A Postcard a Day - Tuesday 25 April 2023 - T for

Hello lovely ladies,

How are you today?  It's time for Elizabeth and Bleubeard's T-Party called T for Tuesday. It involves showing a drink or a drink reference. I have one right here. It is a stamp on one of my cards. (You'll see it later).

Here is the card:

It shows the Metate and West Ruin in Aztec, New Mexico.

The description reads: "Ruin had from 350 to 400 rooms and stood three stories high in some places. As many as 200 to 300 persons may have lived there at one time. The pueblo was built between A.D.1106 and 1124 and occupied by people of Chacoan affinities. It was remodeled between A.D. 1225 and 1240 and inhabited by a people akin to the Mesa Verdeans."

Aztec is a misnomer—the Ancestral Puebloan town has no known associations with the prehistoric Aztecs of Central Mexico. Early Anglo settlers, who knew little of American prehistory, first named the ruins and the town drew its name from the ruins.

Unfortunately I can't read the text, the image is low resolution, but at least you can see the lay-out.

I found some info and photos on the Southwest Anthropology and Archaeology Pages  website. 

This is a portion of the long north wall of West Ruin. (Photo above).

Several bands of green sandstone are a unique feature at Aztec Ruins.

The 'great Kiva' of the West Ruin has been reconstructed. (Wikipedia says: "kiva" means a large room that is circular and often  underground, and used for spiritual ceremonies.)

It has a beautiful roof:

The stamps are very pretty:

The two stamps on the left are from a series of forever stamp issued on 24th of January 2021.  

They feature barns in the different seasons.

The right hand stamp is my entry for the T-Party. It is from a series of Forever stamps about coffee.

I can't find when they were issued but  artist Terry Allen created each digital illustration with the style of 1920s and 1930s advertising posters in mind, capturing the inviting atmosphere of an early 20th-century café.

 I've been on a mountain hike this past weekend.  The local council had organized a coach to take us (a large group of 50 people from our village and surroundings) to the starting point in Moclín, a village north-east of Granada (about an hour and something by road).

This is the village and its old fortress. Dating from the Nasrid period, it was built in the mid-14th century as a lookout post on the border line that separated the warring kingdoms of Granada and Castilla. In 1486 it was conquered by the Catholic kings, who continued to use it. Part of the wall and the keep are currently preserved.

The walk/hike was about 9 km and was categorized as medium but I found it very strenuous.

We started down the left descent. (Which did mean we had the whole right hand yellow line climbing up!) 

Then there was the bit along the river:

It had a lovely walkway.

We came to a rest area where the Corcuela Fountain is located. This fountain is especially well-known because a spiral channel has been drawn at its base through which the water flows from the fountain pipe to the drain.

I got this photo from the internet as my photos just had too many people in it.

We passed over two suspension bridges. 

This is the largest one and it wobbles! Here you see me (front in line with the mauve shirt) braving the bridge.

Then we had a long slog uphill again (on the right of the map), which was tough. I must say I struggled and arrived as one of the last ones. But hey! I got there!

Finally one of me and my friend Loli:

That is it from me today.

Happy T-Day and Keep smiling!

Hugs,

Lisca