T stands for coffee and cake

Hi Everybody!

On Tuesday we are starting a new challenge at
Tag Tuesday
and our lovely Wilma is hosting this time and has chosen the theme of
🍩CAKE🍩.
As always, tags of all formats are welcome, and you have
2 weeks to link your sweet creations to our blog -
Hope to see YOU there!
I made a mixed media muffin tag:

And please remember, our theme at TIOT will be running

for another week, and it is TAGS, so you could

kill 2 birds with one stone!

For Elizabeth's 'summertime love' at Art Journal Journey 

I have a hybrid piece, using photos and elements from

Serif on a hand-painted background:

Today is also Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday,

so here a warm welcome to all of the nice ladies

of the T Gang.

At my fave ice parlour they have new cups:

I saw these flowers with lots of busy bees last week when

 I went to the clinic:

In our local library there is an exhibition of a painter from

Düsseldorf, Ferdinand Paethel. He paints a lot of scenes

from our corner of the world, but there were also good ones

of Venice and classical still lifes. I love the colours he uses.

Some of the photos are not quite straight, the book-shelves 

were in the way!

This shows the Martin's lantern Procession which takes

place every November:

Next time I will be showing photos taken at the Botanical Gardens.
Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!

Leaving the middle ages

Hi Everybody!

I'm happy to say it's cooled off a bit here today, it's been

extremely hot the past week and some fresh air

would be very welcome!

For Elizabeth's summertime love at Art Journal Journey

I have a journal page, put together using elements from Serif, 

Mischief Circus and me:

And a last Tag for Joan's beach theme at Tag Tuesday:

Dark moon rising - taken last night:

 These are the last photos of Zons:

A fun decoration on a back gate:

The Krötschen Tower:

 More flowers growing in the walls:

A fun mailbox made to look like a satchel:

And the huge, oak gates leading us back out from the middle

ages to the present time:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Summer, swine and stones

Hi Everybody!

Hope your weekend is going well. I had an enjoyable day out

with a friend yesterday. We visited the botanical gardens at the

Heinrich Heine University, and I will be showing the pictures

when I have them sorted.

For Elizabeth' s 'summertime love' at Art Journal Journey I made a 

digital page using elements from Mischief Circus, Serif and me:

I am also linking to Simon Monday challenge, red, white and blue,

and to digitally made, summer fun/patriotic.

And some more photos of Zons. Sabine is sitting on one of the bronze swine

at the 'Swine Fountain'

The graffiti are just chalk: 

And here is the story behind it:

'In the year 1577 a 'swine war' broke out between the people of Zons 

and the Archbishop Salentin of Cologne, caused by different 

opinions over the taxes.

This fountain was created to commemorate the victory of the people 

of Zons, who re-captured 

their herd of swine under the leadership of Von Lauenburg  '

I always love to see flowers and grass sprouting from old

brick and stones:

We saw lots of tiny cottage gardens in front of the houses:

This one had rusty cats - extra for Elizabeth!:

Have a great day, enjoy summer,

and thanks a lot for coming by!