Hello lovely peeps, How are you all?
Yes, It's a postcard although it looks like a book. It is the image of a real book by Peter Heaton.
Goodreads describes it as:
This is a book for beginners. It describes the technique of choosing, buying, fitting out, sailing and storing a yacht in detail and in plain language. In addition, there are shanties, salty stories, sea-lore, instructions on subjects ranging from forecasting weather to curing sea-sickness, and the whole is profusely illustrated with line drawings and photographs.
256 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1949
The postcard was sent to me from the Netherlands. It was chosen probably because in my profile, I have written that I like reading and anything to do with books.
The stamp is the standards Dutch international stamp.
It features a fresh herring, which people eat from a street stall with onions.
Soused herring is raw herring soaked in a mild preserving liquid. It can be raw herring in a mild vinegar pickle or Dutch brined herring. As well as vinegar, the marinade might contain cider, wine or tea, sugar, herbs, spices, and chopped onion. Wikipedia
It's eaten like this:
Talking of Dutch, today (I'm writing this on Monday the 27th) the Dutch king's birthday is celebrated.
It's a big thing in the Netherlands.
Every year the king and his family go to a different location to celebrate his birthday. This year it was Friesland in the North of the country.
This is king Willem Alexander and his wife queen Máxima and their three daughters, earlier today.
The Dutch turn out onto the streets, dressed in orange:
This is a photo from one of the news channels earlier today. I think I recognise this as being Amsterdam.
Great fun!
Now today is T for Tuesday and I need a drink reference. On Saturday, after our Intercambio language exchange, we went for a drink and there was an important bull fight on the tv. Although controversial, bull fighting is still very popular in Andalusia. This one was from the feria in Seville.
On the photo, a lot of bottles can be seen, as the tv is hung behind the bar. The head you can see is that of my friend Jim.
This evening I went to have my hair cut. My friend Kim came too. We always have appointments together so that I can translate should she need it. I took this photo while I was waiting outside for her. After A while I reckoned that she had already gone inside. (She had). There are two signs in the photo, one is for the hairdresser and the other for the dentist. They are in the same building.
I've just noticed a palm tree. This one is for Elizabeth, who loves palm trees.
Kim's hair is lovely:
This is my 'before' photo.
And here is the 'after' picture.
I'm writing this on the sofa with Ronnie fast asleep and snoring beside me. Isn't he gorgeous.
The elephant print is my apron. I'm one of those people that always wears an apron in the house.
That's all for now folks.
Happy T-Day to all!
Lisca
1 comment:
Nice haircut Lisca. And that's a cool postcard. I like pickled herring but I've only had it cut into smaller pieces, not almost whole like in your photo. It's the way they eat it in Scandinavia and the way my family always it. And that's quite the birthday celebration but when you're king, I guess you have a whole country celebrating with you. Have a super T day. hugs-Erika
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