Friday, 19 September 2025

A Postcard A Day - Friday 19 September 2025 - Friday Smiles Part one

 Hello lovely girls (and guys),

It's been one of those weeks I'm afraid. One of those weeks where lots of things go wrong. Do you get those? Life trundles on quite nicely and then all of a sudden one, two, three and sometimes four unrelated things go wrong one after the other. I'm even having difficulty with Blogger today. So don't be surprised if you only get half the blog. I have no idea what's going on. I'm jinxed!

I'm not going to dwell on all of that as today we focus on the things that went right, the things that made us smile and the silver lining around that stormy cloud. 

One thing that always makes me smile is a postcard in my mailbox:

As far as I know this is a sequel to Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory. 

Wikipedia writes this:
In Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, the Bucket family and Willy Wonka accidentally launch into space in the Great Glass Elevator, encountering a Space Hotel USA and battling monstrous aliens called Vermicious KnidsAfter saving the hotel's staff, they return to Earth, where the President invites them to the White House. The story also features Wonka's experimental pills, which have comical and bizarre effects on Charlie's bedridden grandparents, including turning them into babies. 

The illustration on the card is by Quentin Blake.


It is interesting to read about his meeting and subsequent 
 
collaboration with Roald Dahl in this article.


These are the stamps but I don't seem to be able to add anymore , so my blog post might just finish here.


 




















1 comment:

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

I'm off to read Part 2 and yes, I've had those types of days. too.