A Postcard A Day - Friday 28 August 2020 - Friday Smiles

 

Hello lovely ladies! Happy Friday!

Isn't he a cute little animal? He (or she) is called a quokka.

The adorable quokka — pronounced kah-WAH-kah by Australians — is a cat-sized marsupial, and the only member of the genus Setonix — their full scientific name is Setonix brachyurus — which is a small macropod. Other macropods include kangaroos and wallabies and like these animals, quokkas also carry their young — called joeys — in pouches.

I thought that would get you all smiling! Because that is what this blog is about: smiles! Let's join Annie at A Stitch I Time with the silver lining of our week.

Let me first show you my postcard from this week. I got another Inge Look postcard. Inge Look is a Finnish illustrator and I just love her images of the the naughty aunties having fun. Some of you might have seen this image before, because I already have this card. but I don't mind getting 'doubles'. They make me smile every time.

The card was sent to me from Germany and it has that lovely stamp on it about Freedom of Press.

So, what have you all been up to this week? I will show you what we have done. (Never a dull moment in our household).

We went to buy some essential oils and I met Jacqui who I had met at the Intercambio Spanish practice. We arranged to get together this week.

The book I read (Death at Eden's End) is set in the Lake District, in Derwentwater. A place that I have visited many times.

One of our grandchildren was being baptized in the UK and people had arranged a video link, but at the crucial moment (typically just as he was being 'dunked') the connection failed. It had been video-d so we watched it later.

Monday I went walking again and I managed to go to the post office to buy more stamps. 

Tuesday is market day in our village and we both went and had a quick look. Hubby had bought some trousers a few weeks back and he likes them a lot, so we looked to see if that vendor was there again. Yes, he was, so he bought two more pairs. (And a face mask as you can see).

I used my new pan again. I really like it.

Wednesday I spent a day in the kitchen. I had planned a roast dinner that day, as I had found a local chicken (corn fed), so I did an old fashioned roast dinner. (Yes, in this heat!) And it was lovely! I also cooked another lasagna, as Jacqui and her husband were coming the next day and i wanted to have it ready.

My sister sent me the black and white photo of us when we were children. (I'm the older one on the left). I will blog about that (and the building in the background) on Tuesday.

Yesterday we really had a fantastic day. Jacqui and Toni came. We didn't really know them, but we discovered we are on the same wave length and it 'clicked' and we had a really good time. We showed them around near our house (they don't live in our village) and we found this 'nest'. At least we think it is a birds nest. It has a small hole in the top. I'm sure Kate will be able to tell us yay or nay.

That was my week. How has yours been?

I'm off to visit Annie and Virginia at Rocking Your Week Friday

Of course I will put some funnies at the end. A mixed bag this week, interspersed with some words of wisdom.

Wishing you all a fab weekend and a good week ahead. 

Keep smiling!

Hugs,

Lisca