The Green Man and coloured walks

 Hi everyone I have a new journal page for Elle's Art Journal Journey theme 'Fairytales, Folklore and Fables - Tell Me A Story' 

The Green Man has many different stories told about him  - see here and also here.

A lot of old English churches have Green man faces carved somewhere in them but if you have followed the links you will see that he may have originated in Pagan times.

It is quite fun to see how many different ways off carving him there are.

My Green Man is a Lavinia stamp, I stamped him and lots of different coloured leaves over my page with some scraps of paper.

I mentioned that we have had a few walks lately..

Lyme Park

Leaves on the water and a reflection from the tree above

It was lovely warm sunny day and we went without our coats

We spotted some Fungi beside the path

Fletcher Moss

We think this tree has died

Styal Mill Gardens

Just for Fern lovers....

    

There's been a lot of clearing being done 

We came down the steps this time.

There's still a lot of green around

Fungi here too

I think I must have kept you far too long.

Thanks for looking, Chris

T Stands for - The Arty Bits

 Hi everyone, last week was a quieter week which ended with us having our Covid boosters - sore arms and a little bit tired but feeling much better now.

I had a choice today, pics of our two outings are ready but they will be part of another post later this week.

I will continue with our trip to France.

While we were with our friends it was Patromoine weekend (you may remember that last year we were in Paris for this special time when museums are either free or special events celebrating France's heritage are staged.)

We found that there was a free taster concert for something being performed at the weekend so we went off to La Roche-Posay (you may know this name from some skin products - they are made with Spring water from the town)

We went to the Donjon where there was a video show of the area and the history of the Donjon

The other fascinating this in this room was the whispering corners - you could stand across the room from your partner face the corner and whisper and even though others were talking you could hear each other whispering.

Much fun was had by us, our friends and another couple! 

The ground floor of the Donjon is often used for concerts but this concert we were going to watch was in the Town square.

We took a walk down to the river

The town was full of hidden gems

The little church had the most beautiful windows

It was time for the concert 

The event was called Monsieur Hayden Takes A Holiday.

Most of the acts were musical - some very good! One act was very strange - a guy doing a monologue - most of which we understood - but was about Chopin - in a boat!!!

It was extended  by a compère who liked the limelight!!

All was enjoyable though!

The next morning hubby and I went out on our own again-our friends needed to start to get ready for their own trip away.

We went to Fontenay le Compte. We loved this little town. 

The biggest treat was the organist and a singer were rehearsing for a Patrimoine event here

We stopped for a drink and here I am joining Bleubeard and Elizabeth at The Altered Book Lover for T Stands For Tuesday.

Our drink came, as usual in France, in glass bottles

It was soon time to leave. We had spotted a sign as we drove to Fontenay le Compte - thought you might like to see, as we drove home the same way - the line over the name means we had just driven through the village.

As you may see from the photos were blessed with some sunny days.

Thanks for looking, Chris

Ooops, nearly forgot again...Thanks to everyone who contributed to Elizabeths napkin swap - I was delighted to receive these...

...not long after our return home.

You may have already seen the top one on a recent journal page.

Halloween at Try It On Tuesday

It's that time of year - Try It On Tuesday's new theme is 'Halloween'.

I must confess - I am not a great fan of celebrating Halloween but I am quite happy to to use my stamps and papers to make Halloween pages in my journal.

My Teamies have made some fabulous inspiration for you - please take a look here.

My page is not too scary but the look on the faces of these two boys, Albert and his younger brother Edward tells me that there's more to them than meets the eye. Albert has plans for when they go Trick or Treating - he has a pocket full of spiders, Edward is just hoping for lots of treats, enough to last them a week!   

I hope that before they get too far the spiders make their way out of Albert's pocket - he's already trying to hold them in.

I used some old Graphic45 papers along with some stamped Uniko leaves and a small crow by Crafty Individuals.

The spatters on the page are parts of Aall and Create stamps.

I hope that you will join us this time, as usual the TIOT theme runs for two weeks.

I am linking to Art Journal Journey where Elle wants to hear some stories

Thanks for looking, Chris

   

Alice

Hi everyone, This week we've had a lovely days out at Lyme Park and Fletcher Moss - we sat in the sunshine on Thursday and agreed it was warmer than some of the days we had visited in Summer.

I have a new journal page for Elle's 'Fairytales, Folklore and Legends - Tell Me A Story' theme at Art Journal Journey.

I'm not sure where Alice In Wonderland fits in here, but I do know that it's a story I loved as a child.

I used one of the napkins I received in the TSFT swap - I used a wet paintbrush to draw around the parts I wanted to use so that it came apart easily.

The Alice stamp was a freebie from a magazine, as were the watches that I stamped randomly over the page before adding the napkin pieces. I coloured in the cup as it didn't stay out so well

There's a lot going on still but after my days out I am feeling so much better.

Thanks for looking, Chris

WOYWW 697

Hi everyone, the only thing you will see on my desk is evidence of a missing mojo.

I know I don't have to have anything on my desk at all to share over at Julia's Stamping Ground blog for What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday but this is as it is this morning and has been (plus or minus a few bits) since Sunday.

Journals are ready - I have stamps and papers ready too. 

I even made a page on Sunday but not with what I had out. I just plonked the journal I used on top of everything here to make it.

The problem is, I think, is that I had such a good time with friends at Port Sunlight and came home with new goodies, I want to play with the new stuff rather than get on to something I should be doing!

If you'd like to see the goodies and the page I made it is the post before this one. 

Meanwhile I'm about to have one of hubby's specialities - Butternut  Squash soup (it's smelling great) so do excuse me!

Thanks for looking, Chris