A Postcard A day - Friday 3 July 2026 - Friday Smiles

Hello lovely peeps,

How are you all? Have you had lots of smiles this week?

I've had a few 'groans' initially, but lots of smiles lately! More about that later. Let me show you a postcard:

It was sent to me by my lovely friend Maggie back in November. She was visiting the Tate Modern in London where there was an exhibition of art from Australia. She saw this particular artwork by Emily Kam Kngwarray. She said it was 'huge and impactful'. 

I stole the next two photos from the Tate Modern website:

Wikipedia writes:

Emily Kam Kngwarray, (c. 1910 – 1996) was an Aboriginal Australian (Anmatyerr) artist from Alhalker, in the Sandover region of the Northern Territory. Kngwarreye's unique style and powerful creative vision came to redefine contemporary Aboriginal art and gained worldwide attention.

As an elder and ancestral custodian of the Anmatyerr people, Kngwarray had for decades painted for ceremonial purposes in the Utopia region. She became known for her precise and detailed approach she worked with batik for 11 years until 1988, when she was introduced to acrylics. She created more than 3,000 acrylic paintings over the next eight years, and became one of the most prominent and successful artists in the history of Indigenous Australian art. She is particularly notable also for being a female artist, for having only started painting in her 70s, and for her prolificacy: over her eight years as an artist, she produced more than 3,000 paintings – around one per day.

What an amazing lady!

What has been happening with me here in Spain? I had my bank card hacked or cloned (don't ask me how) last week. So I had my account blocked, which is a nuisance as I couldn't do anything. And it had cost me a lot of money (The thieves went on a spending spree). Well, it's been all sorted now. I have a new bank card and the bank have provisionally given me the money back. Happy days.

Yesterday I had my toe nails painted. I had never done that, but my sister convinced me to do it.

Wednesday I had 'breakfast'  with all the gym/Pilates ladies as the season has come to an end. We won't start again now until October. (too hot).

As you can see by the beers, it was a brunch/late breakfast. The teacher is second from left., the rest of us are older ladies.

I had wine, I'm not a huge beer drinker. I only drink beer if I have to drive in which case I'll have a non-alcoholic beer which is very tasty, but there is no non-alcoholic wine.

Here I am with my friend Patricia.

Ronnie the cat is sleeping beside me as I speak/write.

We've had a little drama when he brought me a 'present'. It was a lizard with his tail already chopped off. Poor thing. But it was still alive and I know that they shed their tail easily and it grows on again. I rescued it and when I could see it was still alive I put it outside in the morning sun to warm up. It's no longer there so I hope it has crawled to a safe place (away from my cat).

That is all from me today. I will post some funnies at the end like I always do. Have a chuckle!

Enjoy your weekend,

Lisca