A Postcard A Day - Friday 3 June 2022- Friday Smiles

 Hello lovely ladies,

Here we are again writing Friday Smiles and thinking about those smiley moments and silver linings. Although I have been ill with Covid, but I can smile again as I'm feeling almost back to normal. I did a test this morning, hoping I would be negative and I could finally go out. But no such luck, I'm still positive, so my self isolation has to last a bit longer.

I had an appointment with my oncologist this afternoon. So when I ph'd to say I couldn't come in, they said they'd do a telephone consultation. And the good news is that I still have the all clear! That is certainly smile-worthy!

Smile worthy too is this postcard that I received last month. Heather, who sent me this card, had recently visited Morro Bay and commented she saw the Morro Rock but she didn't see any whales.

Wikipedia says this:

Morro Bay (Morro, Spanish for "Hill") is a seaside city in San Luis Obispo County, California. Located on the Central Coast of California, the city population was 10,757, as of the 2020 census.

Morro Rock

Morro Rock is a 576 foot (176 m) high volcanic plug located at the entrance to the harbor. Originally, it was surrounded by water, but the northern channel was filled in to make the harbor. It was quarried from 1889 to 1969, and in 1968, it was designated a Historical Landmark.

The area around the base of Morro Rock is open to visitors, with parking lots and paths. Climbing the rock is prohibited due to risk of injury, and because it is a peregrine falcon reserve.

Morro Rock is one in a series of similar plugs that stretch in a line inland called the Nine Sisters.

Tourism is the city's largest industry, coexisting with the town's commercial fishery. A number of tourist attractions are found along the shoreline and the streets closest to it, especially the Embarcadero, including restaurants, shops and parks. Above is a picture of an antique shop.

The most popular beach is on the north side of Morro Rock, north of the harbor. There are also excellent beaches north and south of the town which are owned by the State of California.

The stamp is a pretty pink chrysanthemum. 

One thing that makes me smile constantly is my lovely hanging fuchsia:

It has grown even more abundantly since that photo was taken.

Then the other night we heard something go 'boom' in the night. And in the morning I found my lovely fuchsia on the floor!

You can see the pot has split and half the plant is missing. How sad. I was going to buy another plant pot on my way to my oncology appointment. But that will have to wait.

The next photo is one of our olive trees. It is flowering. Olive flowers are very tiny and don't look like much, but all our trees are flowering since we had them pruned a couple of years ago. So good news all round!

There isn't much growing on our plot as we haven't had the time to look after anything (spending so much time in Granada). But we did have some beetroot, that against the odds survived our neglect.

I cooked them in my Instant Pot and will eat them some time this week. We both love beetroot.

That is all from me this Friday. Of course I have some funnies and thinkies lined up for you at the end.

Have a lovely weekend,

Keep smiling,

Hugs,

Lisca