Street Art Journaling

Hi everybody!

Hope you have enjoyed your weekend and been able to do lots of things you like!

Today started off again cool and misty, but turned hot and humid by the time I was ready to go out.

Yesterday I discovered the chalk drawing on the paving stones in front of the west door of the basilica. I don't know who made it, but whoever it was poured out his/her heart for God and the world to see:

The text at the right means, 'I don't know where to go. Where is my temple?'

The text in the middle: 'What do tears taste like?'

I found  it very moving, and perhaps this is a good way of journaling - to write things down for all to see, and let them be washed away by the next rain shower.

This is a very colourful time of year. The flowers are all in full bloom, and soe are even turning to seed:

There's enough for the crows and ravens to eat their fill:

The apples are ripening on the trees in the park:

The meadows behind the house are full of Queen Anne's lace:

The corn is already bigger than I am:

And I had fun watching the farmer bale the hay - the hay gets swept into the red contraption behind the tractor, then it opens up and a lovely, round bale drops out.

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

Friends, flowers and other things that make me happy.

Hi everyone!

Happy weekend to you all!

Today started out cool and misty, which gave us a few pleasant hours before it heated up again this afternoon.

I  made another journal page using stencils (a Banksy stencil from Stencilry.com). I am trying to find ways to hold my pens and brushes without using my thumb to give it a rest. It takes longer, but it is a possibility.

I used black acrylic paint, and have once again tried to keep to a reduced colour palette. This is simpler than most of my pages, but I like it.  I am linking to Art Journal Journey, flower power.

On my walk along the Rhine I saw these lovely flowers, which are growing everywhere there just now, and they are really large, almost as tall as I am.

The ducks were busy with their morning feather care:

The shore is covered with a jungle of flowers and plants:

 The bees were busy as always:

The mist was still cloaking the river:

And the swan was busy dipping for food:

Here's wishing you all a great weekend, with time to relax and time to be creative. Take care, have fun, and thanks a lot for coming by!

Happy Mail, a journal page and sunny pictures.

Hi everybody!

After a really hot and sunny day yesterday we had some cooler weather today, which did good. I spent a lot of time out on my bike again yesterday, riding along the Rhine in the shade of the trees, and with a nice wind to bring some relief- I could have gone on all day, well, if my butt hadn't been so sore!

For this journal page I used a brush-wipe page, which I sprayed with some blue to fill the gaps. I need to practice using my hand again, so doodling and lettering with a stencil are a good exercise. The stencil I used on the left is called 'grave fireflies', and is from stencilry

I kept to a limited colour palette, perhaps because I was too lazy too get up and get more pens after so much cycling!

I am linking to Art Journal Journey, Manon's Paper Saturdays and Feline Art Friday

Yesterday a big, fat envelope from Susi in Austria arrived here, what a treat!

First and foremost, this beautiful tag with a moo:

Paper Napkins for backgrounds:

Toys to play with:

And some crafty literature for inspiration.

 But best of all is to know I have friends who care about me. 

Thanks Susi!

This is where I rode on my bike yesterday:

Plenty of shadow:

My trusty bike with me sitting on it - you can't see me, though!

Rural scenes that reminded me of van Gogh:

And lots of sheep:

Have a great weekend, take care, 

and thanks a lot for coming by.

This and that about this and that

Hi everybody!

Today was a really hot day again, my apartment is almost hot and steamy enough for a sauna. But never mind, to make up for it, it is always cold and drafty in winter,  which means that on average, everything is normal!

Yesterday  I looked again at the old documents to see if I could find out what happened to Mr Kohlberg,  who was stranded in Spain for 2 years. (See previous post)  I found a bill from a hotel in Amsterdam, dated September 26th 1916, so he had evidently managed to get that far by then, and  I am sure he made it back to his family. His sons were soldiers at the time, so it can only refer to him.

The hotel is still there, but I think the prices  may have increased a little in the past 98 years!

I made a collage of my SOC pieces, it was a fun six weeks, so big thanks to Kristin and all who joined in!

This week I managed to make a journal page again, with paint, sprays, glitter, stencils and lots of doodling. My thumb is still sore, so I have to take it easy, and take lots of breaks in between. The sentiment is a line from a hymn we used to sing at school when I was a kid.

I am linking to PPF, hosted, as always, by Eva and Kristin, and to Art Journal Journey, Flower Power, hosted by our sweet Susi.

This morning I went out for a ride on my bike, and was in love with the beautiful sky over the Rhine.

The horses were, as usual, busy grazing and keeping in the shade.

I chose shady paths:

I love to see the sun sparkling on the water:

Here's wishing you all a great day, take care, have fun, 

and thanks a lot for coming by!