T sTands for This and That again

Hi Everybody!

Hope your weekend was good! First of all I would like to wish all friends celebrating Hanukkah  a happy and blessed week:

For Sandie's vintage/shabby chic theme at Tag Tuesday I  cobbled together 2 smallish tags. I found lots of pre-cut pieces in my Christmas box which was a great help in getting the tags and cards for friends and neighbours done on time, even though I only started at the last minute:

These are the cards I made. It's too late to send them anywhere but okay for those who live here where I can deliver by hand. My Christmas box is now empty:

On Saturday I went for my birthday breakfast with Nathalie and Nelya and we enjoyed the breakfast buffet at  Cafe Schuster here in Kaiserswerth. Lots of drinks - tea, coffee, juice - in the following pics, so they are suitable for Elizabeth's T sTands for Tuesday link party. We were able to help ourselves from a wide selection of cheeses, salads, sliced meats, salads, fruit salads, cereals, juices, bread and rolls etc:

I loved the crispy, crusty rolls, and we could fill our bread baskets as often as we wanted:

My fave was fruit salad with Quark (soft cream cheese) and Müsli, and I managed several bowls of it:

Egg dishes were served at the table, I chose scrambled eggs but forgot about taking a pic til it was almost gone:

Anyway, we sat and breakfasted for well over 2 hours, and left the cafe feeling happy and full up!

This is the birthday/Christmas cake I made, filled with lots of fruits - raisins, cranberries, candied peel, dried plums and apricots and almonds. The fruits get boiled in red wine before they go into the cake mixture:

And here with the marzipan topping:

I got these fun Spekulatius (Ginger spice) cookies from Nelya, they are huge - about 8 inches high:

The morning of my birthday started off with a beautiful sky, with the moon visible:

 In the afternoon and evening I walked through town and along the Rhine:

A cruise ship floating by on the Rhine:

All in all a beautiful day, for which I am thankful.

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!