Two cushions to go with the quilt, using the "pig knight" fabric and my dragons. The new one looks a little smaller. Also this one is hand-quilted allover.
Upcoming creativity can be like the return of one's strength after being sick. As a matter of fact, I caught a little cold on our long walk through Luebeck. 3 hours in the cold wind -- that affected me a bit, but it's over completely. Well, today my lino cut knives attracted me tremendously, and while J had a long nap on the sofa, I cut this one. Printing is a certain problem, I don't have a table for this purpose. But I'll try the kitchen working space.
After all, this blog is not named black&white research. So now there is a color album online.
Black and white looks like messages from the past to me, because I was born in a time when color photography wasn't yet prevailing. My father did his own prints in his darkroom, and I assisted him at the age of 6-8 years. That's why I made a little album of black&white prints beside my notes and scribbles, a journey diary. Here's the album for you.
"Field" is the name of this island.
Postglacial landscape, scattered with rocks, and the coastline is in constant motion.
In Mecklenburg, most smaller places can be reached through alleys. Only very few highways connect the larger towns. Travelling is slowed down, no overtaking, but lovely views everywhere.
Beach life in Germany is orderly and regulated. The guests are kept in baskets -- no, not behind bars! These prevent that someone else uses the beach basket in absence of the tenant. 
It is about 6.50$ a day. And if you just want to sit in the sand? Oh, this isn't free either. 2.60$ per day and person, the "Kur-Taxe" (this is not an eastern thing, we had that in the west for ages). We found a free beach and lay on the sand, a little offside.
We could have afforded to pay that fee. But we found it thrilling not to.
All the houses were covered with a rough brownish-grey stucco which reminds me a lot of the skin which was popular during Nazi times. And what made it worse: The rough surface collected a lot of the soot and dust that was produced by unfiltered furnaces. All the towns, all the houses looked alike and made you depressive when you were there.
But what amazed me most: I saw houses with fresh stucco of the same kind! Most people try to give their houses a fresh look, using bright and vivid colors when they paint them. A greenish yellow is quite popular. But some seem to look back in what we call eastalgia.
We spent a few days by the Baltic sea, near Wismar, on the island Poel. The name of this island comes from "polye" which means "field" in Wendish language. We lived in a cottage and saw wonderful places. During the days to come I'll show you more of my photos.
The weather was sunny quite often, the rain fell at night, but it was rather cool and windy.
We visited the gothic churches in Wismar and Doberan, shown here. On the way back, we stopped in Luebeck, saw more churches on a 3 hours walk. Now, we are very tired and I cannot post more tonight. More pictures are promised.
The.Tatzelwurm jerked up from his bed when he realized that he had forgotten to set his alarm clock. Would be be late? Would his boss bite his head off? Then he remembered that he was the boss, biting off his staff's heads whenever he was in the mood. -- Pen drawing with diluted ink, digitally overdyed.
Recently, I bought a fat quarter of this whimsical fabric: "Sikaritari", which means "Pig knight". The designer lives in Finland. She offered the fabric with a grey-brown background which suited the design quite well; I asked her if she would be able to present this design with a turquoise background, too, and she was so kind. I intend to use it for another pillow top in the style of the dragon cushion.
Evening sky tonight. The day was rather warm; the nights are cold, temperatures go down into the 50ies F.
This Tatzelwurm, Ketu, tries to swallow the moon. When I had finished this ink drawing, I noticed that its shape resembled the astrological sign for the Lower Moon Node. 
This is one of two points where the moon crosses the ecliptic. In Indian tradition, lunar + solar eclipses come from the heavenly bodies being eaten by monsters named Rahu and Ketu (the lower and upper Moon Node).
