A Postcard A Day - Tuesday 3 January 2023 - T for fairy tales

 Hello lovely ladies, Happy New Year to you all!

I am still in the Netherlands, spending some time with my mum and catching up on my sleep after the death of my dear husband. This new year is going to be very different for me. I am tentatively making plans for things I'd like to do. we'll see.

The postcard I'd like to show you today is also from the Netherlands, but from the southernmost part called Limburg. There is a small town called Valkenburg:

Apparently there is a Fairytale forest in Valkenburg.

I received this card from the Netherlands. The sender was on holiday with her husband and 3 small children and visited this Fairytale Forest.

Here are some Internet photos:

Fairytale Forest was built in 1951 by a Limburg businessman for his then 4-year-old daughter. There you can meet the countless fairytale characters for yourself, scattered in the 17 houses and castles in the leafy forest.

And this one is for Elizabeth who loves caroussel horses:

The stamps are fabulous:

The stamp on the left features the town of Goes. 

Goes is a city and municipality in the southwestern Netherlands on Zuid-Beveland, in the province of Zeeland. The city of Goes has approximately 27,000 residents.

The second stamp features a monkey. It is a (in the Netherlands) well known image from the reading board. It was a teaching aid used when my mother was a child.

This is what the reading board looks like::

The third stamp features a very famous Dutch artist: Vincent Van Gogh. 

I must admit that I don't know what the stamp on the right shows.

As I said, I am back in the country of my birth. And yesterday I had something typical Dutch for breakfast. The Dutch have chocolate sprinkles which they don't use on cakes, but they sprinkle it on bread and butter. The other day I had them on some rusks:

Mum lives in an apartment building and in the foyer there was a Christmas display:

I asked a friend to take a picture of me:

Opposite the elevator there was a decorated tree. Very festive!

It is tradition in our family to make a pink potato salad for New Year's Eve. It contained pulled beef, potatoes, gherkins, boiled eggs, mayonnaise and beetroot. This last ingredient gives it that pink colour.

I always cut the numbers out of slices of beetroot. It looks great and tastes fantastic.

 

Here I am with my lovely 98 year old mum:

I'm trying to find photos with a drink in it as today Elizabeth and Bleubeard are hosting T for Tuesday where we all feature a drink for the T-Party.

Here we are, I found one:

With a glass of bubbly in hand, wishing everyone a happy and above all healthy 2023!

Keep smiling!

Happy T-Day,

Hugs,

Lisca