T stands for Tags and more

Hi Everybody!

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend. Here it was sunny, but not too hot, and today I am enjoying a really cool breeze and an overcast sky - lovely! Perhaps it's my British blood that makes me prefer these cooler temps!

I have another tag for Michele's challenge at Tag Tuesday, and hope to see more people joining in her 'here comes the sun' theme. I used one of my sunrise photos as background and one of my bird photos. The sun is from Itkupilli, the text from Serif, all put together in my graphics programme:

Tuesday is also Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday gathering, so here a warm welcome to all of the lovely ladies of the T Gang who visit. I was out and about a lot last week, so drank lots of coffee (and ate some  ice!). On Saturday I met up with my friend Nelya and her son, and after eating ice we walked to Cafe Burghof , next to the castle ruins, to sit in the sun, and  enjoy the views over the Rhine and  some drinks:

I like their menu card:

M had chocolate:

I had cappuccino - what else?

And Nelya enjoyed a Düsseldorfer Alt Beer:

This was on another day in Guiseppe's ice Parlour, where they always serve the lovely burnt almonds:

I saw the beautiful hollyhocks and grapes on one of my walks:

 Harry is enjoying a holiday on a North-Sea island:

And I have some more photos from the Daniel Liebeskind building near Hofgarten. I smuggled myself into this one:

That's all for today. Next time I will show more photos from the art museum.

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Sun, glass and more

Hi Everybody!

Hope your weekend will be good. I'm planning on a restful weekend, as I need to get some things done at home, so won't be able to run about outside quite as much as usual, but sometimes it's necessary.

I have a new tag for Michele's 'Here comes the sun' challenge at Tag Tuesday. I used one of my Matisse cut outs on a bright and sunny  painted background, with a daisy placed like the sun:

Last week I walked along the shore of the Altstadt in Düsseldorf, which has sadly been turned into a party mile. I always go early, but there was still a lot going on:

These concrete blocks, brightly painted by schoolchildren, are placed strategically all through the Altstadt to prevent large trucks from speeding in, as there have been several incidents here of terrorists stealing trucks - after murdering the drivers - and driving at high speed into places where masses of people gather. There is still access for deliveries etc, but they now have to drive slowly and in slalom to get through:

I prefer the quiet streets of the real Altstadt:

And I am sharing a few photos of some of the exhibits in the Kunstpalast art museum in the glass department, which is my fave place to be:

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!