Weekend

      Hi everyone. I hope you're having a nice weekend. We're into a bit of a wet spell, which will be kind of nice if  it doesn't last for days on end because 1) I won't have to water the things I've planted and 2) it will give me a chance to get the house picked up and do some art. Especially the do some art part. 😏

    First today I want to share a journal page for Neet's It Must Have Wings challenge at Art Journal Journey

    I've been busy working outside a lot lately, so my page is  kind of a quick one. I chose a page in my ledger journal that I wiped some excess paint off of a brush. You can see that mustard color right in the middle. The rest of the background is actually a piece of deli paper that I worked on while making several  other pages. I love all the marks and blots of color on it. I tore the paper and layered it around the page. 

   Thank goodness for these Art by Marleen punch out images. 😏 They work great for when I don't have a lot of art time.  Except for the clouds (which I hand drew and fussy cut) I used a lot of images and arranged them to make the design. You can see the 3 birds I added. The sun is actually a flower image that I fussy cut down to just the face.  I used some yellow paint in the area to make it sunny and bright as the sky is behind the sun, and then I added this image. Afterwards I added some sparkles to the petals to make them sunnier and brighter. I also used  white and  black pens to add a few details.

    And here's a few photos of my yard "excitement" as of late. I have a pair of Eastern Bluebirds nesting in my bluebird house. I've been watching them go in and out for a couple of weeks now.

I took this next one with my camera rather than my phone.

And I saw my first Baltimore oriole for the season too.

     I was out working  in the yard and so I took these on my phone, but I wish I had had my camera out there with me.

    My weeping cherry tree (named Al after my Dad as it was a memorial gift from my co-workers when my dad passed) has been blooming. In fact it's past its peak now and the leaves will be popping out soon. Here's a few views of when it was looking gorgeous.

 

   It's a bit strange looking tree  as during an ice storm several years ago it split at the top, so it hasn't really grown very tall but instead outward. I rather like its uniqueness.  And sadly the blossoms never last long enough. 

   I am also linking up to Gillena's Sunday Smiles.

   Have a wonderful rest of your weekend and start to the new week.