T sTands for a new challenge at Tag Tuesday and more....

Hi Everybody!

Our new challenge at Tag Tuesday begins this evening and our new theme is

Haberdashery. Our lovely Sandie should have been hosting, but is not able to do it as she is still nursing her very sick daughter. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. Our lovely Michele has taken over the theme, and has some wonderful examples on our TT blog. THANKS Michele!

I dug out my haberdashery stamps, which haven't seen the light of day for years. The stamps are from Chocolate Baroque. The background was multi-stamped using vintage photo ink, the embellishments were stamped, embossed and then fussy cut and fixed on with sticky pads to make them more dimensional:

I also have a hybrid piece for Mia's 'flowers' challenge at AJJ. I used a painted background, a script overlay from Serif,  two of my own flower photos, and a stamped Frida. The small flowers in her 'crown' are from Mischief Circus and I put everything together in Serif:

Today is also Elizabeth's T sTands for Tuesday link party, so here a warm welcome to all of the lovely ladies of the T Gang.

Most mornings I drink my cappuccino on my balcony:

The visit to this ice parlour has nor been possible in recent weeks:

On Friday I made a cheese cake for Nathalie. It's her favourite, and she had been busy for hours cleaning and renovating her old apartment, and was tired and hungry. Most of the cake disappeared very quickly, and she took the rest back home with her. That's a compliment:

And some photos from this past week:

The stones and masonry blocks on the shore have been there since the castle was attacked with 12.000 canon balls in 1702:

When the red lights start flashing you have to wait, the barriers go down and then the tram whizzes past:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

Weekend Post

Hi Everybody!

It's weekend - enjoy!

Here it's been cold, wet and windy with some sunny intervals, so we have at last had some rain. The trees and earth will be happy, and everybody with gardens, too. I still managed to get out for 3 walks, and was lucky to stay more or less dry.

I had a wonderful cheese soup for my lunch - cooked by Nathalie - she brought it to me yesterday, so it was good to have a delicious meal that I didn't need to prepare. And I was so hungry I forgot to take a photo, sorry!

For my 'anything goes' challenge at Tag Tuesday I have my last tag to share. I made it using the same system as the previous tag and it is more or less a mirrored version of the other one with flowers:

Here they are both together:

And once again I used the tag to make a hybrid journal page. The butterfly and blue flower were both hand painted and digitally added:

I am linking to Mia's 'flowers' challenge at AJJ

And I have more photos from the houses and gardens surrounding  Burg (castle) Linn:

Another coot sitting on its nest:

Another heron - this time without a swan:

Ducks:

And even a home for bats:

The street signs were all in the old German fraktur script:

Hope you enjoyed your walk with me!

Have a great weekend, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!