Hello lovey peeps,
Are you ready for Christmas? No, of course not. I'm never ready. Christmas creeps up on me and all of a sudden it's here! Only four days left! Yikes. So much to do.
But the past week has been good, if not busy. On of my smiles this week was this card which I received only a few days ago:
It was sent to me by Anneli from Finland. The artist is Tiina Forstadius.
As far as I can tell (No Wikipedia info) she is Danish and was born in 1949. Some of her artwork is this:
Or this:
The stamp is interesting:
If you look closely you'll see that the stamp is still in its 'surround'.
It was issued in 2012, so quite a while ago.
What have I been smiling about this week? Last Saturday Dian and I went to Albox, a town about 40 miles away from where we live. She had ordered some meat which we were going to pick up.
There are some big shops and supermarkets that we don't have around where we live. I discovered a Dutch store:
We went inside Action and it was the same as in the Netherlands, same lay-out, same products. I enjoyed that.
Then we were going to have lunch at a particular stall that served Nassi and bami goreng. But we couldn't find it and it was getting late. so we ended up in a German stall. We had currywurst and chips:
I did think of Iris, I must admit. The chips were hand made and fried to order. So now I know what a Currywurst tastes like.
Tuesday I asked one of my neighbours if Im could photograph him for a photo club assignment. He weaves baskets and I had asked him to bring his weaving stuff.
His name is Serafin, seen here with Roneo (AKA Ronnie) the cat.
Ronnie sniffing at the baskets.
Serafin waiting for me to get my gear ready (He did come half an hour earlier than arranged so I wasn't ready).
I think he's doing the strap of the basket.
Some close-ups:
That's all from me today. Of course I will get you some funnies at the end to giggle over, but for now I will wish you all a very happy Christmas.
Hugs,
Lisca
8 comments:
Wow, that is some card! LOL. The hatt steals the show a wee bit, huh?
Thursday. Every Thursday our VW-teamlead sent the song "Currywurst" by Herbert Grünemeyer around and we all went as a team for that (only day they served this dish).
Volkswagen makes it´s own btw!
Very nice pics of your neighbor and Roneo/Ronnie. And wow on the handicraft!
Love your funnies. I need cats ;-)
The lights made me laugh, for real.
Have a great Friday, hugs
You always have such interesting things for us to see here, the card is amazing. Hope you're ready for Christmas. Ours will be somewhat different as my mum died in May but we've been asked to a friend's house to spend time with her family so it should be interesting as there are lots of them, not what we're used to. Sending hugs Angela xXx
Christmas did kind of arrive in a rush this year. I thinkit is partly because it falls mid-week.
That card is quite an eye-catcher.
I love watching esparto weavers. It is a real skill. I have watched them at local events here. You got some good photos of him.
I smiled at the rounds of duck tape on the tree carton. I can certainly relateto that one.
I hope you have some good times with yourfriends over the Christmas season. Kate xx
What a fun card today 🤣🤣 I hope you have a wonderful Christmas.
Hugs,
Annie x
What a rich post. It is almost like getting Christmas presents. Aloha to you and your family
LOVe the artist! thanks, and the whole post is awesome. I wove Appalachian baskets, would like to meet your neighbor and talk baskets, the funnies were perfect,... cats did the rest... lol
Oh and no one has those star lights here that I've seen, if we move to Europe we must bring ours
LeeAnna
I really like that sweater you're wearing in the photo outside of the Action store. And those are beautiful baskets. I'm guessing currywurst is a sausage in curry sauce. I' ve never seen that before. Have a great weekend Lisca. hugs-Erika
Sorry I have missed so many of your posts. Mr. M's cancer, then he fell off the step and fractured is ankle a few weeks before cancer surgery. It has been a tough time, again. Wishing you a happy Christmas.
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