A Postcard A Day - Friday 24 February 2023 Friday Smiles

 Hello lovely ladies,

Another week has passed and we are getting slowly a bit closer to spring. (at least in my hemisphere). I can't wait. The weather has been so bad and dreary, I'm really longing for the sun!

My postcard for today comes from the USA and it is a water colour of a pomegranate. 

It doesn't have the name of the artist on it but the copywrite is by Samin Nosrat

Samin Nosrat born November 7, 1979 in San Diego, is an American chef, TV host, food writer and podcaster.

She is the author of the James Beard Award–winning, New York Times Bestselling cookbook Salt Fat Acid Heat:

and host of a Netflix docu-series of the same name. From 2017–2021, she was a food columnist for The New York Times Magazine. Nosrat is also the co-host of the podcast Home Cooking

A fact about the pomegranate is that in Spanish it is called a granada. Of course I live in the Granada province and our province and capital city were named after this fruit which is very common here. It grows on trees and there are many pomegranate trees here.

The stamp is the poinsettia, bearing in mind that the card was posted before Christmas.

What have I been up to?

My week has been good with lots going on. My weekend is always filled with friends popping in and Intercambio meeting on Saturday. Then church on Sunday. On Sunday afternoon I went for a walk with my friend Antonia:

Monday I went to the gym again. It really is hard work getting up early on a cold morning, but once I'm at the gym I really enjoy it.

Tuesday is market day. I bought avocados  and other vegetables. I heard about shortages in the UK but there are no shortages here. 

On Tuesday my friends Kim and Andy come and I made them cheat Gregg's cheese and onion pasties (and some prawns as a side dish).

Andy brought his car battery charger as our 4x4 car that we only used off road, to get to our plot, had a flat battery. Of course I hadn't used it since Graham died and Andy connected the battery to the charger. It charged until yesterday (Thursday) afternoon. The battery is in place and the car starts again. Phew!

In the evening I had a church housegroup meeting via Zoom.

Wednesday is the day the cleaning lady comes, so I have been working with her. She helped me strip and re-make the bed so I had a nice clean bed. Wednesday was also the first sunny day in a month! So I washed the bedding and it dried that same afternoon. 

In the afternoon I had a dental appointment. The last treatment. Hurray! Later in the afternoon my friend and I went to a demonstration and presentation of regional lambs meat.

The chef was cooking stuff as he talked. 

The presentation was being held in a local bar, 5 min walk from my house.

We also got to taste all the little things he cooked. It was really delicious. In the photo above you can see me on the left next to my friend Antonia and next to her is her daughter with a friend.

The lady on the left, who was sitting next to me in the above photo, is Maria Pilar, our mayoress. Yes we have a glamorous mayor.

Below are some of the dishes:

That is it from me today. Of course I will try to find some funnies for you and put them at the end.

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Have a lovely weekend,

Keep smiling,

Hugs,

Lisca