 5 minute sketch:

And faces coupled with time:

I will be back tomorrow with a piece for Alison's challenge at AJJ.

Have a great Friday, take care,

And thanks a lot for coming by!