42 and beyond

Hi Everybody!

Hope your week has been good so far. We are still having erratic weather here - one moment blue skies and sunshine, then storms, then cold and wet - well, at least it's not boring!

I have another tag for my 'beverages' challenge at Tag Tuesday, and this time it's not coffee! I used a hand-painted background and a free image from the internet. The text was made with Serif:

And for all those hitchhiking through the galaxy, I found some more 42s - perhaps you will find the solution at one of them. Some were collected by Harry in his home town, he has been infected with the look-for-42s-bug:

This one is interesting - the sign at the bottom says 'Chance for a future':

Last weekend I was in Duisburg and took photos and a video of the lifesaver Fountain from Niki de Saint Phalle :

And one of my pieces inspired by Niki de Saint Phalle:

 I am linking to Paint Party Friday

Some more pics from Duisburg:

Have a great day, take care,
and thanks a lot for coming by!

T stands for a Trip down Memory Lane

Hi Everybody!

Hope your week got off to a good start. Here we have a long Whitsunday  weekend and today is a holiday. 

I have a hybrid tag for the Beverages challenge at Tag Tuesday, and once again it turned out to be a coffee tag - no idea how that happened again! 

Tuesday is also time for Elizabeth's Tea stands for Tuesday party, so here a warm welcome to all the ladies of the T gang.

I have of course drunk lots of coffee in the course of the week, one of them at an Italian Cafe in Oberkassel:

I loved this sign:

'Ice has relatively few vitamins, so you need to eat more of it'

The coffee there was great, served with burnt almonds:

And on some days I treat myself to a scoop of bitter-choc ice at my fave ice-parlour here - but only if I have walked more than 19000 steps on that day:

Last week I went 'back in time' and visited the street where we lived when I first came to Germany. Most of the houses, including the one where we lived, have been pulled done and now there are blocks of flats everywhere. A few of the old houses are still at the end of the street:

The old village cross is still there, too:

Then I walked along the Rhine, with a good view of the Medienhafen, Gehry Buildings and Post Office tower from the other side:

This little crow was sitting on a wire watching us:

Here you can see the Altstadt 'Schlossturm'  across the Rhine through the trees:

There are beautiful houses from the late 19th and early 20th centuries there, here a few pics:

Loved this piano sculpture:

Strange beasts guarding the houses:

And some flower photos taken by Harry:

That's all for today. My next post will have lots of  42s for those who are interested!

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!