A Postcard A Day - Tuesday 19 November 2024 - T for conference

 Hello lovely peeps,

Here we are on Tuesday again. The week has just whizzed past for me as I have been away for the weekend, but let me start with my postcard.

It shows all the Harry Potter characters. Not that I would know about that. I must be one of the few people that hasn't seen a Harry Potter film or read any books! But it looks like a fun card.

It was sent to me from the USA, and it comes with a lovely forever stamp:

The sender is called Sarahwithcats and she has her own fun stamp which indicates her hobbies:

Now let me tell you what I have been up to these last few days. I have driven 300 odd kilometers to a place on the Costa del Sol called La Cala de Mijas for a Christian Women's conference. My friend Antoinia and I left  together and then we picked up another friend in Granada (an hour and a quarter away). I had booked an apartment right in the centre of the town, near the beach.

It was the downstairs apartment with the little gate.

One of the first thing we did was getting something to eat on the beach. Just at the end of the street was this restaurant:

This was my lunch (fish):

I had an alcohol free beer as I still had to drive.

This is my qualifier for Elizabeth and Bleubeard's T-Party.

The weather was rather blustery and it had rained the day before.

The conference started that evening.

More about my weekend on Friday.

No photos of Frankie my kitten today. She is asleep beside me but is not very well so she will have to see the vet again tomorrow.

Happy T-Day all!

Hugs,

Lisca

A Postcard A Day - Friday 15 November 2024 - Friday Smiles

 Hello lovely peeps,

Today I have the heating on would you believe! It's 15 degrees out and 19 in. That is cold for me. I love my stove. That is really something to smile about.

Let me show you my postcard. (Another smile): 

It's the naughty Aunties again. They are having a fun picnic in the woods. One of them is waving a key. I have no idea what that is supposed to mean., but they seem happy.

The card comes from a Postcrosser in Germany. The stamps are fun too:

The large one celebrates 100 year Disney.

I went to have my hair cut together with my friend Kim. Here we are, ready to take on the world.

My little Frankie is doing well, although the vet said that her lungs are not quite clear, so she has to go for another vet visit. But she's lively, playing and sleeping and eating.

Last week when Dian and I went to the vet, we stopped at a roadside cafe on the way back and Dian bought two 'pasties'. 

They were freshly made and the pastry was nice and crisp and the filling was savoury with 'jamon', Spanish ham. Very nice indeed.

Well that were my smiles this week. At least the ones I remember to photograph. I'll leave it at this as I have still got my suitcase to pack. I'm leaving tomorrow morning (Friday) and driving with two of my friends to Cala de Mijas (near Marbella) for a women's Christian conference. It will be great fun. The road trip will take three and a half hours, so we're taking it easy. We have rented an apartment for the weekend (photos next week). I hope to meet up with my sister during one of the breaks. She lives in the next village.

That is all from me today. I'll link up with Annie at A Stitch In Time and I hope I will see you all there.

Have a great weekend,

Lisca

PS: I don't think I will have much time to comment, but I will do it after I get back home on Monday

Translated from Polish: "No shitting in the forest".

A Postcard A Day - Tuesday 12 November 2024 - t for

 Hello lovely ladies,

Tuesday has crept up on me again. I'm writing this on Monday and that is a busy day. I'm going to Pilates again, and I thought I'd go food shopping while I was in town, but I forgot my phone (and I need my phone to pay for the shopping), so I drove back to get my phone and then back again to do the shopping. 

Then this afternoon my friend Antonia wanted to go for a walk and we did (photos later on), so I'm rather tired.

Let me show you the postcard I received this week:

As you can see it comes from Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.

For my non-European friends: this is Croatia. It has the most spectacular coastline snd tourism is an important industry.

This is what I found on the Internet:

Capital: Zagreb  

Official EU language(s): Croatian  

EU Member State: since 1 July 2013  

Currency: euro (€) Euro area member since 1 January 2023

Schengen: member since 1 January 2023  

Figures:  

• Geographical size: 56 594 km2  
• Population: 3 861 967 (2024)   

 

On this map you can locate Zagreb. I have visited Zagreb in 1971. I assume it has changed a lot.

The stamp is beautiful:

It features the Blue Cave (Modra Spilja in Croatian).

With its startling blue light and luminescent waters, it's easy to see how the Bisevo Blue Cave (Modra Spilja) earned its name. The natural wonder is hidden in the sea cliffs along the coast of Bisevo Island and is made even more enticing by its remote, difficult-to-reach location. The effort is rewarded with stunning scenery and endless photo opportunities.

The Blue Cave is protected as a geomorphological monument of nature since 1951. A special natural light phenomenon in the cave leaves no one indifferent.

Really stunning.

I have never been there myself (I'd love to), but I got the photos off the Internet.

So what's going on here in Spain? We are having a spell of sunny weather again. My lemon tree has 7 lemons on them but I'm not sure that they will mature, but I like looking at them. Here are two visible (They are still green):

Frankie is doing fine and 'helps' me writing this and sits on the keyboard or on my hand to 'guide' it.

As this is Tea for Tuesday (hosted by Bluebeard and Elizabeth), I will show you a drink, or in this case, several. Somebody in the church had a  pastor visiting and held a little meeting to hear about his evangelistic endeavours:

I met a cricket on my terrace while hanging out the washing:

Now we get to the walk I did with Antonia. We walked 10km! 

We came to the local iron bridge (built by Eiffel himself) and of course I had to take a picture:

This is Antonia carrying her dog Poppy as it's quite a hight and the walkway is very narrow.

 I think I have a few coffee related images to share

That is it from me today.

Happy T-Day,

Lisca

 

 

A Postcard A Day - Friday 8 November 2024 - Friday Smiles

Hello lovely girls,

It's Friday again and time to think of all those smiles this week. I got several postcards in my postbox this week and one of them was this one:

I know Halloween has been and gone and we don't celebrate it, but this card did make me smile. It was sent to me by Diana who lives in Washington state, 40 min by ferry from Seattle.

The stamps are really fun:

I have never seen the left one with the children's drawing, nor the elephants in the middle. I have seen the stamp on the right before it is from a series called Western Wear:

It consists of Cowboy Hat, Belt Buckle, Cowboy Boot with Spur, Western Shirt.

Well here in my corner of Spain, all is well. We are enjoying sunny weather again and now that my guests have left, I have been able to do all the washing (towels and bedding etc) .

We have had the Day of the Dead on the 1st of November. In the days before, people have been cleaning all the tombs and mausoleums. It was a hive of activity. Now the cemetery is full of flowers:

It's really nice walking around the place:

What you see here is one quarter of the cemetery.

I try to go for a walk with my friend every day at least an hour so that I can get my daily 10000 steps. I don't reach that target every day but this week was not bad.

This was Thursday early evening. We walked for an hour around the village.

Those of you who read my Tuesday blog will know that my little kitten has been ill, but after a visit to the vet she started medication and is now so much better She is 'flying' through the house and is literally into everything. Very playful.

Like most cats, she loves a box. The smaller, the better:

She keeps me entertained. 

Talking about entertainment, I have been watching tv. For those familiar with British TV, I have seen the first episode of the new Shetland series. It's one of my favorite series. Filmed on the Shetland Isles, the scenery is amazing and the plot is chilling (It's a detective series). I'm also watching A House Through Time which is about a house and its history. Very interesting.

Those were my smiles this week, and I'm going to link up with Annie at A Stitch In Time to see all your smiles too. See you all there!

Have a lovely weekend,

Lisca

The following photo is of a wall painting. Very clever.