A Postcard A Day - Friday 6 March 2026 - Friday Smiles

 Hello lovely peeps,

Here I am and I've made it to the end of another week. How have you all been? I'm going to tell you about my week after showing you my postcard and at the end I'll post some funnies.

Here is my postcard:

It is entitled: 'Glam'  by Sanna Mander, but to me it screams 'David Bowie'!

It was sent to me by Laura from Germany. She also like geology and wrote that she was looking forward to the Carnival party in Cologne (Köln).

The stamps look like this:

There is the Angel Peacock and the large one features Tom and Jerry.

Now, let me tell you about my week. On Friday I welcomed three ladies to my top floor apartment (I do HomeExchange and my flat seems to be quite popular). They were two sisters and a friend. They were very nice and were no trouble at all.

Saturday I had a lazy day. I discovered a new (to me) detective series set in Bari (southern Italy). It is called Lolita Lobosco and the detective is a rather good looking woman. 

It's on Channel 4.

In the evening I went to our language exchange group (Intercambio) and afterwards we went out for a drink and a bite to eat.

These three are all Spanish. Below is my friend Brenda (English) tucking into a bit of fish:

On Sunday I went to church in the morning and later on said goodbye to the three ladies, who had cleaned up and even mopped the floor and stripped the beds, so I didn't need to do much cleaning.

On Monday a friend from church suggested we go out for a hike to see the source of the river Castril. I published lots of photos on my Tuesday blog. 

I also took pictures of flowers and blossom. This was a tree or large bush:

And we saw a lot of these;

I'm sorry but I don't know any names and I had to delete the plant finder app on my phone as it took up so much memory.

On Tuesday I had to go to the dentist for treatment. Not my favorite activity but he did a root canal treatment and I didn't feel a thing. 

I walked home along the market and bought the my first strawberries of the season! (Spring is coming!).

Normally my friends come to lunch on Tuesday, but I expected I wouldn't be able to eat after dental tresment so I asked them to come another day.

On Wednesday I went to the gym. And I was on stand-by for one of my friends who had to go to hospital for a procedure, just in case she wouldn't be able to get home under her own steam. But she was fine and I didn't go out the rest of the day. 

I finished the book I was reading, The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo. 

It was one of the books that my blog friend Mae read and reviewed on the 21st of January.

It's a historical fantasy novel. Historical because it was set in Spain during the time of the Inquisition. Fantasy because one of the protagonists is a 'familiar', someone who is immortal. There is a lot of magic and some romance, in an almost gothic setting. It wasn't bad but not quite my cup of tea.

On Thursday my friends came to lunch. I had cooked a lovely Moroccan inspired lamb dish, and I forgot to take any pictures, only of Ronnie, my cat:

I also finished my audio book (I have two books on the go, one Kindle book and one audio book).

The book I just finished was a freebie from Audible when I subscribed:

This cozy mystery is set in an English village in 1941. It features and American woman getting away from London in the blitz and inheriting a coffee shop (a very predictable theme in cozy mysteries) she makes friends and together they solve a murder. 

It was well written as far as the genre goes and perfectly narrated in 'the Queen's English'. The story was entertaining but cozy mysteries is not really my taste and I'm glad I didn't have to pay money for it.

Now it's Thursday evening and I'm writing this. 

Now I will find some funnies and wish you all a lovely weekend,

Lisca