Hello lovely peeps
Tuesday has come round again and I have an interesting postcard to show you and because it's T for Tuesday, I have some photos of a lunch I had with friends from church.
Let me show you my postcard. It comes from China and it is a Maxi card. That means it's a special edition that the post office does, when the image on the stamp matches the postcard. They are being sold in the same way that First Day of Issue stamps with envelopes are sold.
It comes from India as you can see.It features a Meeana Palanquin. Decorativecollective.com writes: Palanquins were the most popular means of transport in British India before the introduction of horse-drawn vehicles and the the railway. This model is of a meehana or meena, a type of box palanquin developed and introduced from around 1800.
They resembled a large open chest, and were carried by four men, two back and two front, carrying the box with its passenger supported by long cane poles on their shoulders.
The sender tells me that this particular palanquin was use to transport married women.
This Maxi card dates from 2017 and as the stamp was probably not valid anymore, the sender (from New Delhi) had to use a current stamp on the back:
This Esmeralda Clarkei is a rare orchid.
The card was posted in August but took more than a month to get to me.
Enough of that. Let me tell you what I have been up to.
It's autumn but here the leaves are not falling yet. This is one of the trees in the little park near my house.
This is a close up I took to look up what kind of tree it is, but I forgot I had deleted the app. So does anyone know what this is?
I had some lamb's meat left over from when my friends came on Tuesday and later in the week I made a lovely pasta sauce with it. So of course I ate pasta:
And there's my drink for the T-Party hosted by Elizabeth and Bluebeard.
Although here in rural Spain, Halloween is not much of a thing, the 1st of November is. It's a national holiday and everybody goes to the cemetery to honour the friends and relatives that have died. In the run-up to this day there has been frantic cleaning of graves and flower arranging.
I was there yesterday morning and the cemetery is a sea of flowers:
Even the graves in the wall had plenty of flowers:
People have to get the stepladder (provided) to get to the top ones.
Ronnie is doing fine. Here are some photos:
That is all from me today.
Happy T-Day all!
Lisca
8 comments:
I wonder if the way All Soul's Day (NOv. 1) is celebrated in Mexico links back to the way it is celebrated in Spain. And your pasta looks very tasty. I used some left over pork and made chili last week, why waste food because it's certainly not all that cheap and so many folks are food insecure right now with all the politics are going on here in the US. And nice post card. I saw an Asian Palanqquin at a museum once. It I can't imagine being carried around. OK, enough chatter. Have a super T day. hugs-Erika
Hello Lisca! Happy November. I love your kitty. so cute and your pasta looks so delicious! Have a wonderful November and sending you many blessings. :)
Interesting postcards.
And your pasta looks tasty.
Your kitty cat looks so relaxed and pretty.
Happy T Day!
Beautiful post-love your postcard and stamps, your pasta dish looks delicious
I love the photos of your contented cat!
That's a very interesting postcard.
In 5 Bundesländer (states) in Germany November 1st is a holiday as well. Usually (red) candles are put on the graves and it looks so lovely when it gets dark. I have always loved this. The day is called Allerheiligen (All Saints Day) and Nov. 2nd is Allerseelen (All Souls Day).
All Saints Day (Nov 1) and All Souls Day (Nov 2) is a lovely way to honor ancestors and those who have passed before us. It's always so sad when I visit cemeteries to see how few visit and leave flowers or a memento. That cemetery is just beautiful and more gorgeous with the sea of flowers. Ronnie is so adorable. Happy T Day
I was about to mention All Saints Day (Nov 1) and All Souls Day (Nov 2) when I saw CJ beat me to it. The Hispanic cemetery in my town is also colorful, but not to the same extreme as there. That's a great postcard, too. I enjoy seeing anything from India.
Your pasta and wine look refreshing. I'll let you have the lamb, though!
So glad to see Ronnie is so content now you are back home for awhile. Thanks for sharing your week and wine with us for T this week, dear Lisca. Sorry I'm so late visiting. The place to find the right plant is PlantNet.org.
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