The dawn Chorus for AJJ

An inky and messy journal page today for this months theme over at

 Art Journal Journey.

In my garden there is......... a Dawn Chorus

I am really enjoying being Valerie and Susi's Guest Hostess this month and seeing all the fantastic inspiration for the theme that everyone has been sharing.

Please have a look at the awesome Pinterest board  HERE

This is the first layers of my page,

Lots more colour was added with a few stencil additions. . My favourite bird stamps are making another appearance also some die cut wild flowers. 

Each morning we can hear birdsong as the birds begin their day.

But,

I have to say I don't always  appreciate the time they start their trilling and chirping in the summer months.  Still,  they are welcome in my garden, nest in the hedges and fill the day with joy.

Thank you for calling into see me again, I always appreciate your visit.

House to Let for AJJ

In my garden there is ...................

a house To Let.

A digital page for Art Journal Journey

I thought about how all the young birds leave the nest and in the coming years have to start off like all of us finding and making a home for their own families.

So this is  a fun page with the local estate agent Angus Sparrow ,
 about  to show  a newly partnered couple around  a prime property in a popular neighbourhood.

Thanks for calling by today, your comments are always appreciated.

Images used from

Mischief Circus kits

and my own stored images.

Sit and enjoy the moment- and maybe drink a cuppa with me. - for AJJ

In my garden there is.....................
Time to just sit and enjoy the moment.
A digital page for
 Art Journal Journey

First stages, of layering images onto my base,
 which was a photo taken in my garden in late May.
I wasn't happy with the pots in the left hand corner, the freedom of altering digitally is a big plus on these occasions.

This is the photo I used,  showing the steps up to the back of the garden  where we have a greenhouse, a wild patch and some apple trees.










Its is  also  T stands for  Tuesdays, over at
 Bleubeard and Elizabeths,

  I am dropping in for a quick cuppa with the T folk.
Its good to sit in the garden , this year our weather hasn't  been the best, but the garden still needs attention and my mug of tea can find a resting place anywhere,
even added digitally to my garden photo.

I am also adding a reminder for the current challenge theme over at
Try it on Tuesdays
which is Happy Holidays,
My page is certainly somewhere where I would like to spend some free time,
and I do, because  as you can see it is part of  my garden.

Thank you for calling in to see me today, its lovely to have your company.

Meg and the Pig for AJJ

Hi I'm Meg.

In my garden there is...................... A pig...

  Its   not a real pig, just this stone one that lives in the shrubbery.
It doesn't do much and won't pay ball or stick, it just sits there all day and does nothing.
I'd much rather chat to the one over the fence  on this journal page

First stages of my digital altering are here on the left.
Again elements from Mischief circus kits.

The original  base  is this cross stitch. piece  I stitched a good number of years ago. The photo was taken through glass and isn't as good as it is in real life.

Another page for July  over at
Art Journal Journey

where you will find lots of inspiration
for the theme

Thank you for calling by and for taking time to leave me a comment, they are always appreciated.

Eat your Greens for AJJ

Two Digital pages today for 

Art Journal Journey

For my theme choice of

In my garden there is............  vegetables

So following on from yesterday's  Vegetable patch ,

 I have made a couple of pages that I hope will make you smile.

Children and vegetable often cause parents some strife.

 I had one who loved the veg and another who absolutely hated them.

Now as adults they  would wonder what all the fuss was about. Typical!!!!

This second page come from a memory with my Gran.

When she tried to tell us babies were found in the cabbage patch.

By the way, my Gran was a wonderful old lady and we loved her very much.

Can you imagine the look on our kids faces if they were told that these days.

Another afternoon glued to the television tomorrow,

 with the finals of the Men's singles match at Wimbleton

Then after that I won't have to juggle with tennis matches and the

 Tour de France that still has two more weeks of viewing.

Thank you for calling in to see me today, I appreciate the comments you leave for me  and I am enjoying my visits to the folks over at AJJ.

The vegetable patch for AJJ

In my garden there is.................A vegetable patch.

for Art Journal Journey's

July theme.

Unfortunately we don't have a vegetable  patch these days, but we did, back in the day, when  our family were small. Grass is much easier to cope with now we are retired .

This double page spread was water coloured with some random stamping,

 and an article from a free magazine on raised veggie beds.

The vegetables were stamped [Sheena Douglas]  and fussy cut.

Thanks for calling in to see me today,

your comments are always appreciated.

The Head Gardener for AJJ

In my garden there are..... Two Gardeners

A collage page for my digital journal using photos taken on one of the days
 when it wasn't  raining before we went off in the caravan.

for the theme at
Art Journal Journey

Every garden should have a Head Gardener, mine has two.

Meg and my Husband.

Even now in her old age she will sit while the mower is being prepared,

 then  follow it round  until all the grass is cut.

The photos  show  a few glimpses of her inspecting the work in progress.

Thank you for calling in to see me today, I really appreciate your comments