Hello lovely girls,
I'm back online! Yes, I have had no Internet since Sunday, but today (I'm writing this on Wednesday just in case the Internet goes off again due to the storm) we're back online.
I'll start as per usual with my postcard:
A lovely postcard to remind me of my home country. It was sent to me by Chantal who is also a nurse.
The stamp is a fun one with a lighthouse on it.
It comes from a series of stamps called 'Echt Hollands' (Truly Dutch). From a stamp website: The Echt Hollands 5 x Internationaal stamps: the herring, the vase with tulips, the lighthouse, the carrier pigeon and the coffee pot with mug.
What's been happening here in southern Spain? The weather is atrocious! Storm and rain for days on end. Not at all what we're used too. I’m having a hard time. The storm is blowing everything away on the terrace. The furniture on my little patio is wet through as the tarpaulin constantly blows away even though I’ve put heavy things on it ( two stepladders).
I don’t sleep because of all the whistling and howling. We do cold and we do snow sometimes, but this is very uncharacteristic. I have Internet now but as from Sunday until this morning there was no Internet (and as such: no TV). I’ve bought a Starlink but no one is going onto the roof in this weather to install it.
We also had powercuts which make me nervous. My pellet stove uses electricity to function and I have a gas heater, but that is upstairs in the guest flat. It is too heavy to carry down the stairs. Luckily the poiwer has come back on and I have been able to light my stove.
No TV so I've been knitting socks. This one is nearly finished.
I also have a sourdough starter in the fridge and yesterday I made these rolls:
And I've been reading a book with Ronnie, my cat, on my lap:
I'm reading this:
A historic fantasy set in Spain's Golden Age. I am enjoying it immensely. I read it in the day as it is a bit spooky. It was recommended by Mae (Blog: Mae's Foodblog) a little while back.
I'm still reading Sally Magnussen's The Sealwoman's Gift, about Icelanders taken from Iceland to Algiers by marauding Saracens. It's about the tradition of story telling and I read that at night.
That is all from me. I will leave you with some funnies at the end.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Keep smiling!
Lisca
Update on Friday morning: The Internet has come and gone again, but I got my phone hotspot to work finally so I can send this. Bye!
2 comments:
Your weather and power cut sound worrying I hope things improve. I hadn't realised your stove relied on electricity to work, our woodburner being entirely manual. strangely my hubby was asking how you knit socks this week so your photo was most helpful. Loved the funnies at the end have a great week.
Writing to you from 35C :-)
Sorry about the cold!
Oh, the second wife, LOL. I´m broccoli, too!
Oh, the poor Hubby! Have a great Friday!
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