Midweek this and that

Hi Everybody!

Hope you are all managing to keep cool if you are plagued with the heat. It's extremely hot again, so I'm catching my walks in the early mornings and late evenings as it is then just bearable. Tomorrow is free entry at the Kunstpalast art museum, so I will be spending time there again, enjoying their art and air-conditioning, as tomorrow will be even hotter than today.

I am sharing a hybrid collage, made with parts of 'real' collages made at various times and digitally re-assembled to make a new one:

 And some photos of my walks in the past days, some just taken with my cell-phone, which never completely recovered after going for a swim in the loo -Pity, it used to take really good pics:

I love this cheeky raven in Hofgarten:

The buddleia always attracts the bees:

I've never seen a snail crawling up the grain before:

Yesterday evening, about 10 p.m., and still well over 30°. But the sky was wonderful:

The last fields of rye have now been harvested, the farmers were also up and working early this morning - the poor snail has probably been harvested, too....

Time for a break and a bottle of water:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T sTands for Tags and more

Hi Everybody!

Have a great week! It's heating up again here in Europe, we are supposed to break all temperature records again this week, and I am not looking forward to it! The whole world seems to be suffering from changing climatic conditions. We can only hope that governments and people in all lands unite to change the situation.

At Tag Tuesday there is still a week to join in Wendy's lovely 'circles' challenge. I made another tag using a photo I took last week, placed on a hand-painted background. It's a photo of a shop window on 'Königsallee' (King's Avenue) which is easily the most expensive shopping street in Düsseldorf. All of the exclusive shops are gathered there, with steroidal bouncers in too tight suits guarding the shops, always talking into the microphones in their sleeves. Old ladies taking photos of their shop windows are evidently very suspicious! They often remind me of the film 'Planet of the Apes' where the apes were dressed in suits.... I don't shop there, but I do go and view the shop windows from time to time and take my pics. I loved these colourful decorations, and took a selfie here with our challenge in mind. The text was added in my graphics programme :

Tuesday is also Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday linky party, so here a warm welcome to all of the nice ladies who join in there. I drank lots of coffee again this week.

This was a cappuccino at a bakery in town:

Here I had a slice of vegetable quiche for lunch along with my drink:

The bakeries mostly serve good food, snacks and drinks and cost less than cafes, so for me, a good choice.

Cups and coasters in one of the shop windows here in our little town:

More beautiful china:

Silver and white:

This tiny cafe is by the Rhine gate, and also offer a selection of ices, drinks and snacks. It is the old guard's room, where the guard would have sat while checking on all who went in or out of the town. It's about 6' x 6':

And some more photos from my trip along Königsallee and in town last week. I am also hidden in several of the pics:

Hitchhikers please note the house number:

This bronze figure is one of my faves:

This strange column is in front of the Telecom building:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Just messing about by the river

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend - enjoy! Today I have lots of photos taken on my walks by the Rhine - a place where I can relax and just enjoy peace and quiet, wind, water and birds. This is an abstract stitched collage showing an interpretation of the Rhine, the buildings along it, the bridges,  and of course the birds:

Here a few photos taken last week on my walks:

There are even some 'beaches', covered in pebbles and shells:

Love the name of this ship:

And my big feet enjoying a rest:

Have a fantastic weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!