Happy New Year to everyone! This year has just flown by! I wish everyone a year of peace and health (the most important things as far as I'm concerned. If you have those two, happiness will follow).
As usual on a Friday I will link up with Wipso at Friday Smiles and Rocking your wolrd Friday, if they have done a blog that is....
I am in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, my home town. I was born there in 1951. It has changed a lot since. It was bombed almost completely during WWII and rebuilt. Now well known for its modern architecture.
(This is the only postcard in the blog today). These are the cube houses, behind them the building called 'the pencil' for obvious reasons and behind that (with the yellow tubes) the central library. Here I am standing by the cube houses a few days ago:
My DH and I are celebrating the holiday season with my elderly mum
She is in her nineties and still going strong.
We went to see the windmill is in the adjacent town of Schiedam. The mill would grind the malt, that later would be roasted and used for gin making (jenever) for which Schiedam is famous. In the 20th century this particular mill (called the Noordmolen)was used for milling grain and now it is a lovely restaurant (where I had my wedding reception!)
Now I finish with some funnies:
Are you smiling? Well, I wish you a New Year with lots to smile about. There will be tears too, that is life. But if you try and find the good things in life and keep smiling, life will continue smilingly (sorry, I couldn't help myself).
Blessings
Lisca
Hi Folks!
Have you all had a lovely Christmas? Still bloated from all that rich food?
We are in the Netherlands at the moment, celebrating the season with my elderly mother. (92 and very with-it)
My DH cooked a Turkey (overnight) for us and our Dutch friends, with all the
trimmings they do in the UK.
Yesterday (Monday), everything is going fairly normal again after all the festivities. Shops are open again etc. DH and I went to town (Rotterdam). It is my home town, but because I have been living abroad for so long, some of the newer sights I had never seen. We went to see the new market hall.
It's a modern structure. All the little windows you can see are appartments where people live. Residents have windows inside too so they can look at the market on the inside.
The walls have large photos of exotic fruit on them.
The market has deli type stalls, with lots of yummy stuff.
Here I am looking at all those wonderful olives.
Outside he Market Hall we saw the famous cube houses. They date from 1982, so I do remember them. I wanted to show my DH.
After all that traipsing around we were ready for some coffee, which qualifies me for Elizabeth's T for Tuesday.
Do come and join us if you have anything drink related on your blog. This is the link: Altered Booklover.
I wish all of you a very happy New Year.
See you next week... perhaps... I don't know if I will be able to write my blog next week. We will be in Denmark and I have no idea if I can borrow someone's computer. (I have a tablet but it is sooo difficult to do it on there!).
Blessings,
Lisca
Good morning folks! Happy WOYWW!
(If you don't know what I''m talking about, here is the link to Julia's blog, who hosts this snooping/bloghopping fest).
Yesterday we arrived in Rotterdam (Netherlands). The flight which is only two and a half hours should have been a doddle, but the flight was delayed by 5 or 6 hours. By which time the (regional) airport of Rotterdam
was closed and we had to divert to Amsterdam. We were looked after well, got meals and drink vouchers. Complimentary drinks on the plane etc. There were coaches waiting for us in Amsterdam to ferry us to Rotterdam. What a palaver. But we arrived at my mum's at 7 in the morning (in stead of 11 pm). I don't get stressed by delays. We have good books to read, but the I'm not as young as I was, and a night without sleep has really knocked me for six!
So this is the desk I am sitting at now:
It is my mother's computer. She is 92 years old and can't see very well, so she has a huge screen! The screen on the right is an electronic magnifier, so she can read important letters, documents and sales receipts. (she checks everythng!)
We have just come back from the market just outside mum's appartment. This is her view today (and every wednesday):
She only needs to cross the car park to get to the stalls.
This is me and my mum chatting at the table unaware that we were being photographed.
That's it from me. No craft at all, but I wanted to join you anyway.
Wishing all of you a very peaceful Christmas.
See you next week!
Lisca
Hello and Good Morning to all of you!
Here is another of my postcards. This time it is a card I received this week from my home country and from my home town: Rotterdam. It was sent to me by a'German Wanderer' called Marco. He asks me if I have seen Rotterdam's latest architectural sight? And he sends me a card of the new indoor/covered market.
No, I have not seen that yet. People that have, say it is very beautiful. There are apartments above and to the sides and the ceiling is very spectacular. I hope to see it this December as I hope to spend Christmas with my mother in Rotterdam.
And this is the stamp:
I really like this card, so thank you Marco!
Have a good day and see you tomorrow!
Blessings,
Lisca
