T sTands for a new challenge aT Tag Tuesday and more....

Hi Everybody!

Hope nobody was blown away by the wind over the weekend! Some places were really badly hit by the storm and had a lot of damage. Here it was not too bad, but the storm alarm is still on and it could get nasty in the course of the day. No planes are flying from the airport, trains, trams and buses are not running, and many schools are closed. People have been advised to stay home. I am going to see how it develops and then decide if and where I go for my walk.
Update, Monday 12:00  We've had snow, rain, sleet, thunder, lightning and hailstones in quick succession. Then I used a break in the weather to get out. There's not a lot of damage to see, just some branches and twigs etc which have fallen from the trees. Lots of bikes have been blown over, and there are
'run-away'  garbage containers here and there. The wind is bearable but the gusts are  powerful. Transport is up and running again.

Today we are starting a new challenge at Tag Tuesday, and this time I am hosting. My theme is 'Spring is in the air'. I think we are all looking forward to spring and Easter here.  I love the soft colours of spring flowers, fresh green leaves and grass, the first buds and blossoms, lambs, birds making their nests and singing in the trees. On your tags I would like to see everything and anything which gladdens your heart in spring. Our challenges run for 2 weeks, and tags of all formats are allowed - large, small. digital, hybrid, 'real' - just have fun!

I painted an A3 sheet of paper with left over paints at art group and textured it by pulling a scraper over it. then I chopped it up into 6 pieces and made 6 tags using a tag die from TH. I sewed each of the tags to a coloured background and then went to work on them, and got 6 tags finished. By the time I brought them into the living room to take pics, one had disappeared, and hasn't yet showed up. I hope I will find it somewhere under my mess when I clear up, and I will be showing the tags bit by bit over the next 2 weeks. I needed longer than usual to make the tags as my fingers are still not very cooperative, but I am at least managing some simple things, so I'm contented with that!

The first one has been stamped with stamps by Catherine Moore and TH (sentiment). I love this little bird girl. I coloured in the flowers on her dress and added some hearts and a bunny clip:

This was the painted paper I used as master board:

Today is also Elizabeth's T sTands for Tuesday link party, so here a warm welcome to all of the lovely ladies of the T gang who visit here. I made a digital journal page which I am linking to Elizabeth's 'hearts' theme at AJJ. The cups and coffee pot are die cuts made with my own sunrise photos some time back. The sentiment and BG are from Serif:

And now for some of the real stuff:

Lavazza is a very good make of coffee, and was on offer last week, so I bought 2 huge bags to tide me over the next weeks. This way I get top coffee beans at the same  price as a cheaper coffee from the Discounter:

Saw this in the Altstadt, but did not go in for breakfast - perhaps another time:

Unusual decorations at this cafe:

It's getting near to carnival time here, which means it's donut season. Just for you I tried a donut filled with eggnog - yesssssssssssssssss!

At the market last week I bought myself 2 primulas for 99 cents each:

And I got a big bunch of daffs for 1,85:

Recently I went with Nathalie to visit a castle from the middle ages. I visited there some time back, perhaps you remember the peacocks there. We enjoyed walking through the beautiful grounds:

I always love these rusty musicians:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!