Hello lovely peeps,
How are you all? Has it been a good week? Lots of smiles? I've had a good week and I'll tell you all about it, but first let's look at my postcard first:
It comes from the UK and it shows a caricature of the Lord Mayor in a (horse drawn?) carriage. It was sent to me by Charlotte who lives in Dorking in the South East of England.
It's what they call a 'maxi card'. It has a stamp on the picture side of the card. And that stamp has the same image as the postcard.
According to the info on the back of the card, the original stamp was designed by Paul Cox.
The functional stamps are beautiful.
Of course there is the lovely Paddington Bear and on the left a Christmas stamp. In the middle there is a stamp about the 150th Anniversary of Queen Victoria Accession. It features the Albert Memorial, a ballot box and Disraeli.
And also on the card is a fun sticker of a snail (as in snail mail):
Right then, what have I been doing? I guess my most exciting day was Tuesday. It's the day that my friends Kim and Andy come and I cook for them. I had been to the fishmonger to buy fish and I had prepped a fish pie. But we never got to eat it.
Andy does little jobs around the house but there weren't any this week. He did offer to get a sack of pellets (for my pellet burner stove) from the storage cave next door as they are heavy. Now because the weather has been so bad and wet, my outdoor cat called Scallywag was allowed to sleep in that cave. She sleeps on top of the bags of pellets. My cat Ronnie does not like that at all and gets very agressive if he smells this other cat. So when Andy came down the steps with the bag of pellets Ronnie got very agressive as he could smell the other cat, who had been sleeping on top of the bag. I could see that Ronnie was about to attack the bag and in my mind's eye, I could see all the pellets strewn all over the stairs. So I stretched out my arms to stop him and he attacked me in stead of the bag. He bit me really hard in my arm. There was blood everywhere and I ended up spending the afternoon in A&E waiting to be seen and eventually had stitches put in. I won't show you the wound but this was my arm after I got home from the hospital.
Today my arm is bruised black and blue. I saw my doctor today and it's OK. I have no infection (I have started antibiotics).
I was supposed to go to Granada that afternoon with my friend Antonia for a concert. We left an hour later than planned but made it in time to have something to eat before the concert. (The fish pie never got cooked, so I was hungry)
It was a vegetarian restaurant and the food was delicious. I had falafel in pita bread (not in the photo). I also had Moroccan mint tea (sorry, again no photo).
That was the door to the toilet. All very Alhambra inspired.
The concert was Mozart's Requiem and Orff's Carmina Burana.
The choir came from Moldavia and the orchestra was from Minsk, Belarus. It was amazing, especially the Carina Burana.
That is all from me today. There will be some funnies at the end.
Have a great weekend,
Lisca
7 comments:
Interesting idea with the stamp having the same motive.
Ouch on the attack! Hope you could enjoy your pie later then and at least you had a wonderful evening.
Chicken, LOL, and science! And the chaos.... Have a wonderful weekend with loads of smiles.
Yes, my friends came back yesterday to eat fish pie. (and it tasted great)
Good thing the fish pie wasn't wasted!
Ronnie really is in disgrace this week. It is a shame he has that agressive streak when provoked. Make sure you look after that wound well. My horrid hand sore last year started with a small cat scratch, (and it wasn't for lack of antibiotics, creams etc).
At least you made it to the concert and enjoyed it, so that was good.
That was an interesting postcard and I loved the stamps.
The two wee boys with the tampons made me chuckle.
Hope the arm heals quickly. Have a good week. Kate x
P.S. Mothering Sunday is this coming Sunday, March 30th.
Not being a cat person, I’m especially horrified that you were attacked. I hope you recover quickly and completely.
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Hi Lisca. sorry I'm late today just had stuff on. Before I forget, the car will still be the same colour though she was harvest gold originally and the British racing green was added when the car was rebuilt twenty five years ago. I wasn't going to show the stitches but so many people have asked about them. It was (I hope it was and not is) a carcinoma and it's too long a story for now but after quite a long time I have finally got it removed. You might know I love the postcard and never seen one like that. The snail is adorable. I can understand you not wanting to show your stitches as it's probably too soon from having the accident. Maybe it would have been better to lose the pellets but at least you had a nice lunch and the concerty to take your mind off it. The small dog with the suit of armour definitely made me smile. Take care and have a good weekend. Hugs Angela xXx
Oh no about your arm Lisca. The good news is that it is not infected. When we had cats I was bitten a couple of times, but never that bad. Funny, with all the dogs we've had not one has ever bitten me. Good thing as it would be way worse (most likely) than the cats. :) And your bear funny should say something about bird feeders as my got battered when a bear wandered by one night last weekend. Have a super weekend. hugs-Erika
Oh my goodness, Lisca, that really looks like an exciting day - Ronnie is a true killer cat! (Maybe it would have been better if he had attacked the bag? On the other hand, he could have also attacked Andy...) I hope we don't experience such scenes with Chiller and Samia - but so far, it doesn't look that bad...
Luckily, your arm was well cared for and everything will be fine soon.
That 'maxi card' is interesting; I've never seen anything like it.
I'm glad you were able to attend the concert with your friend Antonia - I love Mozart's Requiem and also like Carmina Burana.
Thanks for the funnies - I had a wonderful time with them. I think my favorite is the bear...
All the best, Traude
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