Hello lovely peeps,
I'm home now. I travelled home on Thursday because of a much coveted hairdresser appointment that Friday. My hairdresser is very popular and to get another appointment (should I have missed this one) within the month is impossible.
I started sniffling on Wednesday, and by Thursday I had a full-blown cold, so I had to travel with a mask on. I felt even worse on Friday, but managed to stagger to the hairdresser and then quickly do some much needed grocery shopping. I've been in bed ever since...
But let me show you a fascinating postcard:
I love it! It's a bit steampunky in an organic sort of way.
It is called 'Snail-housekeeper' by Kseniya Naumchik. (To see more of her art look here)
It was sent to me from Voronezh, south-west Russia. She posted it in September and writes that they are enjoying an Indian summer with temperatures at 29 degrees C.
I have also learned (from the news) that the province of Voronezh has become a warzone a few days ago.
The stamps are lovely:
The gentleman on the left is Alexander Ostrovsky.
Wikipedia writes this:
Born: April 12, 1823, Moscow, Russia
Died: June 14, 1886 (age 63 years), Shchelykovo, Russia
The stamp on the right is beautiful:
It features a Fedoskino miniature lacquer painting called Ivan da Marya (1989) by Yu.V. Dotsenko.
Wikipedia writes:
Russia Post issued a set of 4 stamps on the Fedoskinskaya lacquer miniature on 17th March 2021. Fedoskino miniature lacquer painting is folk artistic craft, a kind of traditional Russian miniature lacquer painting with oil paints on papier-mâché that took shape at the end of the 18th century in village of Fedoskino located near Moscow.
The postal stamps provide images of boxes from the collection of the Moscow Regional Museum of Folk Art Crafts: Ruslan and Lyudmila (1971) by M.S. Chizhov; The Firebird (1959) by S.V. Monashov; and Tea Party (1946) by V.I. Lavrov;
I haven't got much to say about my week as I've been ill. But I can tell you that I'm going to have a kitten! It's still quite young and I'm in no fit state to have kittens, so she is living next door with my friend Dian until I'm well enough:
She is all white with blue eyes. Before I knew she was female, I was calling it 'Frankie' in my mind (as in Frank Sinatra, Ol' Blue Eyes). But now I know she is female, I'll have to have a re-think, or leave it as Frankie.
Today is Elizabeth and Bluebeard's T-Party and I need a drink reference. As I've not been anywhere I will share these:
I hope that brought a smile to your face.
Happy T-Day all!
Keep smiling!
Lisca
2 comments:
That is a cool postcard today LIsca, and that stamp of the 2 ladies is really lovely. And how fun to be getting a new family member. She is adorable with those blue eyes. I've heard blue eyed white cats can be deaf, but is she really? I don't know if that I've heard is true. And I know exactly what you mean about hairdresser appointments too. Mine is the same way. Feel better soon and happy T day. hugs-Erika
Sorry to hear. you’ve been feeling ill, and I hope you soon recover. Your kitten looks adorable. I hope you’ll still love her when she gets big. As the poet said “The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.” - Ogden Nash.
I think Frankie is a great name for a girl, and I’ve known various women named Frankie. Like in the sad sad ballad “Frankie and Johnny.”
best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com
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