May sunsets

"The sky is the daily bread of the imagination."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Indian Hands

Think Monday - Think ATC has the theme "India" this week. I came up with this digital ATC:

May

A digital collage made from some of my photos taken in the garden and park -- oh, isn't May true bliss?

"Be like a flower and turn your face to the sun."
-- Kahlil Gibran

Zetti moo

Make a moo or two has a lovely theme this week -- zetti style. I decided to give Mr. Poe a make over -- he might have appreciated that.

A walk in the park

A short drive from my place there's a comparatively new park with a creek, trees, bushes, and all sorts of plants.

Yesterday I discovered that several brushes were completely covered with webs.

With the help of a German website about larvae, I found out that it's most likely the larvae of the bird-cherry ermine who did that. In the article it was mentioned that most bushes survive and will grow new leaves later in the year.

Later I came across a female duck looking for her partner and crying out for him. After a while she went in the creek and swam downstream still looking for him.

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!

I hope all mothers get some nice treats today. Last fall's dragonfly or Libelle inspired me to paint a box.

Moreover, I baked a strawberry cake today.

Paris in Spring

"Paris in Spring" was the prompt phrase of Mind Wide Open's May challenge. I used the provided image as well as a couple of extras including one of the blossom photos I took in April.

Whenever Sandrine and Xavier sat close together,
it felt like being in Paris in spring.

Spring Awakening

This week spring really came to Munich in full force -- it's wonderful! Seeing the beautiful painting Young Woman Of Popeii On A Terrace by Guillaume Seignac as challenge picture at Art Creations Friday, I just had to opt for a spring theme, using three of my own photos taken this month as background.

Happy Easter

Easter Sunday was a beautiful and sunny day in Munich. Now that spring is finally here, flowers are blooming and trees have fresh green leaves.

On Saturday I had colored eggs with special colors which promised a special shimmering. Lo and behold -- the eggs ended up shimmering nicely!

Below you see some of my Easter decorations including my Easter bouquet and a few treasured items.

Hope

Tacey is the guest designer at Artarazzi this week and kindly gave her own photo of a seagull for the challenge. Now Tacey's seagull is flying into Munich's sunset.

Alfred's Beard

Think Monday - Think ATC has a great challenge this week -- men with beards. Of course, I have to present Alfred:

Alfred's Beard was his whole pride.

Frozen Moments

Mind Wide Open has a new challenge for April. Gail provided the photo of a young woman with the word prompt "Moments." After some time playing I came up with my Frozen Moments. Enjoy!

Spring

Earlier this week it snowed. However, today is a beautiful spring day which inspired me to the little word collage below. The word cloud was made with the generator at Wordle, and then I worked with it in Paint Shop Pro. Great fun!

Think positive

For this digital ATC I used a background from Art Creations Friday and the beautiful photo of a vintage lady from Artarazzi.

Why the title Think Positive? Because I would like to see the first signs of spring instead of snowflakes whirling about when I look out of the window.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

"St. Patrick's Day is an enchanted time,
a day to begin transforming winter's dreams
into summer's magic."
-- Adrienne Cook

Creative Journey

Mind Wide Open has a great new challenge this month. Gail provided a lovely image of a woman and the word prompt "journey." I wondered if I should go for the Journey of Life but while adding one layer after another until I ended up with a whooping 19 layers, Creative Journey had taken shape itself.

Flamingoes

In the end of January, I went to the zoo. I had won free tickets at a local radio station. It was a lovely winter day -- very cold with snow and ice, but the sun came out for some time. Now you probably wonder why you haven't seen any photos yet. My nightmare became reality that day -- my camera broke after I took only two photos. The camera still had full guarantee, so it's repaired in the meantime. However, now I have but two photos showing the flamingoes near the zoo entrance. Well, I guess it's better than nothing!