Hello lovely girls,
I have an unusual postcard for you today. It's from Kyrgystan:
The postcard features people drinking tea in a yurt.
Wikipedia says:
Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, formerly known as Kirghizia, is a landlocked country in the eastern regions of Central Asia, lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges. It is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and China to the east and southeast.
Well of course I had no idea where that country is so I looked it up on the map:
Closer in:
I would call it 'Far-away-ystan'!
Apparently a very beautiful country:
Photos found on the Internet.
The postcard features people drinking tea in a yurt.
The postcard was posted in Russia, so has Russian postage stamps:
Anyway, I thought drinking tea in Kyrgystan was a good 'ticket' to Elizabeth and Bluebeard's T-Party.
(Excuse the bag clip) It was Italian Week in a local supermarket. These cannoli were filled with pistachio creme. Yumm! Very nice with a cup of tea.
My weekend was uneventful as the weather has turned again and we have had thunder storms and strong winds and lots of rain. I haven't been anywhere apart from Saturday night.
Normally I would host Intercambio, but nobody fancied leaving the home fires, so my friend Eva and her husband suggested we just go for a drink. Which we did. Next to the bar, there were lovely climbing plants hanging from the first floor balcony.
I think the purple one is Wisteria. I don't know about the yellow one. Gorgeous or what! Spring is here!
That is all for now,
Happy T-Day all!
Lisca
7 comments:
Thanks for posting that map. All those "stans" blend together, but those photos you found make Kyrgystan looks beautiful. And those cannoli sounds delicious. I love cannoli, but have never had them with a pistachio filling. Those flowers are absolutely gorgeous too. Hope your weather improves, and I hope you had some good reading while hanging home too. Happy T day. hugs-Erika
'Far-away-ystan' sure nails it!
Beautiful flowers. Here... too cold, too! Let´s hope for the best, have a great T-Day.
Good morning A very interesting postcard this week and Loved seeing those pretty flowers-Happy new week hugs
I'm not sure what happened with my post as it shows up fine when I open it on my blog. Hmmmm. That is weird for certain. I wonder if anyone else had issues.
I get confused by all the "stans." Nice postcard, though. Those are some well built yurts. And I LOVE that the postcard is your drink entry for T this Tuesday, Lisca.
Now I am hungry for a cannoli. Yours sound delicious. And you don't have to share with anyone!
What awesome flowers. I agree that the lavender ones are Wisteria. I have NO idea what the yellow ones are. Thanks for sharing your postcard and week with us for T this Tuesday.
Sorry that the weather's playing you up again Lisca (sending you love & hugs!)
I think the yellow flower is Rosa banksiae Lutea (Banksian Rambler Rose), they're quite breath-taking this time of year!
Keren xx
MMMMM I haven't bought cannolis is a while.
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