A Postcard A Day - Friday 31 October 2025 - Friday Smiles

Hello lovely ladies,

Although Annie no longer posts her Friday Smiles, I like to continue the theme because I think it's important we remember good times, concentrate on the smiles and think positive. 

Here is another postcard that made me smile:

It's the naughty Aunties, causing havoc again with their antics. They always made me smile. They are the creation of Finnish illustrator Inge Löök.

The card was sent to me from Germany from a lady called Elisabeth (like me). She writes that Elisabeth means 'wellbeing'. She also writes that she loves doing Patchwork.

The stamps are beautiful:

The two stamps on the right are the post/mail inspired stamps. If you look carefully you can see the water lily is made of envelopes and the fish and his environment is made of stamps. Clever.

Charlie Chaplin of course is in a league of his own. On this occasion, it's a stamp with an extra charge which goes to charity (Welfare Services).

There is another stamp:

On the left is a stamp featuring Grethe Weiser, who turns out to have been an actress.

I had never heard of her so I Googled her:

Wikipedia says: Born in Hanover, in 1903, she spent her childhood in Dresden. She escaped from her dominant and sometimes violent father by marrying a Jewish confectionery manufacturer in 1920. Her only child, a son, was born in 1922. Quite quickly she established herself in the cabaret scene in Berlin, especially after her husband became a leaseholder of a nightclub on the Kurfürstendamm. Her film debut came soon after in 1927.

Weiser had a lifelong relationship with Hermann Schwerin, a UFA film producer, which began in 1934, but the couple were not married until 1958. Her previous marriage had been dissolved in 1934. Weiser avoided becoming a member of the Nazi Party. She managed to finance and arrange for her previous husband and her son to survive the Nazi years in Switzerland, as well as at the same time continue her career in Germany.

She died in 1970, after a road traffic accident, aged 67.

This is her in Berlin in 1932. Isn't that reminding you of Liza Minelli in the film Cabaret? Who knows if the writers of the film were inspired by Grethe...

Now, what have I been doing? Well, my car has been repaired. I wrote in my previous post that I had found the wheel rim that I had lost, at a junk yard:

There's a body repair shop a few minutes walk from my house. The guy there, José, promised to put it on for me and glue the rear one as well as it was kept in place by sticky tape.

He told me later it wasn't an easy job, but it's done!

Done!! Finally! Now I only need to take my car to the car-wash and I will be very happy.

My friends Kim and Andy came for lunch on Tuesday (as they do every Tuesday) and we cooked leg of lamb. 

I cooked bulgur and vegetables as side dished. 

I will look for some funnies to add at the end, but here is a photo of Ronnie, stretched out on the couch (he makes me smile:

In the meantime, keep smiling!

Have a great weekend,

Lisca

Mamma bird protecting her brood from the storm.

Yep, I still got one of those!