It's WOYWW again

Hello WOYWWers, nice to "see" you!

Thank you to everybody who stopped by last week and left those wonderful comments. I think I succeeded in visiting everybody (I hope) last week; it was interesting and also inspiring to see so many different work spaces and what everybody is working on. I saw quite some Christmas stuff, you're way ahead of me!

Well, it's Halloween for me. Blame it on Louise Gale and her Creative Color Challenge - the last one, actually. Guess what this week's color is?

Purple intimidates me. It is such a strong color, it seems to shout "Here I am!" loud and clear.

So I decided to give it a playful touch, and since Halloween is my favorite holiday (this is the child in me, I know) it turned into something ghoulish. What you see is probably not the end result, I still want to spark it up a little bit. However, in creating the background I followed Mon's inspiration - gluing torn paper down, paint over it with one color (lavender), then paint with another color (purple) - the second color I actually smudged on with a paper towel. After that I started playing with those foam stamps, oh what fun I had. Now I need to work on jazzing it up a bit.

If anyone of you wants to know: I didn't do anything on the orange piece of last week, but I finished the sea-green canvas, "The Voice of the Sea". You can see it here.

I more and more enjoy our WOYWWs. It is so nice to meet you all. Still wondering about it? Find out more over at Julia's Stamping Ground or just hit the WOYWW-button on the sidebar.

August Break # 16

We have the following saying in Germany:

"Früh übt sich, was ein Meister werden will."

It means that those who want to become masters need to start practicing early.

Kaefer, at the tender age of three, is certainly doing this here. Having two photographers as parents, it must be in her genes. Poor child.... she has been the photograph "victim" of her parents' photographing lust forever. But now she's behind the camera - watch out!

This is the last picture of the August Break. I really enjoyed sharing my pictures with you every day. And even though there probably won't be a daily picture, you still will find lots and lots of my photos here.

August Break # 15 and Best Shot Monday

Best Shot Monday's theme this week is celebrating.

Here we go - our way to celebrate lazy summer Sundays.

Cheers!

Sunday Morning Breakfast

I love lazy Sunday mornings.

Today I was up before anybody else, enjoyed my first cup of coffee and just stood at the window watching a squirrel and a scrub jay on my deck. The squirrel was hacking away on the moose antler that resides out there, then she jumped up on the railing, eating the very last peanut - and you could see that the jay didn't like that at all, oh no! The squirrel hopped over to the birdbath, standing on her hind legs while sipping some water - and the jay ran over and picked into her bushy tail! He was so mad!!!

It was after 10:30 that we finally set down for our breakfast outside.

We had Swedish pancakes, a treat in my family. This is something that reminds me of my childhood so very much, although we never had them for breakfast but for lunch! My mom used to make a huge pile of them, but there were never enough because all of us loved them so much and devoured them in no time at all.

Here's the recipe, it's super easy:

3 large eggs
1 c half & half or milk, divided
1 c all-purpose flour
6 TB melted butter
1/2 tsp salt (I usually take less than that)

In a bowl beat eggs and 1/2 c half & half (milk) for about two minutes. Add flour and beat until smooth. Stir in remaining 1/2 c half & half, melted butter, and salt.
Preheat a nonstick griddle or skillet over med-high heat. Lightly spray or brush with vegetable oil. Pour 1 TB (I take more...) batter onto griddle for each pancake. Cook until bubbles form on the surface, about 1 minute. Turn and cook until golden on the other side, about 1 minute longer. Reduce heat, if necessary, to keep them from getting too brown.

ENJOY !!!

In our family, each of us loves to eat the pancake his or her own way. The Geek mixes sugar with cinnamon and puts a generous amount on the pancake (and then rolls it up, as all of us do). Kaefer loves to spread it with apple sauce and some cinnamon. And I?

Only this:

What's your special treat on a Sunday morning?

August Break # 14

This is one of my dreams: a ride in a hot air balloon.

Did anyone of you ever do this?

I would love to hear from you.

August Break # 13

Have a wonderful August weekend, with lots of sunshine, but not too hot.

Perhaps spent at the beach?

August Break # 12

Wet clothes drying in the breeze on the beach.

Summer...