Hello lovely girls,
I have another postcard for you. It came from the bottom of the pile as I didn't find it very interesting.
It is unusual in that it is a so-called Maxi-card. The stamp is on the front of the card and it is meant for collectors.
The theme of this card is the Austrian Day of Catholicism which took place on the 9th of September 1983.
The church in the picture is the St Stephen's church in Vienna.
I have recently been in Vienna and here is the photo I took of that church:
It has a beautiful coloured roof.
The stage was there because of the Eurovision Song Contest that was being held in Vienna. Two big occasions, but completely different in ethos.
The back of the postcard gives some information about the event in 1983:
Google translates this as:
The stamps are pretty:
The one on the right is a Christmas stamp featuring a detail from the Adoration of the Kings by Jan Breughel the older. Here is the entire painting:
The blue stamp shows a slipcase chain with pocket watch -
It comes from a series of stamps about Traditional costumes
Some trivia about Montafon: (from Wikipedia):
Ernest Hemingway spent two winters in Montafon: 1924/25 and 1925/26. The Snows of the Kilimanjaro (1936) and several other novels and short stories were written in, or they contain material about, the Montafon and the Silvretta glaciers.
The famous German novelist and poet Erich Kästner also repeatedly visited the valley, as did the former German chancellor Helmut Kohl. The noted opera singer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf spent her last years in Schruns, where she died on 2 August 2006.
The outdoor unit (seen in the above photo) is enormous. Two men worked for several hours to sort everything out.
The indoor unit is quite discreet above the door:
And this is what the outside looks like:
I am really thankful that I can have air conditioning. It is quite a luxury.
As today I will join Elizabeth and Bluebeard's T-Party, I need a drink. This is my dinner a few days ago:
It was a piece of salmon with lots of spices that I cooked in the air fryer together with some wild rice and peas. My drink is a nice rosé.
This evening I've been to the hairdresser and I had my hair cut.
I'll leave you with some photos of Ronnie:
And a close-up:
That is all from me today,
Happy T-Day all,
Lisca
6 comments:
Is "European Vespers" really understood, I wonder. I know this word (Vesper) from my Swiss-side of the family.
Oh, how I wish we´d need air conditioning. 15C!
Your food looks good - as you!!! Maybe next time I go to a real hairdresser, too. Ingo cut just everything off! Schnipp-schnapp!
Ronnie is the cutest, have a happy T-Day!
Oh you have a built in air conditioner. I am jealous. We just have the type you put in the window (and have to take out for the winter) and then this big floor unit that goes in the eating area of my kitchen that cools the whole first floor. We've needed the window one in our bedroom to sleep a few nights, but tomorrow the heat is coming so the whole house will need to be cooled down. Your haircut looks great too. And I love how you used your own photo with the postcard this week, and of course, seeing Ronnie. Have a super T day and week ahead. hugs-Erika
I love that the postcard you shared is from the same area you photographed while in Austria. I really like that Christmas postage stamp.
You are going to LOVE your air conditioning. I have a whole house unit to cool the entire home and a window unit in my office to cool me and my devices (computer, etc).
I love salmon, but it has gotten prohibitively expensive. And I see you treated yourself to some bubbly wine, too.
You look SO much like your sister in the photo with your new haircut.
It was so good to see Ronnie. He is adorable. Thanks for sharing your week and your drink with us for T this Tuesday, dear Lisca.
It's such a blessing to have air conditioning. Your haircut is lovely. I need to get my haircut, too. Ronnie has the most beautiful eyes. Happy T Day
Ronnie is quite nice looking! Okay, I am happy you have air conditioning! I know it is a luxury, but I love it when it is in the 90s Fahrenheit like it is here. That is 32.222 Celsius, and above. It sounds hotter in Fahrenheit! LOL. Oh, your haircut is lovely! I just wanted to say I found the postage stamps more interesting than the postcard. Thank you, and Happy T Day!
Hi Lisca. I find that card very interesting. I have never seen one that has the stamp on the front. The church is amazing. You have always shared such fascinating places. Oh, yes AC is a luxury. It doesn't get that hot here to have one. Except once in a while we put a window AC in the upstairs bedroom. The sun hits that side of the house. But not very often. You look as beautiful as ever and I love your short hair. Ronnie has gorgeous eyes. Have a good day today.
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