Good Morning! It's Friday!
Caption translates: " You don't say....is it Friday already?"
And that means I can link up with Friday Smiles and 'Rocking Your World Friday'.
As my blog is primarily about postcards, here is my first postcard that i hope will make you smile:
I recently bought '100 Postcards from our Past' in a box from English Heritage. This is one by John Gay from the late 1950s.
Although English Heritage is best known for preserving England's historic sites and artifacts, English heritage is also custodian of an archive of more than twelve million documents and images that includes photographs of architecture and social history. 100 Postcards from our past from English heritage gathers together some of the archive's best black and white historic photographs from the late nineteenth century to the late 1960s.
Here is another one I like:
Again it is by John Gay and it is entitled: "A tractor being driven through the doorway at St Etheldreda's church in Hatfield', 1960.
So... what have I been doing this week? Last Sunday was our 23rd wedding anniversary (See previous blog for all the photos). My husband continues to build our apartment and has finished the bedroom which is going to be tiled tomorrow.
We are enjoying the company of our little (8 month old) kitten Precious and are teaching him to use the cat flap. Not much success so far.
Wednesday the 25th of November was 'Stop violence against women' Day here in Spain (and perhaps internationally). In our village there was the annual demonstration through the village (with police escort).
We all carried a night light with the name written on it of a woman in Spain that had died through violence. In the park we all read out the name and placed our candle in the centre, after which we observed a minute's silence.That was very moving.
We then gathered into one of the rooms of the town hall, where one lady read out two poems she had written as a victim of violence, and a painting by a local artist (my art teacher as it so happens) was revealed depicting a woman dying through violence. Not everybody's taste but it brought home the message.
The young lady that posed for the painting is here explaining why she accepted this posing job. Note all the night lights along the edge of the stage.
The talk (by a man) was about male domination and domestic violence through (recent) history reflected in popular songs (coplas). He had a very good voice and sung (a capella) all the examples he had collected. Brilliant!
Here in southern Spain this day is more about 'macho' violence than violence in general. Domestic violence is rife here and women are up in arms against it. I know domestic violence happens in other countries too, but here in Spain, finally the women have found their voice!
Finally a few funnies I have found on the internet:
I'm sure there are quite a few knitters amongst you..
This one is quite cute don't you think?
Quickly, I'll tell you what I am reading: The Bees by Laline Paull. Has anyone read it? I am enjoying it immensely.
Gosh, I've gone on a bit. Lets call it a day.
have a great week
Blessings,
Lisca
Good Morning!
It's Friday today and I hope life has given you plenty to smile about. If you are going through a bad time, Think of the little blessings and acts of kindness that have come your way.
Life is good for me (for us) at the moment. the building work is coming on and I have some photos to share, but first my postcard. I got it this week:
It was sent to me by Joni in Finland. He apologised that it was not a subject from my wish list. Actually, it is very timely as my husband and I will celebrate our 23rd wedding anniversary on Sunday. It was love at first sight and we still love each other as much now as in the beginning.
The stamp is another example of Finnish design. I love Finnish design. The artist is Birger Kaipiainen, who specializes in ceramics. The plate on the stamp is from 1970 and is from the 'Arabia' range:
I found it for sale in this Etsy shop for 61.84 Euros.
My husband has been working on our funny shaped bedroom and little en-suite toilet. We found some tiles left over from the main bathroom in the other house so He used them for the little loo.
The pattern is a modern version of the Andalusian/Islamic art of the Moors. (I live in Granada, so in the middle of it).
The bedroom is getting its last coat of paint.
This is what I mean by funny shaped.... triangular! This little corner is going to be a wardrobe.
Here is a photo of our little Precious. She has turned out to be a 'he', but we still call him Precious. I've posted this already on Tuesday, but not everybody joins in with T for Tuesday.
And finally, this is my 'funny' for this week. It's a bit disgusting really, but it did make me smile at the same time....
As I said before, my husband and I will be celebrating our 23rd wedding anniversary this Sunday and we will probably go out for lunch somewhere. It doesn't matter really what we do. As long as we're together.
We married each other later in life, but these have been the happiest years of my life. (My husband will be 69 next week).
This says it all....
I wish you a Friday full of smiles and a good week ahead,
Blessings,
Lisca
Good Morning! Good Tuesday!
Today I'm going to show you something that is drink related so I can link up and join with T for Tuesday. Do join us if you can. Here is the link: altered booklover.
As you all know, I do Postcrossing. So what I'm showing you here is a postcard. I received this one from Germany a while ago. Can you see what they are? They are cork screws! Aren't they amazing? Some of them I wouldn't have a clue how they would work.
And some of them look quite familiar.
I love to drink wine so the cork screw is an important item in our house hold.
My favorite is this one:
This is what we use at home (not featured on the postcard). These are expensive and bulky so in the campervan we have this one:
I think a version of that is on the postcard.
As we are talking about wine.... This was our dinner table on Thursday.
I cooked guinness pie. I only got one bottle of Guinness, and that got used to cook the meat. So we didn't have Guinness with our dinner but good ol' red wine. As you can see, we are still eating outside in the day. In the evening it gets cold, but in the day it is quite hot in the sun.
Now just one final 'Aaah!':
This is our little Precious. The kitten that turned out to be a 'he' and not a 'she'. But we still call him Precious!
Wishing you all a lovely T-day,
Blessings,
Lisca
