Trying to make the best of bad weather

Hi Everybody!

I'd better not say this too loud, but it isn't raining (yet) today. We had heavy storms again in the night from Friday to Saturday, and yesterday it poured all day, so I decided to stay home and hibernate, which gave me a day of painting, reading and  crafting. In the afternoon I watched a DVD of Jane Austin's 'Sense and Sensibility', and turned the catastrophic weather into a relaxing day.

For Art Journal Journey, maps, I made a hybrid piece showing a map of England and Shakespeare. The image was made with a stencil from Stencilry. The background is one of my old documents written on animal skin.

I am glad that my flowers survived the rain:

The view out of the window was depressing, so I closed the curtains:

These photos were taken on Friday along the Rhine:

I love the houses round about the Basilica:

And my quote for today:

'I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade....And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party'

Ron White

Have a great Sunday!

Take care, and thanks for coming by!

Where do I belong?

Hi Everybody!

For Art Journal Journey, Maps, I have another journal page, which for me is very relevant just now, as the majority of the British  decided in their referendum to leave the EU.

This decision has left me feeling rather shell shocked, and it is  one which I think is very wrong. For my page I used a map of the corner of London, where I was born, and one of my photos of the castle ruins here in Kaiserswerth. When I made it, I was hoping that the 'Brexit'  vote would bring a different decision.

Now at least  I know that I don't belong in Great Britain any more.

I have a sunflower on my balcony, evidently planted by one of my winged visitors, and have been taking progress shots over the past couple of weeks:

And I love my blue balloon flowers, and watching them pop open:

This is the seed capsule from a horn violet, which is really beautifully 'designed':

We had very heavy storms again last night, with non-stop lightning and thunder

over a coupe of hours, and it's not over yet - the never ending summer storm story.

My quote for today:

'A good decision is based on knowledge and not

on numbers'. Plato

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Art Journaling for Friday

Hi Everybody!

It's almost Friday, so it's time for Paint Party Friday again, hosted, as always, by Eva and Kristin.

My first piece is for Art Journal Journey, maps. I used a painted, dripped and collaged background, which was digitally enhanced and placed over a map.

This week I finished the last page in my 'new journal', which has now become my old  and very fat journal. This page was made with scraps of paper napkins and dryer sheets which were used to mop up colours,  metallic paints, doodling and writing:

And here I used a lot of scraps and leftovers, paints and gelatos:

And here my big, fat journal, for which I will now make a cover:

In between heavy rain storms we had some dry hours for taking walks, and today, Thursday, seems to be summer, but I don't think it will last long, and more storms have been forecasted:

The horses are happy in the old moat:

I love this garden on top of the town walls:

Market day:

Hydrangeas by the bank:

And clouds and sunshine chasing each other all week:

And in these days when the weather changes faster than many people can think, a quote from George Carlin:

'Weather forecast for tonight: dark.'

Have a great day, take care

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Girls just wanna have fun

Hi Everybody!

Just a quick post today, the day has run away again.

I made a piece today just for fun - we all need some fun from time to time!

I used a blurred photo as my background and some digital elements from a new set by Nancy Baumiller-Crowabout StudioB @ Mischief Circus.com. 

Once again it rained....

and rained....

 But the waters in the stream and Rhine do make for some wonderful atmospheric photos:

This huge mushroom on one of the fallen trees looks for me like a huge toad!

And this poor lady stands chained on one of the streets here:

Have a great day you all, take care

and thanks a lot for coming by!