Counting down the days.

I am on my countdown , hoping for a bit more freedom in two days time.

[ writing this post Monday evening].

With a bit of a struggle I managed to get a photo of  my new found craft item..........a large red poly bag, wrapped around my left arm.  

 An aid for me  to get a little bit messy  on a couple of occasions recently, its also a good paper weight as well, although it tends to slide around the desk a bit.

This page is simply stuck down book papers. Paint swiped over the top using a wipe, then a spray of ink [an own blend colour]

I had found some skeleton leaves to use and some stickers. The words are a stencil..

I am just in time to join the folk over at 

Art Journal Journey for Chris's theme  

Art for Arts Sake,
  a new theme will be announced for August.

I am also adding a reminder for the current Try it on Tuesdays

theme..... Use Bookpaper

Now, I am  off to visit friends at

 Bleubeard and Elizabeths

where we are always made very welcome with a drinks related post.

There has been a lot of plain iced water  to drink  during the very hot days we had in the UK.
I never thought I would say this but we had storms at the weekend and they were very welcome.

 After a visit to the Opticians last week we decided to have an Italian meal on the way home. Pasta for me and Lasagna for the OH.

Usually we have had to ask for a jug of water,  on this particular day it was offered. 

I will close by sharing 

 more photos of our walk in the grounds  of Wallington Hall,

 T day friends will have seen my first batch last week.

They were having a red squirrel watch, but we didn't see any.

But the ducks  were enjoying the sun by the edge of the pond.

We loved these little doors at the base of the trees,

 a great way to get children interested  and involved.

We left the glass houses  via one of the walled garden doors.

 The one on the right had us passing by.......

this environmentally friendly, waterless toilet,

 close to information on the new Biomass heating system  installed  also to benefit our environment.

This metal sculptured arch glinted in the sunshine, 

there was another identical one at the end of this long straight path.

Wallington has a lovely  display of snowdrops in the springtime.
This was a wonderful organic sculpture  to come across in  an open area of woodland.
I do hope ,as the polite notice asks, that it will be looked after for many years.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you all have a good day.