A Postcard A Day - Tuesday 3 November 2020 - T for bridges, persimmon and suffragettes

 

Hello lovely girls,

Here we are again. Boy, it's November already! This year has flown by, in spite of all the Covid stuff.  

I'm sorry that I forgot Second on the second. We've been so busy moving upstairs and getting the bottom flat ready for a couple and their 4 year old son. They live out in the sierra (mountains) and have to travel an hour and a half to get to Caniles to take the little boy to school, of which 30 km is mountainous dirt track. They were looking for somewhere to live, but most places here are cave houses and she feels claustrophobic in a cave house. Our house is newly built on the footprint of an old cave which has been demolished. We are expecting them to move in tomorrow.

Now for my postcard of today. It comes from China. It features the Yangpu Bridge in Shanghai.

The Yangpu Bridge is a sister bridge to the Nanpu Bridge, both crossing the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. Yangpu is among the world's longest bridges, with a total length of 8354 meters. Its longest span of 602 m makes it one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in the world. Wikipedia

I found some images on the Internet and on this night photo I can see where the 8000 meters length comes from.

Below is another photo from the Internet which shows the enormous length of the bridge.

The construction of the Yangpu Bridge started in 1991 and it  was finally completed and opened to traffic in October 1993.

Yangpu Bridge was not originally painted, but as part of the worldwide Millennium celebrations in the year 2000, it was painted an attractive red. On either side of the bridge is a 2-meter-wide walkway for pedestrians, bridge aficionados, and curious tourists seeking an alternative experience of this remarkably beautiful bridge.

The stamps are really magnificent.

This red and orange one is called 'Dragon Leap' and commemorates the 20th anniversary of Hongkong's return to the motherland.

The next one is from a series called the Yangtze River Economic Belt. This particular stamp is called Multimodal Transport Corridor.

The whole series looks like this:

So what have I been up to this week?

I've started a new book:

 In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, as the rest of the world goes to war, she encounters Ichimei Fukuda, the quiet and gentle son of the family's Japanese gardener. Unnoticed by those around them, a tender love affair begins to blossom. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart as Ichimei and his family, like thousands of other Japanese Americans are declared enemies and forcibly relocated to internment camps run by the United States government. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love that they are forever forced to hide from the world.

Decades later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life. Irina Bazili, a care worker struggling to come to terms with her own troubled past, meets the elderly woman and her grandson, Seth, at San Francisco's charmingly eccentric Lark House nursing home. As Irina and Seth forge a friendship, they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts and letters sent to Alma, eventually learning about Ichimei and this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years.

So far I'm enjoying this immensely. It is the first book by this author that I am reading.

I accompanied my dear hubby to his vegetable plot the other day. There i saw that the chard was ready to harvest and I cut off several large leaves so I can use them in the minestrone

We also collected some wood and brought that back in the trailer.

We also brought back a big bucket load of kaki (persimmon). 

Some of them were so ripe that I immediately made puree and put it in one cup quantities in bags for the freezer. I ended up with 20 bags of persimmon puree.

Here Elizabeth, is a palm tree for you.

When I went walking with my friend, we popped in at her daughter's and sat in the garden. I was sat under the palm tree and I remembered to take a picture.

I waited outside while my friend talked to her daughter, who is 8 months pregnant. She took these photos:

I love her house. Behind her elbow is a lovely window:

And the next room has all sorts of old chairs on the wall. Very artistic.

Now today is T-Day, so here is my drink:

I leave it up to you to imagine what is in it....

I'm going to link up with Elizabeth and Bluebeard at Altered Book Lover, 

Happy T-Day all!

Stay safe,

Hugs,

Lisca

PS If you live in the USA you will be voting today. Yes, make sure you cast your vote as women around the world have suffered for the right to vote for women.