T stands for a Tag and lots more

Hi Everybody!

Here's wishing us all a great new week and a wonderful April. The month has started off sunny here, let's hope it keeps up! I have been walking a lot this past week, even more than usual, managing about 15 kilometers each day, and on one day 22 kilometers, so that was good. I will show some of my pics later in the post.

For my challenge at Tag Tuesday, in which sadly so few people have joined in up till now, I have another tag. I hope more people will take the hint and join in! The background here has been painted, dripped, stenciled and collaged. The 'tree' was added with some dried vines collected on my walks. I sewed it to the coordinating matting. I am also linking to Simon Monday challenge, play with paint:

Tuesday is  Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday, so here a warm welcome to all the lovely ladies of the T Gang. Tomorrow is also her 2nd on the 2nd so I will be posting that piece here, too.

A buddy brought me this little espresso coaster and cup this week:

I got these 2 Miro mugs at the thrift store for one Euro each, still in their original boxes, so a great bargain:

Don't be shocked, the tea and mineral water were my buddy Harry's choices at the ice parlour where we took a break from walking:

Fresh peppermint tea

I had my cappuccino as always, extra strong, as I like it!

This is my piece for 2nd on the 2nd, posted originally back in 2012:

And now some pics from my walks. On Friday we took the ferry over to the other side. It's only a few hundred meters, but always like a little holiday, and when you cross over you are even in a different town:

Telling car drivers to put their brakes on:

Wonderful views of our little town:

I don't have many photos of myself, as I usually hide behind my camera:

Harry admiring the view:

wonderful, fresh spring-green:

And what can you see in this tree?

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

TGIF

Hi Everybody!

It's Friday and the sun is shining - what can be better than that? We've had good weather these past days, not warm, but dry and with some sunny intervals, so great weather for walking, and I have been out and about as much as possible, stopping off for a coffee and a rest here and there, too.

I have another 10" tag for our challenge 'birds, nests and eggs' at Tag Tuesday. You don't need to use all three of the ideas on your tags, any part or combination is fine. At TT it should be about having creative fun and not sticking to too many rules! I used a painted, dripped, stenciled and napkin-collaged background. My 'tree' and nest were made from twigs and dried grass, the feathers are found ones, and the egg is again out of a packet from the Euro shop. The quote is a TH stamp. The little birds are vintage German scrap. I sewed the painted paper on to a coordinating background:

I am also linking to Paint Party Friday, and Simon Monday challenge, play with paint.

And some photos from a little walk through Hofgarten, a park in the centre of Düsseldorf. Felix Mendelsohn Bartholdy has been given a purple scarf ( the park is next to the opera house):

This swan was busy cleaning itself:

Others were just swanning around and enjoying the sun:

The blossoms are beautiful:

My fave deer keeps watch over everything:

The grass verges next to the tram-lines are well planted:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!