Hello lovely peeps,
The week has sped by and it's Friday already. I have smiles and a special card to share with you.
The card comes from Hungary and was sent by someone from Postcrossing called Viki:
It's the first time I received a birthday card from a Postcrosser. It will be my birthday on Sunday, so it's bang on time.
I love the cute otter. In fact I love it that I got card at all as I don't get many birthday cards these days. (Since writing this I have received, not opened, two more cards).
There are lovely wishes and pretty stickers in the card.
The stickers on the back are, well, Hungarian:
And the stamps are spectacular:
The stamp on the right clearly features the Rubik cube.
Hungary has honoured one of its most iconic inventions, the Rubik’s Cube, with a commemorative stamp celebrating its 50th anniversary. Recognized globally as a symbol of Hungarian ingenuity, the puzzle has left a lasting mark on science, education, and design.
Linn's Stamp News writes: In the mid-1970s, Rubik was a teacher at Budapest’s Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in the Department of Interior Design. Although most accounts of the toy’s creation suggest that Rubik built the cube as a teaching tool to help his students understand three-dimensional objects, his actual intent was to create a device with moving sectional parts in an attempt to solve the structural problem of moving those parts independently without comprising the integrity of the entire mechanism.
At the time, Rubik didn’t realize he had created an imaginative logic toy until the first time he scrambled the various sections of the cube and tried to restore them to their original positions.
On Jan. 30, 1975, Rubik applied for a patent in Hungary for his “Magic Cube,” receiving the patent later that year on Dec. 31.
In the years since its creation, the toy has become an international phenomenon, reaching the height of its popularity in the 1980s, and is estimated to have entertained more than 1 billion users. Even today worldwide competitions are held in which entrants are timed in their efforts to unscramble the squares of the device.
The Hungarian Conservative published this on 03-02-2025: Celebrating 50 Years of the Rubik’s Cube and Ernő Rubik’s 80th Birthday in New York
A new exhibition, Rubik 80/50 — Fifty Years of Magic, has opened in New York’s TriBeCa district. Celebrating 50 years of the Rubik’s Cube and its inventor Ernő Rubik’s 80th birthday, the exhibit offers a dynamic journey through the legacy of a global icon.
Let's move from Hungary to where I am: Spain.
What have I been up to?
This week I have been in Granada to meet with my childhood friend Jenny. We hadn't seen each other for many years so I was very excited to see her. She was on holiday on the south coast, not at all near here but she was willing to get on a bus and we arranged to meet halfway in Granada.
We met at the bus station and we walked towards the bull ring. In the pouring rain! I was chatting so much that I didn't pay attention to where I was going and we walked too far. We ended up having to walk 20 min back again.
The bull ring is still in use and this poster announces upcoming events.
At lunch time it had stopped raining we stopped at a little tapas place to have something to eat We sat outside as it wasn't cold.
Eventually we walked along the Avenida de la Constitución (below an archive photo) which has ten sculptures dedicated to historical figures of Granada.
The first statue that was placed there is dedicated to Federico García Lorca, almost seventy years after his assassination. It is the work of the artist José Antonio Corredor
Here I am with the statue of Lorca (It looks like they have given him a new bench to sit on):
We had a lovely time in spite of the rain.
The other thing that has given me a lot of smiles this week is Ronnie, my cat. He has so much fun with this box:
Cats love boxes, don't they?
That's enough for today. I'm going to link up with Annie at A Stitch In Time and I will put some funnies at the end as per usual.
Enjoy your weekend,
Lisca
6 comments:
I had an older cousin who failed to solve the cube and was very frustrated - so I never gave it a go. But I do have a small one here as deco. Somewhere...
So nice to meet a childhood-friend!!
And Ronnie is the cutest!
The laundry one is my fav!
Have a fun Friday!
I hope you have a wonderful Birthday. You look to have had a lovelt time with your friend...special memories made I'm sure.
Hugs,
Annie x
I'm so glad you like the postcard so much. I was also very happy to send it to a sympathetic, brave and interesting person. Take care of yourself, always be cheerful and positive. Happy birthday. Viki from Hungary
I am still smiling from seeing your funnies this week. It was intersting to see the oiece about the Rubik's cube. When my oldst son (now 50+), was a younf choir boy, he entertained the other boys during the sermon by solving a cube after they each mixed it up - until it was discovered what they were doing! He held the record in his first class at secondary school for the fastest at solving it. He can't do it now though.
I am glad you had a good day out with your friend. A very Happy Birthday for Sunday. Kate x
how fun to visit with your friend, in a place new to both of you. I so enjoyed your tour of pictures too!!! What a mountain view there and yum to tapas. I wish I could send a card to you but not sure if I can send international mail from the house. It's fun to get actual mail like that. Your funnies were ALL so funny and I enjoyed them.
plus, I LOVED reading your growing up sibling order story in my comments section. How pleasant to hear, I would have liked having a sis to share things with like that
LeeAnna
I love those stamps! Your funnies were really good. Happy T day and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Post a Comment