T sTands for Tuesday on Monday!

Hi Everybody!

I have had a lazy weekend here. I went into the kitchen to clear my art table and then do some painting. Then I found an Ellis Peters book on a pile of stuff and started to read....End of Saturday! On Sunday I stayed  in bed to finish the book, and it was sort of afternoon before I got up, had a shower, and sat down to watch TV and learn a lot about the Danish Royal family. It was very interesting and as you may guess, I didn't get anything done again. Yes, it was a lazy weekend.

This evening we will be celebrating Elizabeth's T sTands for Tuesday drink party, where we share our drinks. And here a warm welcome to all of the nice ladies of the T Gang who visit here. I am sure you can all guess what my drink is:

And I wanted to say a big thank-you to all of the lovely people who sent cards for Christmas and my birthday, here are some of them, I will try to get the others done for next week:

From top to bottom, left to right:

Our lovely Erika, Carol and Sandy;

Two beauties from Elle, and an angel card from Silke;

David, Jim, Tracy Hotchpotch  and Barbara;

Carola and Nancy.

The cards are all wonderful, and I want to thank you all for thinking of me!

And as some of you like the stamps, here they are - from Erika, and  from Elle. I especially love the cat and the Queen, and I've never seen a Happy Holidays cancellation before! Once again, many thanks, and I sincerely hope that Covid doesn't get me again!

This is for Erika's 'it's on the calendar' challenge at AJJ. I made the tempates for those strange people many moons ago, and have used them a couple of times, so here they are making another appearance and trying to be nice to each other. Sorry the writing is bad, it is very difficult to write these days because of the shakes!

And some thinkies / funnies:

Happy T Day, take care,

And thanks a lot for coming by!

Weekend Post

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend, enjoy!

Today I am sharing another of my pastel portraits. Sorry for the poor photos, I've been having problems with my smartphone, I need a new one!

The text written along the flowers is ' Bloom, grow and be proud of yourself.'

This was the 2nd one I made, and is relative similar to the first one. The more  I make the more they change!

Some thinkies / funnies!

Sorry if there are some repeats here, as I said, my phone is rather crazy today. Hope I soon have a new one!

Have a great weekend, take care,

And thanks a lot for coming by!

Thursday / Friday post

 Hi Everybody!

It's very cold here today, and we had the coldest night on record for many years here at the lower Rhine, where we are usually favoured with mild weather. Brrrrrr!

First of all I have  a piece for Erika's 'It's on the calendar' challenge at AJJ. I found an old head in one of my stacks of paper - a painted head, of course - and fished it out. It was covered in splodges. Still - waste not,  want not, so I went to work on it. I filled the head with various bits and bobs and ufos from my craft table. Then I painted the left side purple and wrote my text on it - finished. Sometimes it's good to have an empty head going spare....

And I am showing another face meant for Nicole's FFO. I made it in September and never got round to showing it yet.

The decorations were inspired by these delicate, dried branches from one of the hedges, they were so pretty:

And for Pinky's 'Something new' challenge at Tag Tuesday I have a tag:

Now for some photos from yesterday.

First of all sunrise. Stupid as I am I stood on the balcony and enjoyed it, and today  I have a nasty cold:

Then I went out walking and took more photos so you see how high the water still is:

The ducks out for a swim:

This is the meadow where the horses usually graze. Back in the good old days this was part of the moat, and it always fills up after heavy rains and high water:

This was taken from the bridge which used to be the entrance to town in the old days. The moat has filled up here, too, although it's usually a park:

And here I reached my goal, my reward, my safe place to warm up - Bolton's Bakery, where I was able to enjoy a sandwich with meat and salad and a large cup of cappuccino:

I think I'd better stop here!

I'm linking to Erika's challenge at AJJ,   Pinky's challenge at Tag Tuesday, Nicole's FFO and Gillena's AFFF.

Ufffffff!

Have a great day, take care,

And thanks a lot for coming by!