A Postcard A Day - Friday 21 October 2022 - Friday Smiles

 Hello lovely ladies,

How are you all? Have you all had things to smile about this week? I have and I will start with some happy mail.

 I have two postcards for you today (I have such a large pile to get through, so I'm showing you two). The first one shows autumn colours and it comes to me from Finland:

The stamps are lovely. The left one is the normal Finnish stamp with the ducks but the one on the right is about glass art.

Finland’s post office, Posti, has granted its stamp art promotion award for 2021 to glass artist Alma Jantunen. Her glass sculptures will be featured on two Finnish stamps to be issued Sept. 8 - 2021.

The two stamps are these:

Then my second card comes from the US:

I love this card. I'm trying to remember if I have read Anne of Green Gables. I must have done but I can't remember. Anyway, it is a lovely sentiment.

The stamp is the lovely orange flower. (My favorite of all the flower stamps).

Here in the K household things are ticking over. Hubby is very ill and his three adult children have all booked flights to come over to see their dad (probably for the last time) One couple are coming this weekend (as in later today), then his daughter is coming on her own the coming weekend, and his eldest son will come the weekend after that and will stay the week as he works from home so as long as he has internet, he can be where he likes.

Hubby is getting palliative care from our GPs and the district nurses. I'm writing this on Thursday night and on Friday morning our GP will come and talk us through the options. We are both relieved about this. No more treatment, no more hospital admissions. This is what he wants. 

We are both calm and at peace, and are able to talk a lot. We have had 30 amazingly lovely years together and for that we are so thankful and that is certainly something to smile about.

What else can I tell you? I have made some Dutch pea soup.

I used some swede this time in stead of potatoes, but I didn't like them so I had to spend some time fishing them all out again!

Here is the recipe for those that are interested:

The recipe is for the stove top method but I nowadays use my Instant Pot (15 minutes and 10 min natural release).

We have a little boutique in our village that has lovely clothes I must admit. Of course mostly geared to younger clients, but there is also something for the more 'mature' woman. I popped in the other day and bought a pair of black trousers, a gilet with fringes, and a beautiful scarf that had my name on it. Isn't that something to smile about?

I am one of those people that never buys clothes (I hate clothes shopping) so everyone was highly surprised that i had bought something spontaneously and not under duress. Lol.

I have been able to find some funnies and I will put them in at the end.

So that is all from me now. Please join me at Annie's at A Stitch In Time with your smiles.

Take care and keep smiling,

Hugs,

Lisca