Hello lovely peeps,
It's time for T! Have you got a drink to show me? I have one and I will show you later.
First let me show you a postcard I received a little while ago:
Isn't that a pretty drawing/watercolour? The design is by Søstrene Grene.
Wikipedia writes: Søstrene Grene is a family-owned Danish multi-category retail chain. It was founded in Aarhus, Denmark in 1973 by married team Inger Grene and Knud Cresten Vaupell Olsen. 'Søstrene Grene' is Danish for 'the Grene sisters'. The Grene family still owns and runs the chain today, with the founders' children Mikkel Grene becoming the CEO and Cresten Grene becoming the creative director in 2012.
A Søstrene Grene shop in the city of Groningen, Netherlands.
My postcard comes from the Netherlands and I think the sender bought the card in the above shop (looking at the postmark)
Wikipedia writes:
Søstrene Grene stores have a maze layout with a course that carries customers through all their product categories, leading them to return to the checkouts at the front of the store. The stores use strategic spotlighting and dark walls to create a cosy atmosphere and play classical music to create a sense of calm.
Their product selections include homeware (such as furniture, kitchenware, lighting, bathroom accessories), crafts, gardening, gifting supplies, stationery, travel accessories, children's games and toys, and snacks. New products are released weekly and available for a short time creating an experience of discovery and uniqueness. Products have a focus on Scandinavian design, many with floral elements, and are priced very affordably. All products are exclusive to Søstrene Grene with the exception of some snacks and online-only exclusive items.
The stamp on the card is this one:
Sorry it's not a good image (unfocused). But you get the gist. We've had herrings last week and now a windmill. All things typically Dutch.
What have I been doing here in Spain? I'm packing my suitcase, photocopying my credit cards and documents. Pouring lotions and potions in small travel bottles. Writing instructions for my house sitters. Nothing exciting really.
This past weekend was a long weekend here. Because of the fact that the first of May, which is a public holiday, fell on a Friday. Our village had also declared the Thursday a day off so Happy Days!
It is also the festival of the May Crosses where people decorate crosses and display them in their patio/garden or shop window or public place.
Below is one of the crosses in the little hermitage in the village:
In this case the cross is decorated with bread and the display is of artisanally (is that a word?) made copper articles. Most of them antique.
Today is T for Tuesday so I need a drink. Let me think....Saturday I was invited to a breakfast (on her terrace) organised by my friend Antonia's daughter who lives not far from me.
She had laid out lots of stuff on the terrace: sausages, bread, cheese, salamis, sweet breads, broad beans. Also drinks including wine.
Here she is carrying her youngest daughter:
Below is Serafin (another neighbour) cooking some belly pork on the fire
There were all sorts of fowl running around:
They even have a turkey called Paco.
I had never seen a live turkey before so that was special. I just had to touch those strange 'blobs'! I hope I get invited when they eat him...
That is all from me.
Happy T-Day all,
Lisca
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