Tuesday, 2 September 2025

A Postcard A Day - Tuesday 2 September 2025 - An old blogpost for Second on the 2nd

 Hello lovely girls,

Today I'm showing you an old blogpost from ten years ago (September 2015). My hubbie was still alive then and you can see him cleaning the little courtyard of the cavehouse where my friend Dian now lives. Other than that, it has the usual ingredients: postcard, stamp, and a beverage for the T-Party.

A Postcard a Day Tues 7 Sept 2015 T for Empress..Whaaat?

Good Morning lovely people and lovely Tuesday girls.

Hope you are all well. I am joining in with T for Tuesday at Elizabeth's altered booklover blogspot.

For that I must show you something drink related.... well here goes:
It is a postcard of the Russian empress Elizabeth Petrovna (1709-1761). It was sent to me by Marina from Voronezh in Russia. She tells me that she likes good food, quiet romantic evenings and interesting books. (That's my girl! I do too!) And she dreams of going to Australia and the Maldives. (Can I come with you?) But what has this to do with drink?

Well, look at the beautiful stamps:
The one on the left is of a gastronomy series and features a samovar (urn) with blini (pancakes) with red and black caviar. 
Here is a video of  how to make blini.

The stamp on the right is a joint issue of Russia and Monaco - History of Automobile Production - ZIL-111B.


And if a samovar wasn't drink related enough, I'm going to leave you with  my latest mug:

I haven't been sitting outside sipping wine lately as it has been raining the last few days! It doesn't rain much here. In fact we haven't seen any rain for about three months. And when it does rain, it washes the top soil away which is not nice for the local vegetable patches . 

I like to sit in our little courtyard under the shade of the vine. When it started raining, we forgot to check if there were any leaves on the drain hole.... result... a flooded courtyard! Here is DH trying to brush away the leaves so that the water can drain away, but couldn't quite remember where the hole was!
That's it from me today. Have a great Tuesday!

See you tomorrow when I link up with Whats on Your Workdesk Wednesday (WOYWW).

Blessings,

Lisca

9 comments:

My name is Erika. said...

Happy September Lisca. That's a fun mug, and your flooded courtyard looks like it was a mess. I hope you have a super T day and week ahead. hugs-Erika

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

Oh Lisca, I remember this post, mostly because here in the states we call blinis crepes. I do love the postage stamps. Your new mug had me laughing because I know how much you love wine.

Sorry to read about the flood. Poor hubby not able to remember where the drain was. Thanks for sharing this second look for T Tuesday in 2015.

Iris Flavia said...

Quite a memory! Funny, blinis are something different here. Have a great T-Day.

Anonymous said...

Lovely photo of Graham, with the gorgeous cheeky half-smile always lighting up his face even when looking for blocked drains - much loved & dearly missed. Hugs, Keren xx

Kasia Dudziak said...

Przykro mi, że męża już nie ma. Piękne pamiątki. Mój dziadek miał całą wspaniałą kolekcje znaczków pocztowych i monet. Należał do klubu filatelistycznego, w którym udzielał się ponad 20 lat. Ta pocztówka to prawdziwy unikat.

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

Thank you for sharing this memory ❤️

Carola Bartz said...

The mug is perfect for T and it's also funny. I love to sit in my garden and sip wine as well. Happy T Day!

Sharon Madson said...

So good to see Graham in a post again, even if it was from 10 years ago. Happy t day.

CJ Kennedy said...

🤣Love the mug. My outdoors is the sunroom. Your courtyard looks lovely and peaceful. Ugh, but what a pain if the drain isn't clear. Happy T Day