Cool Colors

 Hi everyone. Happy Thursday. 

Another week is flying by, and this one, although I didn't think it was going to be busy, has turned out to be quite busy. Being busy isn't a bad thing except it seems to make the time go faster, but as long as you're having fun, that's OK by me.

Last week I was looking at a pile of ripped out  pages from a recent magazine stack I'd gone through. I decided rather than having these pages sit the same way the pile of old magazines had, the best thing to do would be to put them to use right away. I  put together a quick junk journal with some brown kraft paper and a simple stitched binding.

Here's the first spread.  It's  a combination of images and  backgrounds from some old Flow magazines, as well as lots of bits and pieces that were left overs on my work table. 

Ignore the slightly ratty edge of the inner left side. I left a few papers just a little too long so when I turn the page they crinkled up a bit.

 I'm  having a blast making these pages. I'm not sure if it's because there's "no rules" to how I  arrange the materials (and that is very freeing) or if I am just glad to make use of more materials and not have them end up sitting or tossed in the  recycle trash can.

I'm linking these up to Valerie's Anything Goes challenge at  Art Journal Journey. I am also linking up to Rain's  Thursday Art and Dinner Date.  This week the theme is cool colors, and there's a fair amount of cool colors on my spread.

This past Tuesday I went to visit my brother at his new house. Last spring he moved from Massachusetts to Ogunquit, Maine and moved in with his new partner. (My brother's wife died 4 years ago from breast cancer.) OK, this move isn't really recent but I hadn't been by his new home. He's on his college's teaching break this week, and  he happened to have some free time so he invited me over for a walk and a belated birthday lunch. Many of you know I love to walk, especially on the beach, so saying yes to this invite was a no brainer.

I didn't get a lot of photos on my walk because my brother is the athlete of the family. I was just thrilled I could keep up with him 😀. I did snap a few photos which I'll share because these are certainly cool colors which work for Rain's Art and Dinner Date .

I've been to Ogunquit but never walked the Marginal Way, and now I can say I've done it. Plus it was fun to spend the day with my brother and get to know his new partner better. I'd met her several times but those meetings were always at functions so I'd never had a lot of time to get to know her. We hit it off big time.😀

This is where we went to eat. Of course, I'd planned to photograph my lunch, but I got busy chatting and never did. Instead, I'll share this photo and just mentioned I had a yummy fish sandwich along with a pint of peanut butter stout. Both were delicious. This is  the closest you'll get to my food for the dinner date part of Rain's Art and Dinner Date today. Smile.

That's all for me today. I hope everyone has a great rest of your week and weekend ahead.