New challenge at Moo Mania and More

Hi Everybody!

Today I have my traditional collage of most of the pages I
made for Art Journal Journey, Collage
(Some of them are hiding in a folder I can't find!)
It was a fun month, and on Thursday our new challenge
will  be starting, so come by and read all about it!

And at Moo Mania and More our new challenge
starts today -

-Tea and or coffee-

Bet you can guess which one I chose for my collage!
I love starting my day with a mug of frothy coffee,
and my 'happiness' mug is my fave one.
As always, you have 2 weeks to link to us,
and projects of all formats are welcome:

And here some photos from the inside of the tower - shown yesterday-

where the ship's museum is. I have lots more photos of the

great models, will show them another time:

This shows the ancient boat that was discovered here in Kaiserswerth a few years back. It is still being restored:

I loved the vaulted cellar, under the level of the Rhine:

I wonder where this leads to?

It was a bit like being in a lighthouse or windmill.

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

In the Lantern

Hi Everybody!

It's Tuesday again, so it's time for

Elizabeth's T Stands For Tuesday party, and I would

like to extend a warm welcome to all the lovely  T Gang ladies.

I have one more mixed media/hybrid piece for Art Journal Journey, Susi's theme

 of collage with a twist:

And this is the tag I made for Tag Tuesday last week, our theme was 

patchwork fields:

 I popped into this lovely bakery for  cup of coffee, the figures in the window

move, it was fun to watch them:

And as I had time before my appointment, I went into the tower and saw the exhibits in the ship's museum there, and enjoyed another cup of coffee up in the 'lantern' under

the roof:

 The views from the huge windows were wonderful in all directions:

And the cappuccino was good, too, and I remembered to take a photo 

before I drank it all:

I will show the pictures of the wonderful ship's models another time.

Have a great day you all, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

A visit to the Altstadt

Hi Everybody!

Susi's challenge 'collage with a twist' at Art Journal Journey is drawing 

to an end but you still have a couple of days left to link to us!

This A3 collage was made 6 weeks ago, and I rediscovered it under a pile of newspapers....I collaged bits of napkins,  music paper, washi tape and various flying bits and bobs from my always well filled table. The letters are some giant alphas bought years back and recently rediscovered while searching for something else.

Last week I had an appointment in the Düsseldorf Altstadt (old town),

so I used the time to have a cup of coffee and take some pictures

of the Christmas market and Burg Platz (Platz=Square):

The church spire is famous for not being straight. 

It was damaged during the war, but rebuilt

as it was:

I love these statues on the advertising columns:

I have been intending to go on the big wheel, which is stationed here

every year from October to January, but up till now I never plucked up the courage to actually do it!

The tower is the 'Schlossturm', the rest of the palace was destroyed by

fire long, long ago. It houses a wonderful ships' museum, 

and I will show photos of the inside another time:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!