Mum's the Word

Hi Everybody!

I'm happy to say that the bitter cold weather here has come to an end, and yesterday and today we have had mild temps. It was great to go out for a walk again without freezing.

At TIOT we are starting a new challenge on Tuesday -

👧Mum's the word👧

As always, projects of all formats are welcome, and you have 2 weeks to link to us. I made a hybrid piece using a picture of my Mum taken when she was 2 years old, back in 1918. The clock symbolizes the passing of time, and birds, flowers and butterflies were always things she loved. I have used elements from Serif and me:

Today is also Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday party, so here a warm welcome to all of the nice ladies of the T Gang. Yesterday afternoon my buddy G came over. I baked a crumble filled with home-made strawberry jam and topped with almonds, and it was delicious.

G brought me some beautiful coffee cups which had belonged to his mother, and we enjoyed drinking our cappuccino from them:

After we had fortified ourselves with enough food and drink we went for a walk. The little lakes nearby were all still frozen:

Here a patch is starting to thaw out:

Loved this little hamamelis tree:

(Spell-checker suggested 'shameless' instead of hamamelis!)

Then we saw this huge formation of cranes returning from their winter migration. They timed it perfectly to arrive on the first warmer day. I didn't have time to focus, all I could do was point and shoot - there must have been 200 birds in the formation:

 Here I enlarged a part so you can see them better:

We saw several pieces of furniture by the roadside, waiting for the old household-goods collection today:

And then G treated us to chips (fries) and sausage with curry sauce at the Berliner Imbiss, a snack bar. Just yummy.....

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!