Midweek post

Hi Everybody!

We seem to have an early winter here just now. Cold winds are doing their best to send the remaining leaves flying, and rain is making the cobbles slippery under foot. The booths for the Christmas markets are being set up, and will start selling their sausages, potato cakes, beer, hot mulled wine and Christmas ornaments next week - time is flying!

I have another tag for Michele's seeds and plants theme at Tag Tuesday.

The seed packet is from Gecko Galz and the other images from Serif:

 On Sunday I took a walk through the old cemetery in Düsseldorf. It's a peaceful place where one can forget the hectic of the busy road just a few metres away. It's not used any more, but the people buried there were all connected to the history of Düsseldorf, and gave their names to many streets and squares we know today:

The next few pics were taken some weeks back when everything was still green:

 And now back to the autumn pics:

We had a clear view of the moon again:

I am linking to Wild Wednesday at Curious as a Cathy

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!

T sTands for frosTy Times

Hi Everybody!

We had another cold and frosty night here, and it looks like it will rain later, but stay cold, so there might be icy roads and paths - time to be extra careful!

Today I am sharing another autumnal piece - a painted background with a scene composed of altered photos. One is the avenue which leads past the castle ruins, and  the night-watchman is a metal sculpture taken from another photo, and is on a house in a little, ancient town not far from here:

Today is also Elizabeth's T stands for Tuesday party, which always begins on Monday evening, so here a warm welcome to all of the lovely ladies of the T gang who visit here.

On the 11th of November here St Martin's day is celebrated. St Martin was a Roman soldier who cut his cape in half to clothe a freezing beggar, and was later Bishop of Tours. Children have lantern parades through the streets, and sometimes go from house to house singing, and are rewarded with sweets. Money is also collected to be given to the poor, as that was the message of St Martin, and the scene is re-enacted. This photo is courtesy of the Rheinische Post newspaper, showing the scene in Düsseldorf.

And people eat 'Weckmänner', tasty sweet pastries:

Have a bite!

I saw lots in the windows of the bakeries I went past last week, some small and some very large:

And they taste delicious with coffee. This is a special photo, as my fave  cafe has now closed for the winter holidays, and on the last day all regular customers get a coffee 'on the house'.

I was able to enjoy some cold and sunny walks over the weekend:

And thanks to the clear and frosty weather I got some good moon shots:

Wrapped up well against the cold:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!