Tuesday -Wednesday post

Hi Everybody!

Today I am sharing another piece for Halle's 'I've got a notion' challenge at AJJ, and it's all about sewing and sewing accoutrements. 

And I have a mystery picture. I have no idea what I accidently clicked  while going past - any suggestions? It must have been taken at home, as I haven't been out, but I am clueless!

 

And now a mix of David Zinn's lovely images, funnies and thinkies:

Time to relax.....

Having a joke together:

And as today is Elizabeth's TsfT party, I have some drinks on offer - I hope there's enough to go round! And just now I'm not allowed to drink coffee!!

After this week I will be taking a break from TsfT as I am trying to cut back on things to stay healthy for a little bit longer. I need to cut down on posts and do more for myself - sad but true!

Have a great day, take care,

And thanks a lot for coming by!

Monday Post

Hi Everybody!

A new week has started - enjoy!
I am feeling a bit better but still having a lot of problems and no energy. I need to be patient - Not my thing!

This is the piece I should have posted at the beginning of the new challenge at AJJ, where Halle is hosting. Her theme is 'I've got a notion', and it's about sewing.  Here my head is filled with all the things I need to get started!

And I have a last tag for Pinky's flower challenge at Tag Tuesday:

And I have a mix of photos, thinkies and funnies for you:

Have a great, new week, take care,

And thanks a lot for coming by!

Thursday/ Friday / weekend post

Hi Everybody!

As some of you may have noticed , I disapeared last Sunday and just got home again. I had been boasting of being able to enjoy a free weekend in my last post, but somehow things don't always turn out as they should.....On Saturday I was trying to rest and had really bad abdominal cramps, better known as belly ache. And did it ache. The I got a temperature and couldn't stop shivering, so I went to bed and hoped it would be gone by the next day. Alas and alack - oh no, it got worse. I had awful pains and diarrhea, and decided to press my emergency button which I have to wear all the time. And then I got taken to hospital, as I have already had a lot of operations on my stomach and pancreas etc. I had a nice room, all on my own, which was great!

  There I was put on various tablets, drips and drops and on the day afterwards was rolled off to the surgical dept. There I met up with the same team of nice doctors who have treated me there each time. I don't want to go into too much detail, but they went in  through my stomach, cleared all the stuff out which was causing me problems, checked my pancreas and a few more things, and by the time I woke up it was all over - I always miss the best films! 

Then I had a few days of drinking liquid, and yesterday (Thursday) I got a slice of dry bread with a mini portion of jam, yessssss! And I'm glad I had my smartphone with me, as I was able to spend a lot of time on FB to keep myself occupied. Today I was able to come home, and need to rest, so won't be writing any posts over this weekend, either.

And happy Independence day to all friends in the USA

Have a great weekend, take care,

And thanks a lot for coming by!

Friday / weekend Post

Hi Everybody!

I had a busy week again so I am planning on taking the weekend off on my blog, which will hopefully give me lots of time for being creative!

I'm starting off with a  mixed media face I made this week. I know it's not to everyone's taste, but I enjoy doing things like this. I am linking to Nicole's FFO:

I started off with making a collage on the left side, which I toned down with some diluted gesso:

And I had fun:

I am linking to Matilde's 'what makes me happy' challenge at AJJ

This was one of the Kaleidoscope pieces inspired by Tiare Smith. The blue Stripes with heads are meant to represent the people in our lives who helped us, or were kind to us. There are lots of positive words written on the 'people'. This was a very meditative and fun piece to make:

I started off b painting the background with phytalo blue, onto which I dripped water to make some lighter spots. Then I added dots and circles with acrylic  pens:

And I have some more faces, which  are all connected to a postal theme. I am also linking to Gillena's AFF:

I love making stamp men:

This one is mock vintage, using a copy of a letter I have, and adding stamps and stamps if you know what I mean:

This one was made smilarly

And this was definitely my fave, and I still use the head for my avatar. She's pulling mental floss through her ears to clean out her head!

(Please don't try it!)

And this was the fun postage stamp which was my inspiration:

Some photos, funnies and thinkies:

Views from my balcony  and from the Rhine:

Today I had a doctor's appointment on König's Allee, the most expensive street in Düsseldorf  - not somewhere where I go shopping!  It was extremely hot and sultry, but at least every room at the doctor's was air conditioned, so my four hours thee were bearable. They had water dispensers everywhere, too. But I was stll very happy when it was time to go home:

A lot of building work is going on, and I liked the 'people' fences they errected:

That's all for today!

Have a great Friday and a great weekend, 

take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!